I read Pippa Mac's blog on IKE in the Woodland's, Texas and was shocked at the shenanigans of the grocery stores not being prepared for the shoppers (seriously, I understand the meat, chili, water, etc. but BANANA's? what gives??!! We are going to be "hunkered down" for days, maybe weeks, we will buy BANANAS?? Oh, wait, they are gone, i spose we won't be getting our potassium fill).
I was personally spooked so I started paying attention to my hometown & what mother nature might be bringing our way. SA is expected to get 15 MPH winds starting this evening & 30-40 MPH winds tomorrow...not a big freakin' deal compared to other parts of the Lone Star State.
San Antonio is opening it's proverbial arms to evacuees but... where art thou?
This was the cover of the San Antonio Express News this morning: But the streets of SA looked like this today? What gives? Where are the people?
San Antonio has over 35,000 hotels, it was reported that 97-98% of the hotels were filled to CAPACITY. I was dumbfounded driving the streets looking high & low for all the evacuees (really on the way to the title company but looking nonetheless). I heard rumblings of traffic on 281 & 1604 so I took off early to head to the other side of town. To head home, Casa a la K.
Then, I found them. Wait a few hours & the streets of SA on 1604 looked like this:
This was in the middle of the day! Mind you THIS is NOT normal traffic for SA. At 8AM & 5PM it's expected but not in the middle of the day.
The streets of SA were completely bumpahtabumpah. So, i suppose I found them. I feel better. Frustrated because I am not the most patient person in the world when it comes to traffic BUT glad we made a home for the evacuees.
I read San Antonio currently has 3 shelters open to evacuees with 2 more identified if needed. I am proud of San Antonio for stepping up & taking in it's sister cities.
Welcome Houston, The Woodlands, GALVESTON, Corpus Christi, Port Aransas & all the other little cities (you know who you are).
Thank you to the Fire Fighters, EMS, the Red Cross & the San Antonio Volunteer Organizations in Disaster (SAVOAD) for stepping up & taking care of our visitors.
If you want to volunteer, help out, do what you can - go to the Freeman Coliseum or call 210-224-5910.
Kristin Moran
Specializing in San Antonio & surrounding cities
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