The start of fall in San Antonio is usually the rainy season here, but we’ve had a bit of a twist on it this season. We’ve been hearing the weather reports for the past few days on Hurricane Rita, and just coming off devastation of Katrina just a few weeks ago, we’ve given this one some consideration. The first reports that came our predicted that she would come up through the Houston area and make her way to SA, giving us some pause for concern. Since those initial reports, and as the storm has continued to move towards Texas, we’ve seen a decrease in intensity and a shift away from us, moving closer to Louisiana — like they need any more bad weather. Susan did a great job yesterday of stocking up on necessities without going overboard. She had to shop around to find any bottled water, as it was flying off the shelves. She got a tip that a local Target had overstocked on water, and we were set. Never did find any D-cells for some of our flashlights, though. Tonite as we were driving back from dinner I prepared to stop at our gas station around the corner to pick up a few sodas, and noticed that the overhead gas signs were reading $2.64 for unleaded, $2.64 for unleaded plus, and $2.64 for premium — how strange. As we pulled in we figured it out: they were out of gas. It was a strange sea of 24 lonely gas pumps with little yellow bags over all the handles. A strange sight indeed, and kinda struck home what this weekend was gonna be about. Rita should hit the coast proper in about five hours, so we’ll just see what the weather brings.