The Big Donkey
Footballguy
Good luck. Looks like an awful lot of rain, 15+ inches, with this slow moving one.Had to provoke, didn't ya!?
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*** Official 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Thread *** (1 Viewer)
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Mjolnirs
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rustycolts
Footballguy
A pool is a hole in the ground you throw money into.no ####
Every freakin' day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rain, I can handle. The hard part thus far is getting accustom to the plants/grass/bugs etc. Oh, and owning a pool....I'm not sure I want this pool but I have it now
DallasDMac
Footballguy
I rarely worry to much about these storms. But 15" of rain possible? Yea, little concerned about flooding. Not to mention, we had a nice 2" to 3" downpour today. So now the ground has already been pre-soaked, making flash flooding that much more likely. Here's hoping SA doesn't get it nearly as bad as the worst models are predicting.
The Commish
Footballguy
seriously....it's not as bad as a boat in the ocean, but every few weeks there seems to be "something".rustycolts said:
Ignoramus
Footballguy
The good news is the lines aren't as long today.Grocery store was a madhouse. Figured I'd stop during lunch and pick up a couple of things, not that I had any great needs.
Lines went from the registers, back to the aisles, and all the way back each aisle to the far end of the store.Turned around and walked out.
The bad news is all the food is gone.
GregR
Footballguy
I could have used some more D batteries. Have an electric lantern that takes 8. Most of them I have had expired dates of 2 years ago, though still have a little juice at least.
Be safe and good luck GB.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Be safe, all. With this storm being projected to just sit there for the next 3-5 days, flooding is probably going to end up costing more casualties than the wind.
GregR
Footballguy
Worried more about flooding.
Not sure if I can handle 18 inches or not.
[/things you can say about your hurricane, but not your significant other]
Gawain
Footballguy
Be extra safe if you're in a storm surge map.
It's almost unfathomable to understand unless you've lived through it.
Water just rises from places you've never even expected. Even if your house is sandbagged and buttoned up, water can come through the floorboards or the bathtub.
Hope all FBG are safe!
It's almost unfathomable to understand unless you've lived through it.
Water just rises from places you've never even expected. Even if your house is sandbagged and buttoned up, water can come through the floorboards or the bathtub.
Hope all FBG are safe!
Ramblin Wreck
Footballguy
Saw the Euro model has some areas getting up to 4 feet of rain. Going to be horrible if that holds true.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Ramblin Wreck
Footballguy
Actually up to 5 feet. Article might be behind a pay wall.
wtmf
Capital Weather GangVerified account @capitalweather 20m20 minutes ago
Mind-boggling and extremely troubling: European model simulates as much as 50-60" of rain from #Harvey: http://wapo.st/2w0UhBc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/24/rapidly-strengthening-harvey-forecast-to-slam-east-texas-as-major-hurricane-and-stall/?sfdsdfsdfsdfsdf&utm_term=.6b502909009d
Gawain
Footballguy
Pretty good visual of rainfall outlook:
https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/map/DCT_SPECIAL29_1280x720.jpg?v=ap&w=1280&h=720&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0
https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/map/DCT_SPECIAL29_1280x720.jpg?v=ap&w=1280&h=720&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0
CurlyNight
Footballguy
With tRump working hard on his narcissistic look at me !@#@! rallies and focus on his border wall, we start the hurricane season with no FEMA director and no NOAA leader in place. Awesome. Stay safe everyone. T's & P's. xx
Widbil83
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Doug B
Footballguy
Brock Long was confirmed as administrator of FEMA in June. Not sure about NOAA, though.
CurlyNight
Footballguy
This is the hurricane thread. Giving heads up to those in the path what they can expect with the facts.
El Floppo
Footballguy
"facts" would have looked different than what you wrote.
eg: there's currently no head of FEMA in place. hopefully not an issue in the response and clean-up here.
Statorama
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
Granted, Long is not a big name or anything ... but he really flew in under the radar, didn't he?
CurlyNight
Footballguy
"Officials at NOAA are still waiting for Trump to nominate someone to lead the key weather monitoring agency. The post remains vacant -- and without a Trump nominee -- alongside dozens of other deputy, under and assistant secretary positions in the Trump administration that require Senate confirmation.
"Unrelated to those nomination woes, the National Hurricane Center is still fielding applications for a permanent director after its chief resigned in May." Must have a ton of applicants..
