Hurricane Gustav

We are about 12 hours from a major hurricane....Gustav. My grandparents, Art and Lyndall Owens are still in Beaumont - planning to leave early Monday morning. The storm is coming in fast and well organized so there is potential for great damage. Our last major storm was "Rita" in September of 2005. Beaumont was hit very hard. We were blest by a long visit from my grandparents but the town they returned to was very different from the one they left. I do not want to see that happen again.

This link is a good one to see all the computer models on one screen: http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/current Just be sure the "models" button is clicked "on".

Our concern here in Tyler is that Gustav is supposed to come on land in Louisiana or Southeast Texas and then slow down and park as a tropical storm right on top of us. While we should not see high winds, there are estimates that we will have 12+inches of rain. The potential for trees coming down on power lines (due to over-soaked roots) and major power outages is frightening for this mom with three young kids. We love our AC (especially in this 95+ degree weather) and depend heavily on our fridge to preserve milk and other foods we live on. Who knows? We may end up evacuating with our evacuees...lukily we have a safe place to go...