Lovely Rita, Meter Maid

Rita Watch, Day 4:http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200518_model.html

We have gone from convergence on the models to divergence. Landfall is looking to be east of here, which is better for us (of course, that's bad for someone else). Our little group is now up to six, plus two dogs and one cat. Our friends from Clear Lake made it in late last night after taking five and half hours to get here (it usually only takes a little over 1 hour). Our other friends were just going to drop a car off early this morning. The last mile on the highway took 2 hours. They started heading to College Station, then decided to come back to our house when they heard it might take upwards of 18 hours (when it usually takes an hour and half).

We've spent the day trying to get prepared, if anyone can get prepared. This included picking up the rocks that line the flower beds, taking everything off the patio, getting all the supplies organized, looking for more canned goods. Now all we can do is watch an wait. Well, we can collect the important papers and irreplacables together (including the stitching).

Personally, it is time to take a break from watching the weather and the news, although it is hard not to check the trajectory every 5 minutes. I think we're going to settle in and watch Lost from last night. I guess I'm going to have to check the web to see what happened on Survivor. That can wait a while, though. Let's see who survives Rita first.