Our little adventure: About 4:30 yesterday, an announcement was made that everyone with pets would be moved to a newly opened shelter and to meet at the cafeteria in entrance to load up in some busses. It was a big hassle schlepping everything to the opposite side of the building, but the shelter was crowded and some of the guests were already acting questionable. My sister told me this morning that a volunteer told her that things got a bit wild there, so I'm really happy that we left.
While waiting to load up, I was interviewed by ITV4. After talking to the Red Cross rep, who said that we would be on the next bus, I ask where the new shelter was. It was a jr high that I could see in the distance. I told her we drove in, and we would get ourselves there, and hubby brought the car around and we loaded up and let ft.
This new shelter was not ready at all. There was only one Red Cross rep there and and a few volunteers. The first shelter had food (pizza brought in) while the second only had snacks and water and a late night hot dog (a piece of bread with a cold hot dog). I can survive, not complaining. The first shelter had cots, and the second one had none. The surrounding community did bring in a ton of blankets, dry clothes, some pillows, and some air mattresses. We ended up trying to get some sleep on the floor with a blanket above and below and a pillow.
This morning's breakfast was granola bars. I overheard the lone Red Cross rep on his celll phone asking for food to be brought in as there wasn't going to be enough to feed the crowd (which were quite well behaved, btw). He said that he had called every restaurant in Richmond and Rosenberg and he couldn't find one that was opened Meanwhile, new evacuees were still arriving.
I thought OK we gotta get out of Dodge. Some of my friends in my neighborhood had mad it to San Antonio and Austin just fine using Waze, so we took off for my Dad's house without incident.
We have a bed tonight and spaghetti! But the best part is that this morning the forecast for the Brazos dropped from 59 feet to 57.5, which puts it below the elevation of our levee and re-classifiesus from mandatory to voluntary evacuation. They are still not recommending that we return, but we feel relieved and hopeful.
