Thanks everyone for the well wishes. We finally finished boarding up the windows and hopefully have everything secured. Forntunately for Houston, Rita is turning slightly north which projections right now(but changing contantly), put it east of us. But my prayers are for everyone's safety, wherever they are.

It is very diffcult to get out of town(or anywhere) since yesterday morning. Traffic is horrible, averaging 1 mile an hour, with many running out of gas on the freeway. Right now my brother and I plan to stay. We have plenty of food and water. This surely will be a nerve wrecking next few days. I'll keep you posted as long as my internet connection stays up.

ArtZ8 out for now.