Oh boy, here we go again! Hurricane breathing down my neck - Page 3

Platapus · 08-26-17, 12:59 PM

Was this a 3 or a 4 when it landed? Getting conflicting news reports on this.

HW3 · 08-26-17, 02:31 PM

130 mph winds puts it at the top of a cat 3 hurricane chart.

STEED · 08-26-17, 04:17 PM

News here reports it has been downgraded to a tropical storm.

Mr Quatro · 08-26-17, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HW3

130 mph winds puts it at the top of a cat 3 hurricane chart.

I think they meant 130 mph gust of wind ...

Neal did your ride it out? Wow!

razark · 08-27-17, 04:40 PM

8:00 am

By 1;00, water was in the garage but not the house, and we left. Walked a block and caught a boat.

The good news is that the creek has begun to drop.

Gargamel · 08-27-17, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

Walked a block and caught a boat.

The modern Uber.

mookiemookie · 08-27-17, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Was this a 3 or a 4 when it landed? Getting conflicting news reports on this.

Was a 4, but the problem for Houston was never going to be the hurricane wind and whatnot. It's the rain bands that it keeps pulling from the gulf. It's almost stationary and keeps sweeping more water into the area.

Luckily I'm high and dry at this point. Many folks aren't.

Mr Quatro · 08-27-17, 06:44 PM

Rockstar · 08-27-17, 07:54 PM

Mind stopping at Omega Burger in Galena Park?

nikimcbee · 08-27-17, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

8:00 am

By 1;00, water was in the garage but not the house, and we left. Walked a block and caught a boat.

The good news is that the creek has begun to drop.

Can you spot all the alligators?

nikimcbee · 08-27-17, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

So far so good on the power front here inside the 610 loop. The real buttpounding is yet to come though.

Good to see you Mookie!

nikimcbee · 08-27-17, 08:52 PM

Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston......

Mookie has been sighted! Das ist Mookie!

vienna · 08-27-17, 10:39 PM

There are no words for this:

18P People Rescued From Flooded Assisted Living Facility --

http://www.galvnews.com/news/free/ar...6bc7dc6a5.html

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hurricane-...opstories.html

This should never have happened. Whoever was responsible for the care of these people or those who should have been responsible for their timely evacuation should be held to whatever consequence they deserve...

<O>

Aktungbby · 08-27-17, 11:28 PM

^HEY nobody died! They'll talk about for the rest of their lives!

I know I still am:

Skybird · 08-28-17, 05:05 AM

Oh dear, once the water has gone, the time of the stink begins. My hometown drowned three years ago, the stink was on the streets for weeks and inside buildings for months.

If I were Neal, I would open the house (in case it good flooded, too), let the sun do its magic and go for 3 months holiday somewehre else.

08-26-17, 12:59 PM	#31
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,928 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Was this a 3 or a 4 when it landed? Getting conflicting news reports on this. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-26-17, 02:31 PM	#32
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,438 Downloads: 453 Uploads: 0	130 mph winds puts it at the top of a cat 3 hurricane chart. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

08-26-17, 04:17 PM	#33
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	News here reports it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-27-17, 04:40 PM	#35
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,725 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	8:00 am By 1;00, water was in the garage but not the house, and we left. Walked a block and caught a boat. The good news is that the creek has begun to drop. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

08-27-17, 06:44 PM	#38
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08-27-17, 07:54 PM	#39
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,811 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Mind stopping at Omega Burger in Galena Park? __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

08-27-17, 08:52 PM	#42
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,924 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston...... Mookie has been sighted! Das ist Mookie! __________________

08-27-17, 10:39 PM	#43
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,495 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	There are no words for this: 18P People Rescued From Flooded Assisted Living Facility -- http://www.galvnews.com/news/free/ar...6bc7dc6a5.html https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hurricane-...opstories.html This should never have happened. Whoever was responsible for the care of these people or those who should have been responsible for their timely evacuation should be held to whatever consequence they deserve... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

08-27-17, 11:28 PM	#44
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,822 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	^HEY nobody died! They'll talk about for the rest of their lives! I know I still am: I Had a near disaster myself. I got summoned forth to San Francisco at 9PM-50 miles- with rain to-beat-the-band and 30+mph cross-winds to match across three major toll-bridges and Corolla's front-drive wheels slipping, even in low torque. For the toll-free return direction, I first called my boat captain who monitors road and weather to inquire about returning the toll free direction across the Golden Gate Bridge, and avoiding the windy Bay Bridge I'd arrived on. The route has been closed for flooding this month for several days. I finally get to a one-lane route at Sonoma around midnight approx 15 mile from my home and am following the vehicle in front, when the road disappears...70 yards of six-inch very brown deep water from a nearby creek and I'm in it! Real sudden-like (Flash really means Flash BBY!) with utterly no chance to turn around; and I can't see the deep ditches on both sides anyhow. (note: flood water/sewage does not smell good at all)With no options: I managed to punch through, creeping in second gear w/o stopping(fatal) and got back onto the dry road. I called the road condition into to 911 and made it home by 00:45. It's till pouring rain as I post and 31 road closures R in effect in Sonoma County today. It's gonna rain all week...there goes my golf game! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-28-17, 05:05 AM	#45
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,457 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Oh dear, once the water has gone, the time of the stink begins. My hometown drowned three years ago, the stink was on the streets for weeks and inside buildings for months. If I were Neal, I would open the house (in case it good flooded, too), let the sun do its magic and go for 3 months holiday somewehre else. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.