Baytown and Galveston have been flooding even well before the storm ever touched land. Everyone in Galveston is actually trapped and surely regretting their decisions. There is not one part of Galveston that isn't covered with some amount of flooding. This storm has so far been worse than ever expected and worse than any storm we've had in a LONG time. Even areas well inland are expected to recieve some flooding. Parts of Houston are under mandantory evacuation. There's currently a large fire in Galveston at a boat storage building. I'm some distance inland, about 30 miles from Baytown, but there's still a tall tree here that will almost definitely fall... we're just hoping it doesn't fall on the house. (it's leaning parallel with, not towards, the house) I'm amazed at the flooding that is already in Baytown. Officials have been quoted as saying 'leave now or face CERTAIN death', even this morning.
Bad, bad, storm.