The 13 person caravan of my cousins got the last two cases of bottled water left in town, and left early this am from Cleveland, TX It took them 2 hours to drive 18 miles, just to get out of town, I heard, and they had to go around 150 miles total.

They arrived at their sister's home in Trinity, only to be told that they had to evacuate again, this time with their sister and another of my cousins, to a Red Cross Shelter somewhere in Trinity farther from the river. The sister who lives in Trinity lives on the river banks. So far, so good... I'm praying they will all be allright, and the shelter won't take any serious damage.

But man, this is scary, especially after seeing what all happened in New Orleans, you just don't know what "safe" is, really after all that.

Brenda