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Guys this is officially a Category 5 now, and it might be moving north of expected meaning very bad news for Houston. Watch the 5PM and 8PM updates closely.

Better yet, seeing what it did overnight, I'd seriously consider GTFO of town. 24 hours, Tropical Storm -> Category 4 Monster 03 GMT 09/18/05 22.0N 69.7W 30 1009 Tropical Depression 09 GMT 09/18/05 21.7N 71.2W 30 1008 Tropical Depression 15 GMT 09/18/05 22.0N 72.2W 35 1008 Tropical Depression 21 GMT 09/18/05 22.2N 72.7W 40 1006 Tropical Storm 03 GMT 09/19/05 22.9N 73.3W 50 1002 Tropical Storm 09 GMT 09/19/05 22.7N 74.3W 60 998 Tropical Storm 15 GMT 09/19/05 23.0N 75.2W 65 994 Tropical Storm 21 GMT 09/19/05 23.3N 76.5W 70 995 Tropical Storm 03 GMT 09/20/05 23.3N 77.8W 70 990 Tropical Storm 09 GMT 09/20/05 23.7N 79.5W 70 988 Tropical Storm 15 GMT 09/20/05 23.8N 81.0W 85 982 Category 1 Hurricane 18 GMT 09/20/05 23.9N 81.7W 100 978 Category 2 Hurricane 21 GMT 09/20/05 24.0N 82.2W 100 973 Category 2 Hurricane 03 GMT 09/21/05 24.1N 83.2W 110 965 Category 2 Hurricane 09 GMT 09/21/05 24.3N 84.6W 120 956 Category 3 Hurricane 12 GMT 09/21/05 24.3N 84.6W 135 948 Category 4 Hurricane

Stay safe y'all. My dad says he will make his final decision on Thursday on what to do, but right now he thinks he's going to stay. He's a bit west of Houston and not right on the gulf, but I dunno.... If your house in MS was above sea level, how far inland did you have to be before you could stay during Katrina and be safe? He's here: My g/f's family is in Sugar Land to our south, and her roommate's family is east of her, about where the 'n' in Sugar Land is. My g/f panics easily, so now I'm "in trouble" for telling her that this storm could be bad so she needs to make sure she's ready.