Texas and Louisiana DUers please check in when you can.

[irisblue]

For myself, Yankee up here, fretting

[Vogon_Glory]

1. I'm far to the west and safe

I’m in Austin. I live near here.

The hurricane roared up the Red River Valley through East Texas and Louisiana. The folks in the Piney woods are the folks to fret about.

Somewhere between Memphis and St. Louis, the storm is supposed to take a right turn and go up the Ohio River Valley.

EDIT: I should add that this hotel is currently hosting a lot of people from Metro Houston and East Texas who chose to play it safe.

[Sgent]

2. NOLA is good

but the area of LA east of Baton Rouge is getting killed. It is supposed to be a Cat 2 when it hits Shreveport (very NW corner of LA) later.

Listening to the radio they haven't even had communications with some of the small towns near the LA/TX border yet.

[GusBob]

10. Communication

probably the number 1 issue after a 'cane. After Katrina it was a big problem

Hard to imagine in this day and age of being plugged in

[TexasTowelie]

3. Normal morning in the Bryan/College Station area. nt

[luvs2sing]

5. My friends in Beaumont..

evacuated to College Station. Glad y’all are safe. Hope Beaumont is still there when they get back.

[TexasTowelie]

6. It looks like things will be okay in Beaumont.

I just posted an article in the Texas Group about the Beaumont area.

[luvs2sing]

7. Just saw it.

Thanks!

[fleur-de-lisa]

8. I'm in New Orleans and we are fine. Lots of wind but almost no rain yet.

We should get rain later today.

We have clients in Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and Monroe, LA. Lots of wind and water damage in Lake Charles, but everyone I know, and their families, are safe.

Parts of Monroe have lost power and the storm is headed their way.

[Laelth]

9. Daughter and I (far inland East Texas) are fine.

The eye is about 300 miles to our ESE, at this point, and it’s expected to track North and then East as the day progresses. All good here (although we are hosting a good number of storm refugees in our area). They’re wigged out, naturally.

-Laelth

[onetexan]

11. Wish we could get some rain from hurricane here in Austin but it's too far east of us. We could use

some. Just texted my niece in New Orleans for an update of what they're seeing there. I'd imagine alot of outer bands rain but they were spared the brute force of a direct hit, thank goodness.

[mbusby]

12. We are in...

...a NW Houston suburb. Very mild winds throughout the night with little or no rain. Sunny this morning.