(08-25-2017 10:11 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

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(08-25-2017 10:02 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-25-2017 10:00 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  Last thing I am currently doing is filling g up my bathtub with water


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Dang man, hang in there

Godspeed to you and your family for safety.

It's just a precaution just in case the electricity goes out. It will make it easier to flush the toilets. And we can also use that water to take a shower in the other restroom.


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Fill up buckets and any other large containers to force flush the toilets if the power or water pressure fails...save your bathtub water for drinking and cooking until you know you are in the clear.

landfall

The whole thing is stalling over the coast. I wonder how TAMU-CC is doing. They're right in the eye of the storm.

One of the more fascinating things (if you can even call it that) is what happens right after the storm. Normally communities and towns are completely wrecked, and a society of people has to decide whether they want to rebuild exactly what was there or try to re-purpose community funds to build something better or different. It will be interesting to see what happens in this particular situation.

(08-25-2017 11:54 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  The whole thing is stalling over the coast. I wonder how TAMU-CC is doing. They're right in the eye of the storm.

One of the more fascinating things (if you can even call it that) is what happens right after the storm. Normally communities and towns are completely wrecked, and a society of people has to decide whether they want to rebuild exactly what was there or try to re-purpose community funds to build something better or different. It will be interesting to see what happens in this particular situation.

TAMU-CC? wtf.. We have a large mid size metro getting hit.

fwiw....DJT has issued a disaster declaration....hopefully, FEMA handles this one out of the gate better than Katrina....

regardless what happens, I'm certain the left will find some fault in DJT's handling of this event..

Projected path moves west a bit. The city of Houston possibly won't see as much rain but we're still talking 15-30 inches of rain for most folks which is plenty. Cities west of Houston and east of San Antonio are now caught in the 30-40 inch rain totals. We probably had 5-6 inches minimum of rain yesterday and were without power most of the night.

Lost power around 4am and saw some high winds, power came back on but still have some winds


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My son, his wife and their baby are riding out the storm in Katy, TX so hearing the rainfall maybe worse west of Houston makes me nervous. He's done all of the emergency prep but I will feel better when it's past.

He does business in Victoria, Corpus, Rockport and Houston where the storm is hitting hard.

He has rental property in the Valley and his wife's family all live in the Valley and out on SPI.

Hoping only property loss and no loss of life.

(08-26-2017 09:05 AM)mptnstr@44 Wrote:  My son, his wife and their baby are riding out the storm in Katy, TX so hearing the rainfall maybe worse west of Houston makes me nervous. He's done all of the emergency prep but I will feel better when it's past.

He does business in Victoria, Corpus, Rockport and Houston where the storm is hitting hard.

He has rental property in the Valley and his wife's family all live in the Valley and out on SPI.

Hoping only property loss and no loss of life.

Houston paper says there are some people trapped in a collapsed senior citizens facility in Rockport and the high school there partly collapsed. Don't think they will really know until it passed. Emergency personnel were sheltered in the police department in that area.

Aransas Pass and Rockport are popular tourist sites for fishing.

My sister in Galveston County said this morning it is over-hyped.

Still wouldn't be out driving in the Houston area.

(08-26-2017 10:06 AM)bullet Wrote:  My sister in Galveston County said this morning it is over-hyped.

Still wouldn't be out driving in the Houston area.

that's really good news to hear....

it's hardly over, but the rainfall amts/movement has been fairly accurate....

nothing would make me happier to see this just pick up a NE jog and just dump rain along the way....

....but I vividly remember what Katrina did....

until this one disappears, I'm taking nothing for granted....three more days and it will be 12 yrs since that gal gave us a sure 'nuff arse cleansing....

(08-26-2017 10:06 AM)bullet Wrote:  My sister in Galveston County said this morning it is over-hyped.

Still wouldn't be out driving in the Houston area.

For Houston---it could be bad---it could be nothing. It really will depend completely on how the rain bands set up and how slow the storm moves. The storm is massive, but, other than the central core, most of the storm is light rain. Only the main bands carry really heavy downfalls. Allison was so bad because it was almost stationary and a major rainband set up over Houston. That allowed heavy storms to just endlessly track over Houston like a train. Thats when you get serious trouble. So far, the storm has moved around enough fast enough that no one area has had to eat that crap sandwich.

This is obviously a difficult situation for the cruise lines that sail out of Galveston, but Royal Caribbean doesn't appear to be handling it too well:

I was on that Royal Caribbean cruise last week. We had a great time and super weather! Our neighbor's son is on Carnival's similar cruise this week. They were diverted to New Orleans and are there until Tuesday. The problem is the cruises are supposed to pay the cost of getting people back to Houston but they don't want to pay the additional costs - it's cheaper to keep them on the boats. Royal Caribbean passengers won't be able to get out of Galveston even if they were able to dock. There are massive storms in Houston tonight and serious, serious flooding.

Two houses were struck by lightning in my neighborhood, one day after a different section of the community got hit by a tornado. Tonight, confirmed tornadoes in Stafford, Cypress and more. And now they're saying in 2-3 days the rivers will be at record flood levels.

Anyone saying Harvey is a dud is nuts. We got 3 inches of rain yesterday. This latest storm will probably put us at 6-7 inches of rain today - maybe more.

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Stay safe. We were in an inner closet for 45 minutes during the latest tornado warning. After seeing a tornado touch down 1 to 1 1/2 miles away from me yesterday, we're not taking anymore chances anymore with the warnings.

When the photos start coming in.....lots of flooding. Be safe.

(08-26-2017 08:58 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  Taking shelter...






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That's the kind of training that causes problems. Today we filled a lot of bayous. From here on, it won't take much to cause flooding, Tornados were also an issue all up and down that 99 corridor.