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Post by Bevo on Aug 26, 2017 2:57:36 GMT
This hurricane is taking a worst case approach.. It's almost exactly the same path as Hurricane Carla back in 1961. If, it does what is projected.
Those people in Corpus Christie are getting POUNDED tonight. They need our prayers.
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Post by Hero on Aug 26, 2017 11:42:58 GMT
They were projecting it to go back in the Gulf to reload. Thankfully that is no longer the thinking. Flooding as far away as Houston is expected so continue to pray.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 26, 2017 16:07:18 GMT
The mandatory evacuation of Rockport probably saved a lot of lives. No known casualties as of now in Rockport.
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Post by tigercpa on Aug 26, 2017 19:42:11 GMT
Flew out of DFW around midday yesterday...
Full ground stop for an hour then a really choppy climb out for about 25 minutes.
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Post by Hero on Aug 27, 2017 10:03:58 GMT
Houston is calling this a catastrophic flooding event.
Hobby is closed with water on runways.
150 road closures around Houston.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 27, 2017 16:05:12 GMT
Been there, done that.
In 1985, Hurricane Elena slowly traversed up the west coast of Florida and then stalled at Cedar Key, 2 hours from my home in Brandon. We experienced high winds and heavy rains as it passed by St. Pete and Clearwater. By the time it reached Cedar Key, the winds at our home had diminished to tolerable gale force, but the rain was unrelenting - for days.
By the time Elena moved on, most of the roads in my area were flooded, including I-4 between Tampa and Orlando. It took several weeks before some of the flooded roads became passable. No major damage, but a real nuisance.
The 2004 hurricane season was weird. We were close to the eyes of Charley (cat4), Frances (cat 4) and Jeanne (cat 3) over a 6-week period. We lost our electricity for 2-weeks each time - as soon as service was restored, another hurricane knocked it out again. Florida hasn't been hit by a hurricane since.
My sister was on 24-hour oxygen, and I was lucky to find a hotel room for her. Restaurants were closed, so I ate at the hospital cafeteria. Good food, at a fraction of the cost of a restaurant.
I have a terrible habit - I love driving around in 100mph winds. Zero chance of my wife allowing me to do that now! Lol.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 27, 2017 16:53:55 GMT
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Post by Bevo on Aug 27, 2017 18:07:49 GMT
Houston is calling this a catastrophic flooding event. Hobby is closed with water on runways. 150 road closures around Houston. This is really a worst case disaster. I'm good friends with the County Commissioner in Brazoria County. He just issued mandatory evacuations in a large swath of the county. I'm not sure I understand why, at this point. I suspect they fear major flooding of the Brazos river. Problem is, right now? There is only ONE road open heading out of the county. NO open roads heading in. The areas where you have to evacuate TO (like Austin) may be more dangerous than Brazoria County. They're now also projecting the center of the storm to go back over the water again. That would be really horrible. This is such a mess... and what REALLY makes me sick is? People who use this natural disaster as a way to trash Trump.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 27, 2017 18:34:32 GMT
It pales in comparison to how some trashed Bush...
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Post by Bevo on Aug 27, 2017 20:01:57 GMT
With all due respect, you most certainly have NOT been through what is going on right now in Texas. Something, similar... yes, for sure. But, what is currently happening in Texas is unprecedented in the modern era. The WORST spot in Florida during Elena was an isolated area that had 15 inches of accumulated rainfall. There is an area more than 200 miles wide in Texas that has ALREADY received 20+ inches... and they're predicting this thing to continue until Wednesday or Thursday? Another 20+ inches is forecasted. The widespread nature of this unbelievable rainfall event (not to mention the landfall of a Cat 4 hurricane) is something the scope of which, we have never seen. There are very few in that area who will not see home flooding before this is all over. It's becoming increasingly difficult for rescue workers to GET anywhere... as more and more roads are closing. As bad as things are there, the worst is really JUST STARTING. Power is starting to go out, because of the flooding. It isn't coming back for days. Schools have already been cancelled for the next TWO WEEKS in my home town. Places that didn't flood during the 48" in 24 hours of TS Claudette are starting to flood now. There is just no place for the water to go. If this really continues until Thursday? It's going to be epic. I'm not surprised that you trashed Bush also...
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Post by Bevo on Aug 27, 2017 20:10:15 GMT
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Post by tigercpa on Aug 27, 2017 20:12:27 GMT
HEre's a before and after, simply devastating:
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 27, 2017 20:26:23 GMT
Way worse than the flooding we experienced with Elena - which was really bad. If it took several weeks for our most flooded roads to reopen, it might take months for some of the most affected roads in the Houston area.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 28, 2017 3:54:59 GMT
"I have always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” -- John D. Rockefeller. Trump can turn the disaster Harvey is wreaking in Texas into a huge opportunity. The only thing more difficult to build in the U.S. than a nuclear power plant is an oil refinery. It has been 40 years since the last major U.S. refinery came online. Hurricane Harvey is in the process of dealing a severe blow to America's oil refining capacity, which was already severely strained. In addition to being reactive, by directing federal resources to assist in the recovery from Harvey, Trump can also be proactive by proposing a program to build new oil refineries across America. The time is ideal because no one is talking about it. Trump can catch environmental activists totally off guard, and can seize the momentum. "A hurricane in the heart of the U.S. energy industry is set to curtail near-record U.S. oil production for several weeks, with the impact expected to reverberate throughout the country and across international energy markets. Harvey hit the Texas shore as a fierce Category 4 hurricane, causing massive flooding that has knocked out 11 percent of U.S. refining capacity, a quarter of oil production from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and closed ports all along the Texas coast." www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-energy-idUSKCN1B70YQ"...the newest refinery with significant downstream unit capacity is Marathon's facility in Garyville, Louisiana. That facility came online in 1977..." www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=29&t=6
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Post by tigercpa on Aug 28, 2017 11:28:51 GMT
Another idiot mayor...deja vu NOLA:
Now Houston is flooded, the city is expecting more rain, looters are ransacking stores, and people are dying.
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