Houston survived Alicia (I know because I was there without power for 10 days) and they'll survive Rita too. I'm a little further inland these days so not too much to worry about here. We are expecting heavy wind and rain and tornadic activity but that's just a walk in the park for us (this is tornado alley after all). I will say one thing. This is the first time ever that I have seen a run on batteries and bottle water this far inland (Dallas/Fort Worth Area). I think our biggest fear around here right now is $4/gallon gas afterwards. I am happy to annouce that I need absolutely nothing. I have gone to the store to buy nothing. Water, food, batteries, tools... we are well stocked on all of those plus everything else we could possibley need short of a tornado shelter (i miss the one we had at my last house). We are prepared for flooding, tornados, power outages, whatever may come. I have ETS to thank for that. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />