Were There Evacuation Orders for Houston before the Storm?

[herding cats]

67. They headed up from Houston Friday afternoon.

Which was when it became obvious were we're going to be dealing with a monster of a storm that was going to stall out over Texas. At the time we were just planning to err on the side of caution, but now I'm greatly relived I kept prodding them. While I'm pretty sure my Houston proper realatives homes are ok right now, my more costal realatives homes have sustained flooding and damage most likely, which we had already expected.

In this case it's just good to have them out of the mess down there. It's going to be weeks before everything is functioning even remotely in a normal fashion.

I also have 3 in laws stuck on the cruise ship the Carnival Breeze. They were supposed to port in Galveston this morning. They were told today they're now heading to Miami for fuel and supplies and won't be docking in Galveston until Friday. Which implies they're not expecting Houston roads to be back to normal before then.

Harvey has been a wild ride already and it's not even halfway over if the weather forecasts are correct.