A Texian's Chronicle: Hurricane Update

I wanted to give a quick update from yesterday's post about the oncoming hurricane. So far, by this morning just short of 8 AM, it is currently raining and the wind is getting gusty. We have only received about 0.30 inches so far. But that is supposed to change significantly. The main thing I am concerned about is the predicted wind of 70 mph. These would be consistent winds not gusts. So I am concerned about my roof and two large trees that hang over the house. But at this point it is what it is.

We made our trip to the grocer yesterday just to top off things of convenience mostly, snacks etc.

This grocery store we go to, at the time it was built was the largest in Texas. It is huge. Even when the parking lot looks crowded, the store inside still has plenty of room and you don't really ever get to close for comfort. This time the parking area was more crowded than I had seen it before. Still, things inside were still pretty comfortable. You could see they were starting to have items that were picked over, like they hadn't restocked after Christmas weekend. The were having a run on ice. This was about 11 AM. We wanted to get here earlier but we just messed around to long. However, the checkout lines were longer than I had ever seen them and they have a ton of them. they probably had 20 checkouts working and there were long lines at everyone. They have about 40 checkouts, maybe more. It took a while to get through and I managed to keep my cool lol. When we got outside the parking lot was even fuller. The gas station on the way home was doing a big business too. I am sure they were getting low on ice. I found out last night they were completely out of gas. Luckily I had more than enough gas in both vehicles, so that won't be an issue.

So we are hunkered down here for the duration of this hurricane that can't make up it's mind. The local weather experts admit they don't really know what's going to happen with this thing but they have to give the worst case scenarios for the complete idiots. Well they didn't say that but you get the drift.

Oh, while at the store we both noticed an elderly lady, looking around like she was nervous. Deer in the headlights look. She was by herself. So my sweet wife tried to engage her in conversation hoping to take the edge off whatever was bothering her, which we assumed was the storm and the crush of people that were prepping for the storm and all it could bring. She told the lady that she hoped she would weather the storm well. She all but snarled back that she wasn't scared. Well OK then. Not a thank you as we would have done or something similar. There can be no mistaking my wife's tone of voice or intent when she does that. So I don't really know why she needed to respond rudely. Maybe she was truly fearful and wasn't going to admit it to some strange person. Not a big deal, but it makes you realize everyone reacts to certain things in a different way in a stressful situation.