Chapter 1
Preparations
“Hurricane Celeste slammed into the Texas gulf coast at twelve forty-seven PM, with sustained winds of over one hundred ninety miles an hour. The eye of this Category Five storm made landfall between Galveston island and—”
“Hey, Brew!” stuck his head into the kitchen. He noticed the man was monitoring the weather station on TV and gave a nod in its direction. “Where’s it located?”
“North of Houston. Next update’s in twenty minutes, but it’s still predicted to come straight at us.”
“Is it still a Cat Five?”
“So far. It’s lost some of its bluster, but it’s still a five. They’re forecasting it might be a four by the time it comes up the eastern interior of the state. If we’re lucky, it could be a three when it hits us, but even a Cat Three can do a shitload of da
