A note from home...

I just got an e-mail from our neighbor... he is on the board of directors for our community and is staying on the island. The wind and rain are picking up. About 50 people have decided to stay on the island; the bridge is locked open right now, so no way off the island until after the storm. Power outages are expected, but the storm surge will hit at low tide. Fifteen hours out now from the predicted landfall, the computer models are all showing the center of the hurricane to be 80 to 100 miles south of our island. Alex is a big storm, so the rain, flooding and surge will likely affect most of the Texas coast. Brownsville and South Padre Island are in the cone that may see structural damage from the winds and driving rain. No damage to the off shore oil platforms is expected.