Rita is on her way, and here in Austin, people have been buying water and canned food. The weather people said that winds could get up to 50-60mph, with heavy rain. Most of our stuff is in storage, so I had to make a stop at the supermarket and home depot this morning to pick up flashlights, matches and candles. Austin is terrible about losing power, even in heavy rain. And the stove in our apartment is electric, which sucks. Our apartment is in a part of town that is on high ground, so and kind of flooding shouldn’t affect us. Austin should be ok, but people are starting to get fidgety. Gas lines were really long already (Mariko and I both filled up already), and there is no more water at the stores. But we should be fine!