Tropical Storm Erin Churning in the Gulf of Mexico

A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico has been upgraded to a tropical storm. As of 10:30am Wednesday morning, Tropical Storm Erin was located at latitude 26.6 north and longitude 93.5 west, or about 250 miles east of Brownsville. The storm is moving towards the west-northwest at 12 miles per hour. The storm is packing winds of 40 miles per hour. It is expected to make landfall sometime early Thursday morning south of Corpus Christi. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from Baffin Bay near Corpus Christi to Port O'Connor. Counties from Corpus Christi to Victoria are under a Flash Flood Watch through Thursday as the heaviest rainfall from Tropical Storm Erin.

Just to keep everyone informed and aware of what may be happening here in the next day or two....

Also on another note I'm a little frustrated. I asked Michael what he wanted to do on his birthday and he keeps telling me over and over again that he wants to fly in a small airplane. I have checked out flights going from Victoria to Houston and they are just to costly...So I called a local group that gives lessons to see if they had any idea on how I could get Michael a flight...and they said they were overbooked and under staffed and couldn't help me. They told me if I knew of any local pilots in the area they would more than likely take Michael for a plane ride but alas I know no one in this area who has a plane...grrr....I so want to encourage Michael because he truly seems interested in planes...I'm totally bummed about this...if anyone out there has an idea let me know...

Now we are off to check the property before the storm blows in....I'll keep everyone posted on how we are doing and since we live on a hill I'm sure we'll be just fine...