event, yes the winds will be strong but it likely won t be hurricane force winds. they are preparing for a rain event. once this storm as you ve said hits the coast it s going to sisit and rain heavily for days. they are expecting a lot of rain in galveston. this is a long, but narrow island community normally a tourist community. not a lot of tourism behind me. there s a ferris wheel and roller coaster on a pier here. no one is there today. i m told this was built after hurricane ike hit the area nine years ago. this place was hit very hard by hurricane ike. a lot of damage, a lot of flooding. they know what a hurricane can do here. all eyes are on this to see what happens. again, the bigger concern is going to be the days and days of rain that follow and this area alone could be in that 15 to 20-inch rain range and it could be even more in some isolated