In a message dated 9/20/2005 10:14:59 PM Central Daylight Time, Riatagsd writes: You are right on that count, the last hurricane that Houston and surrounding areas went through was back in 1984 and we had trees down on roads, houses, cars etc. Power and water services were out from 5 to 10 days. Not fun but we survived. Of course the hurricane was only a category 2 storm when it went into Galveston and was a one when it came through Houston. This storm according to the weather folks could anywhere from a 3 to a 5 which means coming into the Houston area it will be a 2 or a 4. Not good for the home team. Judy ****************************************************************************** ********************* I now have power, water and phone service in Louisiana, maybe I should head home. If I do that then Rita will probably change her course and Louisiana will get it again.<G> Lee ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================