Kinda rough for us in Central Texas, too. All Saturday morning, I was watching our trees bending near their bases in 60+MPH winds....thought one was going to fall on our bedroom. Fortunately, nothing big fell, and the power stayed on. Never thought I'd ever worry about hurricanes in the middle of the state...
One good thing....all the fire ants in our yard clustered together into one area under my back porch....hit it with 3x dose of ant poison....
Houston goes crazy with the hyperbole...
ENTIRE COASTAL CITIES AND TOWNS WILL BE INUNDATED. PERMANENT
BREACHES MAY BE CUT OFF. FULL RECOVERY WILL TAKE MONTHS IF NOT
YEARS. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 13 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE
INLAND. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES
WILL NOT ONLY EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE BUT WASH OUT SOLID ROAD
AND BRIDGE STRUCTURES. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION WILL TAKE YEARS
TO REPAIR.
LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY!
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...
WILL BE INUNDATED DURING HIGH TIDE. PERSONS NOT HEEDING
EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES WILL
FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION
DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD AND
DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE. VEHICLES
LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE
SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE
COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 9 FEET
FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN MULTI-STORY
FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY
BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...WITH
MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK
CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO
REPAIR.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hgx&wwa=hurricane%20warning