Hurricane Dean effects

A couple of years ago, Katrina the then Rita were the talk of the town. Government and the press response locally (Houston) engaged on the most outrageous acts in generations. While Zones A and B along the coastline of Galveston Bay and the Gulf should have been evacuated, the press hyped everything to the point that people 100 miles inland were evacuating, thus clogging up the roads for the coastal evacuees. No gas, no provisions, no accomodations - people were on the road for days and went nowhere. Of course, the storm went elsewhere and there was no local damage - not even any rain. It became apparent that the storm would go north of Houston fairly early on, yet the hype continued. The reason for pointing this out is that it's happening again. Dean is well over 1500 miles out, and Houston is going crazy.

There are no batteries or bottled water in Houston today. Probably will be, but not today. I'll start posting a little today since the hype has started and it's already creating panic and chaos. All predictions at this point show entry into northern Mexico early next week, but never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

I'll try to post satellite and radar images, photos, and other items of interest the next couple of days. More later.