Hmmm

[telophase]

Our insurance company sent us email saying that as we might be in the path
of Hurricane Harvey, they encourage us to take all necessary precautions.

We are over four hundred miles inland from Corpus Christi, where
it's predicted to hit.

The kicker? Our insurance company is in San Antonio, 268 miles closer to
Corpus than we are, and should know better.

Comments

[golden_bastet]

Well, hope you're doing okay; it sounds from here like you are likely just seeing some rain.

(I was supposed to live through Sandy, but was actually on vacation when it hit; however, I came back about 36 hrs later, and things were a mess, even with not being near any flooding. Gas was scarce for days, the power was out for days, and when I left my vacation, I wasn't even sure my final flight wouldn't be cancelled. So now I pay attention to things.)

[telophase]

Yup, doing fine. The worst problem we've had is the sprinkler sensor failing to sense the rain and unnecessarily setting off the sprinkler system last night. We've got friends and family in Houston and other southern areas, but so far everyone's checked in OK.

Toby actually moved up here from Houston right after Ike. He weathered the storm in his apartment, but the next day so much power was out that they had a boil-water order, so he packed up his computer, drove to Austin, and spent the week crashing on the couch with friends and telecommuting. Came back the next weekend to move, and there was still no power on in his apartment (about which the movers complained).