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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:39 am    Post subject: Hurricane Harvey

I hope all the Houston area LG fonts(if there are any) stay safe. It looks so awful
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 8:58 am    Post subject: Re: Hurricane Harvey

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I hope all the Houston area LG fonts(if there are any) stay safe. It looks so awful


Yeah, right now I'm happy I still have electricity and enough food and water. So far I'm lucky but it could be so much worse. I'm flooded in and the two access roads close to my house have major sinkholes, its going to be bad here for a couple weeks potentially more.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:02 am    Post subject:

Its scary unlike New Orleans you guys are above sea level.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:27 am    Post subject:

Not familiar with the area but is Houston prone to flooding? I remember they dealt with heavy flooding only a couple of years ago
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:31 am    Post subject:

I still have power, etc. If it stopped right now, it would just be another big flood. This stuff happens on the gulf coast, just like you Californians have to deal with earthquakes and wildfires. But we could have 3-5 more days of this. Things could really get out of control. The estimate is that we've had 350 billion gallons of rain so far. Imagine if that number got doubled or tripled, or even more. The experts are saying that this is a 500 year flood event.

I should have picked up an ark kit at IKEA.

Anyway, for now I am sitting on the patio smoking a cigar and watching the rain come down. At least we have been spared any significant winds in this part of town. (For those of you who know Houston, I live in Kingwood.). It's the winds that really make a mess of things, like power lines. I have about 500 cigars in my humidor. I'm fine for now.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:45 am    Post subject:

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I still have power, etc. If it stopped right now, it would just be another big flood. This stuff happens on the gulf coast, just like you Californians have to deal with earthquakes and wildfires. But we could have 3-5 more days of this. Things could really get out of control. The estimate is that we've had 350 billion gallons of rain so far. Imagine if that number got doubled or tripled, or even more. The experts are saying that this is a 500 year flood event.

I should have picked up an ark kit at IKEA.

Anyway, for now I am sitting on the patio smoking a cigar and watching the rain come down. At least we have been spared any significant winds in this part of town. (For those of you who know Houston, I live in Kingwood.). It's the winds that really make a mess of things, like power lines. I have about 500 cigars in my humidor. I'm fine for now.


Glad to hear it. You and Nordvader stay safe. Hope things improve as soon as possible.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 10:11 am    Post subject:

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Basketball Fan wrote:
I hope all the Houston area LG fonts(if there are any) stay safe. It looks so awful


Yeah, right now I'm happy I still have electricity and enough food and water. So far I'm lucky but it could be so much worse. I'm flooded in and the two access roads close to my house have major sinkholes, its going to be bad here for a couple weeks potentially more.



Aeneas Hunter wrote:
I still have power, etc. If it stopped right now, it would just be another big flood. This stuff happens on the gulf coast, just like you Californians have to deal with earthquakes and wildfires. But we could have 3-5 more days of this. Things could really get out of control. The estimate is that we've had 350 billion gallons of rain so far. Imagine if that number got doubled or tripled, or even more. The experts are saying that this is a 500 year flood event.

I should have picked up an ark kit at IKEA.

Anyway, for now I am sitting on the patio smoking a cigar and watching the rain come down. At least we have been spared any significant winds in this part of town. (For those of you who know Houston, I live in Kingwood.). It's the winds that really make a mess of things, like power lines. I have about 500 cigars in my humidor. I'm fine for now.


Stay safe ya'll.

I have some friends and family in Houston. They've been checking in every so often so thats good. This thing is just barfing water on Texas right now.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 10:14 am    Post subject:

The latest forecast
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 10:20 am    Post subject:

Don't Mess With Texas
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 10:23 am    Post subject:

Some of the pictures coming out, including downtown, wowza.

Hope and pray for the best for everyone.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 10:27 am    Post subject:

Also uh, California would gladly take on some of this water.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:12 am    Post subject:

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Also uh, California would gladly take on some of this water.


Oh yeah we would; also, AZ is dry too..
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:37 am    Post subject: Re: Hurricane Harvey

Basketball Fan wrote:
I hope all the Houston area LG fonts(if there are any) stay safe. It looks so awful


This storm has real character.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 1:08 pm    Post subject:

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City_Dawg wrote:
Also uh, California would gladly take on some of this water.


Oh yeah we would; also, AZ is dry too..


