Still In Houston After All

We are sitting here in Houston waiting for the storm (Joel went shopping and decided NOT to evacute). I'm trying to talk Joel into letting ME be the one to drive to Metairie eventually, since a) he is at his wit's end, b) he gets along better with Katie, and c) it'll be easier for me to enlist assistance in collecting our irreplaceables into the van. He doesn't want to talk about it yet.

It's hard not to pray for the continuation of our electricity and other utilities over the next few days. I hope that all that stuff stays intact for y'all in Jefferson Parish as the rest of the Ninth Ward floats away.

We may break out our new video camera today and try to video the apartment complex before and after the hurricane. We might also visit the local park for the first time.

Someone on the Houston Freecycle email list suggested that for those of us in apartments, it will be possible to use the complex's swimming pool as a source of water for toilet flushing, rather than dipping into our bathtub supply. I hope that it does not come to that, but it's great to have access to useful advice.