While heavy rains are expected in the Austin area over the weekend thanks to Hurricane Harvey, Georgetown officials said evacuation is unlikely. “We do not anticipate, based on the [current weather] forecast, that there’s going to be the need for evacuation,” said city representative Keith Hutchinson. Another matter is opening up shelters for evacuees from more heavily-affected areas across the state, such as near Corpus Christi. The possibility of the city opening up shelters for people coming up from the coast is “the main impact right now,” he said. “Right now, we don’t have any plans for shelters, but we certainly are prepared to do so,” Hutchinson said. “We have city facilities we could use to shelter people if the need arose.” Another unexpected consequence of the weather: the city made the decision to postpone plans to test out Georgetown’s new outdoor warning sirens, which just happened to be scheduled for Saturday. However, the city’s policy is to not test during bad weather to avoid confusing residents, Hutchinson said. The test alarm, which will sound for 90 seconds, has been moved to begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2. If weather permits, the testing will continue monthly on the last Saturday of every month. The rainfall has also led to the delay of multiple road projects, such as the paving on Janis Drive and Park Lane that was scheduled for Thursday, according to a city release. Hutchinson encourages residents to register their mobile phones at warncentraltexas.com to receive emergency updates based on their location.