It'll take a Cat 4 or 5 to unseat me out of SW Houston; I'm 63 ft. above sea-level with two dikes protecting my area. Being 32 miles inland helps give me a stiff upper-lip, too...
I've also got excellent drainage around my neighborhood and since it hasn't rained in a while, the ground isn't saturated so I'm only marginally concerned about flooding (and covered if it ever happens; I'm out of the designated "flood-zone" but for $300/yr for flood insurance it's a no-brainer). With 3 stories, moving valuables/perishables upstairs is easy and not a concern.
Wind doesn't worry me too much, either; brick and rock construction rule.
Mama raised this former redneck as a Boy Scout, so I always have 2 cases of bottled-water around and enough canned/dry food to last a couple of weeks. Small Honda generator in the garage, gas canisters full, plenty of wine and cigars, enough guns and ammunition to hold off a dedicated siege by soccer-mom gangs in my neighborhood for a month or so...
...I think I'm good to go.
If it builds into something monstrous in the Gulf and turns it's eye directly towards Houston, though, my rear-end is high-tailing it up to San Antonio.
