Oh boy, here we go again! Hurricane breathing down my neck

Onkel Neal · 08-24-17, 07:17 PM

I have not been paying any attention to the disturbance in the Gulf. I started hear some mention of a tropical storm Harvey that might make landfall late Friday night on the Texas coast. Then it's "Hurricane" Harvey, expected to maybe get to a Cat 1. Whatever.

All right, now there's a steady stream of people on the highway pulling boats and campers from Sargent (the beach town, 9 miles east of me). Oh come on! @*&%#*! Now it's going to be a Cat 3 with 25 inches of rain?

Well, I have my preps ready, plenty of water, batteries, and propane. I hope it doesn't make it to full strength they are saying, I am hoping it's weatherman hype.

Buddahaid · 08-24-17, 07:23 PM

Good luck.

August · 08-24-17, 07:50 PM

Keep your hatches battened down Matey!

Schroeder · 08-25-17, 03:47 AM

Best of luck.

Catfish · 08-25-17, 03:53 AM

looks like an interesting weekend coming.. all the best!

u crank · 08-25-17, 04:50 AM

Take care and good luck Neal.

Gerald · 09-06-17, 09:57 PM

Quote:

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Irma howled past Puerto Rico after thrashing several smaller Caribbean islands with roof-ripping winds, drenching rains and pounding surf on a collision course with Florida.

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Live_Hurricane_Irma

Nooo not again.

Edit: Do try to keep up, there are already numerous references to Irma on this thread, we don't need another. TIA

Gerald · 09-09-17, 04:50 AM

Quote:

The number of people killed by a powerful earthquake off the southern coast of Mexico has risen to at least 61, officials say.
A huge rescue operation is under way in the worst-hit states of Tabasco, Oaxaca and Chiapas where people are feared trapped under rubble.
President Enrique Peña Nieto says at least 200 people have been injured.
The 8.1-magnitude quake, which hit late on Thursday, was the strongest to hit the region in a century.
President Peña Nieto has declared a day of mourning, saying flags would fly at half mast out of respect for the dead and bereaved.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41209243

Nature personified as a creative and controlling force.

08-24-17, 07:17 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Oh boy, here we go again! Hurricane breathing down my neck I have not been paying any attention to the disturbance in the Gulf. I started hear some mention of a tropical storm Harvey that might make landfall late Friday night on the Texas coast. Then it's "Hurricane" Harvey, expected to maybe get to a Cat 1. Whatever. All right, now there's a steady stream of people on the highway pulling boats and campers from Sargent (the beach town, 9 miles east of me). Oh come on! @&%#! Now it's going to be a Cat 3 with 25 inches of rain? Well, I have my preps ready, plenty of water, batteries, and propane. I hope it doesn't make it to full strength they are saying, I am hoping it's weatherman hype. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

08-24-17, 07:23 PM	#2
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,561 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	Good luck. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

08-24-17, 07:50 PM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,680 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Keep your hatches battened down Matey! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

08-25-17, 03:47 AM	#4
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Best of luck. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

08-25-17, 03:53 AM	#5
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	looks like an interesting weekend coming.. all the best! __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

08-25-17, 04:50 AM	#6
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,560 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Take care and good luck Neal. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke