hurricane update...

UPDATE 8:29AM

storm is still here, weakening but still strong. we can actually walk out into it now, though some of the wind gusts make the rain feel like needles. we lost power shortly after my last update. still out and will be for some time. got a little water in the house from the high winds (fire place, weak spots around doors, etc), barely any really as we caught it quickly and put towels out. our whole fence is torn up. lots of peoples are. there's a stray german shepherd with tags walking around in my neighborhood, so i can only assume some heartless pet owner left it in their backyard during the storm and their fence went down so it got out. tried to get it to come to me but no luck. poor thing... i can tell it's scared so i don't dare approach it. we also have a shingle down (yes, 1 shingle), others appear to have been lifted, nothing too bad. both trees are down in the front yard. both trees are still standing in the back yard. oddly it looks worse than it really is... i was devastated to see the damage this morning... everyones. there's some high water in the streets. some yards have a little standing water in them. the retention pond is about a foot from overflowing into the street. very scary.

still so tired... working on 3 hours of erratic sleep. until next time...

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UPDATE 1:15AM

storm is going strong. pretty intense. kinda cool, but mostly it's just... really freaking scary. fence hasn't gotten any worse that i can tell... we can't go out the back door because all the rain comes in. one of our small trees out front is uprooted but not going anywhere. our power is on and off, but mostly on, so we are lucky. we boarded MOST of our windows. i can tell you based on what i'm hearing and feeling that we will board them ALL in the event of another hurricane. this will probably be my last post for the night. good night yall!

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UPDATE 10:57PM

stronger winds, heavier rain. we still have power. a section of our fence is down. i've smoked a cigarette. we're still fine. until the next update...

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UPDATE 8:29PM

we're still doing fine. wind has picked up quite a bit but still no rain (a little drizzle here and there). we're just chilling at the house watching a movie. just wish this storm were happening during the day so i could get some video! i know... i'm freaking crazy! i'll update later yall.

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i did not expect my 30th post to be a hurricane update... but that seems about right doesn't it?!

i told some fam n friends that i would try to post here to keep everyone updated since yall are having trouble getting through on the phone lines. yall worry to dang much... but i love ya for it.

it's 3:54 right now. so far, so good. we're as ready as we can be so i feel good about it. i was disappointed to find out a few minutes ago that about 40% of galveston residents did NOT evacuate. dumb.

i'll post updates as the day goes on and into tomorrow if necessary (or possible!).