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.

Rhodes · 08-25-17, 04:57 AM

Hang in there and best of luck!

Jimbuna · 08-25-17, 06:19 AM

Stay safe my friend.

Mr Quatro · 08-25-17, 09:39 AM

Get out of dodge Neal or Cougar Trap, Texas I mean ...

Quote:

All seven Texas counties on the coast from Corpus Christi to the western end of Galveston Island have ordered the mandatory evacuations of tens of thousands of residents from all low-lying areas.

Voluntary evacuations have been urged for Corpus Christi and for the Bolivar Peninsula, where many homes were washed away by the storm surge of Hurricane Ike in 2008.

What we know about what is expected to be the strongest storm to hit the United States in more than a decade.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weathe...id=mailsignout

AVGWarhawk · 08-25-17, 10:36 AM

Going to be much rain to contend with. Be safe.

Aktungbby · 08-25-17, 11:04 AM

Hey! I was in tropical storm Amelia>

in '78 delivering kitty litter to Wynn-Dixie stores in Houston. The rivets of my freightliner cab were virtual faucets! Throw in two Minn. tornadoes in 1950's childhood-spent in the basement....and my thoughts are with U! Hopin' it dissipates down to a 'tropical storm' on landfall.

Skybird · 08-25-17, 02:04 PM

Just saw a wind animation of it, and it does not look good, State governor has called in additional federal aid and warns the population that this is becoming a big one. Hunker down, Neal, and keep your head down and safe. I wish you best luck!

https://earth.nullschool.net/#curren....09,26.44,3000

I watched several taifuns and hurricans on this site in the past years - cannot remember that any of them illustrated such fast rotating eyes (winds at the centre) like this one currently does. Frightening

AVGWarhawk · 08-25-17, 02:22 PM

Additional Federal aid is ongoing. Sequin, Denton, Roseland and of course Fort Worth TX(FEMA distribution center) are staged with relief supplies.

Rockstar · 08-25-17, 02:38 PM

Batten down the hatches and protect the beer.

Pictures or didnt happen!

STEED · 08-25-17, 03:44 PM

Relax Neal, forecasters always blow it out of all portion. Stick on a collections of films you like and lots of cold beer will see you though.

08-24-17, 07:17 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 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: 9,319 Downloads: 162 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: 23,197 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: 17,765 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: 11,744 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

08-25-17, 04:57 AM	#7
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Hang in there and best of luck! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

08-25-17, 06:19 AM	#8
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Stay safe my friend. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-25-17, 10:36 AM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Going to be much rain to contend with. Be safe. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-25-17, 11:04 AM	#11
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,984 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Hey! I was in tropical storm Amelia> in '78 delivering kitty litter to Wynn-Dixie stores in Houston. The rivets of my freightliner cab were virtual faucets! Throw in two Minn. tornadoes in 1950's childhood-spent in the basement....and my thoughts are with U! Hopin' it dissipates down to a 'tropical storm' on landfall. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

08-25-17, 02:04 PM	#12
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Just saw a wind animation of it, and it does not look good, State governor has called in additional federal aid and warns the population that this is becoming a big one. Hunker down, Neal, and keep your head down and safe. I wish you best luck! https://earth.nullschool.net/#curren....09,26.44,3000 I watched several taifuns and hurricans on this site in the past years - cannot remember that any of them illustrated such fast rotating eyes (winds at the centre) like this one currently does. Frightening __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-25-17, 02:22 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Additional Federal aid is ongoing. Sequin, Denton, Roseland and of course Fort Worth TX(FEMA distribution center) are staged with relief supplies. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-25-17, 02:38 PM	#14
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Batten down the hatches and protect the beer. Pictures or didnt happen!

08-25-17, 03:44 PM	#15
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Relax Neal, forecasters always blow it out of all portion. Stick on a collections of films you like and lots of cold beer will see you though. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!