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We're still fine, have had a power outage yesterday and one today, but neither was very long. The roads are clear for us to get to a couple of stores should we need to go out, but their stock is low and they are out of many staples. It may be another day or two … Continue reading Tuesday 

Well, we're surrounded. We can leave our little neighborhood and access some shops and parts of other neighborhoods, but we now cannot access the interstate, toll road, or make use of any back roads because they're all impassable. The issue isn't so much our getting out as supply trucks getting in. Almost everything is closed, … Continue reading In Which Matushka is Entirely Surrounded by Water

Note: The release of water from various reservoirs will not impact our house.  We are still soaked but not underwater, glory to God. If we wanted to get out and drive anywhere we wouldn't get too far because of surrounding flooding, but we're being good and staying home anyway.  This morning we had an actual break … Continue reading Monday morning update

It's like being trapped on the ark, but there's only a pair of cats. And seven kids. Our storm total (so far...) is 23.5 inches. Our house and immediate neighborhood are high and dry and we have utilities. The lights have flickered a total of 4-5 times but that's all. The roads and neighborhoods around … Continue reading Saturday evening hurricane update

First, we are ok. We are still in our house which has power, water, and Internet, so we are in the Taj Mahal compared to most. I can hope that the situation does not change with the additional feet of rain expected over the next several days. We have had 17 inches at our house … Continue reading Pray for Houston