Chris Poops Out

The forecast for Tropical Storm Chris, barely a named storm today with 40 mph winds, looks favorable for now, at least for us.
Something out there is stomping the juice out of Chris (which I've learned is a boy, by the way) to the point where he might be demoted to a tropical depression as early as today.
That's much better than the growing threat with 65 mph winds, which is where Chris stood yesterday.
The storm is expected to bump along the northern Cuban coast and then enter the Gulf of Mexico on Monday.
Then, it might get interesting.
Right now, it's making a beeline for near Corpus Christi, but as we all know, these things typically take a northern swing, although storms such as Claudette a few years ago went against the norm. Claudette, a Category 1 storm, lumbered along east to west just under our nose before hitting the Texas coast, causing minimal damage.
So next week for Southeast Texans will either be a sigh of relief or a crazed rush to the store to stock up on supplies, possibly followed by another white-knuckle Texodus.
Or maybe Chris will come here with little more than a stiff breeze and some rain.
Who knows?