4:30 p.m.

This is Lauren again.

I just talked to Katherine, and she said the power situation is pretty bad there. She said the power system in Houston was pretty badly damaged so power will be out for a long, long time. They have decided to go to San Antonio until either school starts again, Jason has to go to work or power is turned on.

Since nobody really knows when that will be, they are planning for the long-haul: they are taking their New Orleans clothes to San Antonio so just in case they can't make it back to their house, they will have all of the necessary clothes for the weekend. Everybody keep your fingers crossed!

They're hoping they can get out of town before everybody else has the same idea to leave...

Stay tuned!