"But Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who helped organize relief efforts to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, said he was concerned about NOAA having a temporary leader as the hurricane season ramps up."
"It is a concern," Honoré said. "We don't allow temporary coaches in the SEC, so why the hell are we running a federal agency with a temporary leader? It doesn't create a team."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/donald-trump-hurricane-harvey-natural-disaster-response-test/index.html
Bacon is Delicious
Footballguy
GregR
Footballguy
flapgreen
Footballguy
CurlyNight
Footballguy
No shame for what? Stating the fact that not every one is in place and my concern that it will be worse response than '05? Hoping against all hope that there isn't as much catastrophe as they are making it seem. Really hope I'm overreacting.
GregR
Footballguy
You've stated it. On behalf of those of us affected by this thing, please stop there.
GregR
Footballguy
So if home flooding seems imminent, are you supposed to pull the circuit breaker to the house? I saw some things about elevating electrical plugs and such, but it didn't mention that step. I guess it would probably blow the moment the water hit it anyway, but better to do it yourself?
Just took pictures of my expensive stuff. Anyone else in the area, might not be a bad idea to do the same.
Just took pictures of my expensive stuff. Anyone else in the area, might not be a bad idea to do the same.
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
Usually, the utility will preemptively shut off the grid where flooding is imminent. But it couldn't hurt to pull the breaker to the house.
whoknew
Footballguy
Gawain
Footballguy
One of my most vivid memories of Sandy was the transformers arcing as they blew.
I wouldn't mess around with electricity at all. It's likely that if the water level is reaching your outlets/wiring your power will already be out, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to kill it on your end for when power is restored. You don't want power to come back on and be out of the home in case something has shorted.
If you're in a mandatory evacuation zone, be safe.
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Thanks for the reminder! I have a rechargable camping lantern that needs plugging in.
Feeling pretty good provision-wise. Picked up a bottle of bourbon, two 12-packs of Art Car, and two bottles of Becker Cab. Oh yeah, plus some waters.
GregR
Footballguy
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Supposed to make landfall down by Corpus some time tonight and then meander up to Houston tomorrow. Where it decides to park or go back into the Gulf and re-strengthen is the concern.
GregR
Footballguy
Yes, today probably isn't going to be too bad, even through the night.
Tomorrow sometime, maybe afternoon, is probably when it'll start really getting bad.
Bacon is Delicious
Footballguy
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Parts of the city will be pretty much under water probably sometime late Saturday through Wednesday or Thursday. I hope people get where they're going and stay off the roads. We've built safety barricades into a lot of underpasses because people are constantly driving into high water there and drowning. Hopefully these work and save some lives.
Some of the areas that flooded a year ago will flood again. A lady that works with me got hit last time and still isn't back in her house... I told her to take a match to it, especially if she floods again.
Some of the areas that flooded a year ago will flood again. A lady that works with me got hit last time and still isn't back in her house... I told her to take a match to it, especially if she floods again.
Ignoramus
Footballguy
Bacon is Delicious
Footballguy
5 FEET OF RAIN? 
Doug B
Footballguy
adonis
Footballguy
Well...Houston took in a lot of refugees from New Orleans back during Katrina. Maybe the favor will be returned.
It's almost a lock that we're going to be talking about this storm years from now, when describing how utterly this storm reshaped south and south-east texas and the surrounding areas.
This is going to be biblical. I live close enough to be paying incredibly close attention. If it goes much more east, my area is going to have huge flooding. As it stands, we expect more than a foot of water...and it's likely the minimum.
This entire area, for weeks now, has barely gone more than a day or two without a considerable rain storm. The ground is saturated already. The entire path of the hurricane, especially if it stays in place for days (or a week) as some projections have it doing, is going to be underwater. This is just a few % points away from worst case scenario for this area.
It's almost a lock that we're going to be talking about this storm years from now, when describing how utterly this storm reshaped south and south-east texas and the surrounding areas.
This is going to be biblical. I live close enough to be paying incredibly close attention. If it goes much more east, my area is going to have huge flooding. As it stands, we expect more than a foot of water...and it's likely the minimum.
This entire area, for weeks now, has barely gone more than a day or two without a considerable rain storm. The ground is saturated already. The entire path of the hurricane, especially if it stays in place for days (or a week) as some projections have it doing, is going to be underwater. This is just a few % points away from worst case scenario for this area.