We can cover you both.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:50 pm    Post subject:

been through Hurricanes, and being without power for a week, tarping the roof because of roof damage.....and all that misery.....but I have never seen or could imagine dealing with what some of those in Texas are dealing with this week. I get the infrastructure failures that caused Katrina, but this is just pure precipitation overload inland and the Houston area. I also fear that there may be more loss of life once they are able to get in those coastal areas such as Rockport that took the brunt of the eye wall winds.....a Cat. 4 storm is simply catastrophic.

This is a time when a lot of people can give a little to reputable organizations like the Red Cross, and it will go along way in helping our fellow Americans with immediate needs.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:59 pm    Post subject:

It is crazy that the center rotation point stayed in one spot for 18 hours.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 4:05 pm    Post subject:

Praying for y'all down there!
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 4:25 pm    Post subject:

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It is crazy that the center rotation point stayed in one spot for 18 hours.


Yeah, it's a stall caused by high pressure fronts. Ordinarily, the remnants of Harvey would be somewhere over east Texas headed for Arkansas. Instead, Harvey is essentially stuck over the Texas coastline. Something similar happened with Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 4:30 pm    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
The latest forecast


I thought I heard something about 6 inches per hour? Is that even possible?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 4:38 pm    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
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It is crazy that the center rotation point stayed in one spot for 18 hours.


Yeah, it's a stall caused by high pressure fronts. Ordinarily, the remnants of Harvey would be somewhere over east Texas headed for Arkansas. Instead, Harvey is essentially stuck over the Texas coastline. Something similar happened with Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.


its crazy, this thing was supposed to hit along the Mexican border and "maybe" make it to a Cat. 1 storm just 72 hours out.....then to turn and pick up that much strength that quickly makes it difficult to really prepare for.....

I recall Charlie was supposed to hit Tampa hard and cross the northern part of the state.....and Orlando hotels were completely full of Tampa residents that evacuated. Then about 12 hours out, it turned and hit Punta Gorda as a Cat. 4 and came straight over Orlando and was fairly destructive.....while Tampa barely got a couple inches of rain. Charlie was fast though....it crossed the entire state in a couple hours and was gone.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:31 pm    Post subject:

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The latest forecast


I thought I heard something about 6 inches per hour? Is that even possible?


Yes, I actually experienced something like that once. It was the mother of all flash floods. I was in college at the time, so it was more "Whoa, this is cool" than "Oh, no, I'm going to lose my house." I remember a picture of an old VW bug stuck in a tree the next day. Some of you will remember that those things actually floated.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:41 pm    Post subject:

before & after of Buffalo Bayou in Houston

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:43 pm    Post subject:

adkindo wrote:
its crazy, this thing was supposed to hit along the Mexican border and "maybe" make it to a Cat. 1 storm just 72 hours out.....then to turn and pick up that much strength that quickly makes it difficult to really prepare for.....

I recall Charlie was supposed to hit Tampa hard and cross the northern part of the state.....and Orlando hotels were completely full of Tampa residents that evacuated. Then about 12 hours out, it turned and hit Punta Gorda as a Cat. 4 and came straight over Orlando and was fairly destructive.....while Tampa barely got a couple inches of rain. Charlie was fast though....it crossed the entire state in a couple hours and was gone.


My spidey sense started tingling around Wednesday, so I hit the store to get some supplies. Thankfully, there was enough lead time for most folks in Houston to get ready. If it really drags on all week, or longer, it's going to be a problem.

I see people starting to second guess the local leadership for not ordering an evacuation. The local leadership remembers the Rita evacuation, which had about 100 fatalities. Evacuating 4-6 million people is a desperation move.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 7:26 pm    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Aeneas Hunter wrote:
The latest forecast


I thought I heard something about 6 inches per hour? Is that even possible?


Yes, I actually experienced something like that once. It was the mother of all flash floods. I was in college at the time, so it was more "Whoa, this is cool" than "Oh, no, I'm going to lose my house." I remember a picture of an old VW bug stuck in a tree the next day. Some of you will remember that those things actually floated.

Oh believe me, I "floated" VW bugs into all kinds of compromising situations back in the day.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:00 pm    Post subject:

A couple updates of note:

Some of the official rain gauges around Houston have now been knocked out by the rain. Think about that. One of them is a couple miles from my house.

One of the official rain gauges in eastern Harris County (Baytown, for those of you who know the area shows 26.56 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.
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