I live in a very small country wooden house...in the woods....35 miles from the coast of Galveston. I didn't know my house was only 35 miles from the coast, until I used the ruler tool in Google Earth.

Then I saw a 750 mile diameter storm coming thursday night. Yeah, we left...

So, I took savings, grabbed my external HDDs, my laptop, the baby, the wife, some clothes, and we left. I drove the obscure way to Austin, TX by going hwy 90 west all the way and went up 183 to Austin. EVERYBODY else was stuck off I-10 and 290 for at least 3 hours from what I heard on our way. We left friday at noon, the trees were already swinging. We got to Austin friday afternoon at 4pm.

I had neighbors that stayed and kept us up to date. Apparently, making a long story short... 3 houses in our subdivision got hit by trees, and my wife's car.

Luckily, our home was safe and secure, but my wife's car died. We were almost paid off with it, too. BUT, she has amazing equity invested due to it's year, extreme low miles and being AWD. So, I already called Progressive and they'd "look into it when they can".

We're still going to stay since our subdivision still has no power. According to other friends and family (who are fine, btw) they all have no power.

Another friend was getting groceries in HEB off Chimney Rock in the dark, with the power off. People were getting groceries with cash and good old fashioned paper trails, like the old days.

The Reliant Stadium, Transco Tower, major Downtown area, and the north easter side got severe damage. Skyscrapers with 60% of their glass windows blown out, streets littered downtown with glass, debris, etc.

There is a boiling water alert in Houston, since the water is dirty and contaminated with oil, chemicals and bacteria. The streets smell of sewer...it's bad.

This is probably the most damage Houston has seen since Alicia, and the 1900 storm of Galveston.

Yeah, the Capital is boring, everything's overpriced in Austin, but we're okay and trying to keep our baby entertained.


Heer's one pic my neighbor sent of my wife's car...

https://www.kaptainmyke.com

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