carolynjo

When we lived in NC and were on a well, I filled gallon jugs with water and placed them on the basement steps. This is a habit we still use.

Carol in WI

Goodness, but I am praying for all of you in Texas - this is a huge storm. My daughter and her family are on a cruise in the gulf - they were rerouted to NO, but will be leaving for Galveston this evening. They are safe but may not have a car when they return to the port. I pray that all the agencies can work well for the recovery and safety of everyone. It is a time like this when I want to be closer to help with the recovery process.

Jeanne S

I am in Austin visiting our daughter and new baby. So far just some wind and rain, hasn't been that bad here, but I know there was lots of damage along the coast. Hope everyone stays safe!

NatalieF

Watching the news and praying everyone is safe! This is terrible.

osewme

We are o.k. here. We haven't had any electric outage & no flood water in house. For some reason our septic system stopped working so if that's all that happens to us I feel blessed.

Jingle

I watched the weather channel last night. Did not sound good for anyone in it's path.

cashs_mom

We still have power and no flooding at our house. Some in the neighborhood haven't been as fortunate. We appear to be in for several more days of this so we're all just hoping for the best.

SusieQOH

Cashs-mom- I'm really sorry for all of you. Looks scary on the news

nativetexan

i just heard the last hurricane like this was in 1961. my sister and i were in high school then and home alone. she slept through the night but i watched every old Tarzan movie they had on television. who could sleep? with this one i did sleep so far.

cashs_mom

I think that Hurricane Ike was worse as far as wind and damage and having no power for several days, but we are having more rain with Harvey. I've been watching the level in the creek that runs thru our neighborhood and it was down a little this morning. They are doing a controlled release of water from the reservoir which is probably helping, but I heard the one dam it still cresting. The heavy rain seems to be moving east so if it lets up for a while here, levels should go down. We're still okay. A local store brought in a huge shipment of fresh food yesterday so we stocked up again and are good as far as food goes. It's day to day here