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Beth Bronson said Monday she's determined not to have her trip ruined as the second severe storm in two weeks approached a Texas Gulf Coast vacation hotspot at the height of tourist season. Lifeguard Britt Rachner sits on the beach as she keeps watch in Galveston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. The lifeguard towers were removed from the beach because of impending Tropical Storm Edouard. Zyra Gashi, right, and her daughters Endrina, 8, and Erona, 6, with friend Erza Xhinolli, 3, relax in the water of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, Aug. 4, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. Originally from Kosovo and now living in Lawton, Okla., the family plans to stay in Galveston through tropical storm Edouard. This image released by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Edouard moving west in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday Aug. 4, 2008. Residents along the Texas and Louisiana coasts prepared Monday for Tropical Storm Edouard, which was rolling through the warm waters of the Gulf and threatening to reach near-hurricane strength before making landfall. Robert Barnes right and an assistant board up the windows at the Gulf Health Care Center in preparation for tropical storm Edouard Monday, Aug. 4, 2008 in Galveston, Texas. The storm is expected to make landfall Tuesday. This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, August 4, 2008 at 2:15 a.m. EDT shows clouds in the Gulf of Mexico where tropical storm Edouard continues to gain strength. Clouds are also visible in the Plains where a stationary front sits draped over the region. A satellite image provided by the NOAA shows Tropical Storm Edouard in the Gulf of Mexico below Louisiana at 12:45 a.m. EDT Monday Aug. 4, 2008. The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for the coast of western Louisiana and eastern Texas, Sunday night Aug. 3, 2008 because hurricane conditions are possible from Tropical Storm Edouard within the next 24 hours.