Jodi,
I posted a few comments about conditions where I live in this thread:
http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8360
but we are just beginning to feel the effects of the outer bands of the storm. The eye will pass east of us.
Humble probably had a pretty rough night, and I'm sure that most of that area will probably be without power for a few days, unless they are one of the lucky ones who are near the origins of the power grid. They probably had peak wind speeds around 100 mph, and possibly slightly higher, but the storm should be winding down by now in that area, IOW, mostly rain, with possibly tropical storm winds. It will be hot and sultry today and tomorrow, without air conditioning, but by Monday, a norther is predicted to cool the temps way down, and dry down the humidity, so it won't feel near so unpleasant without air conditioning. They are far enough away from the coast that they shouldn't have had any problems with storm surges.
The problems with hurricanes that make landfall during the night, is that you can't see what's happening. The eye didn't make landfall until after 2 am, so things were probably at their worst around Humble about 3 or so this morning. I'm sure they didn't get much sleep, if any.
Love,
Tex
