Hurricane Harvey

[Steak Snabler]

Looks like this one's for real. Projected to be the first major hurricane (Category 3-plus) to hit the U.S. mainland since Wilma in 2005 (same year as Katrina):

Tropical Storm Harvey projected to become 'major hurricane' - CNN

It's headed straight for Corpus Christi. This one's a little worrisome for me, since I have family all over Metro Houston, including my senior citizen Dad and stepmom, who live a little Southwest of the city and are not far from the Brazos River, which floods constantly.

Good thing Dad sprung for that natural gas generator a few years back, though. At least they won't lose power.

 

[dixiehack]

Ugh. Looks like it's going to push inland to a little east of San Antonio and just park itself.

 

[User 149557]

A hurricane should not make me want to pronounce its name in Jimmy Stewart's voice.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Looks like this one's for real. Projected to be the first major hurricane (Category 3-plus) to hit the U.S. mainland since Wilma in 2005 (same year as Katrina):

Tropical Storm Harvey projected to become 'major hurricane' - CNN

It's headed straight for Corpus Christi. This one's a little worrisome for me, since I have family all over Metro Houston, including my senior citizen Dad and stepmom, who live a little Southwest of the city and are not far from the Brazos River, which floods constantly.

Good thing Dad sprung for that natural gas generator a few years back, though. At least they won't lose power.

Fortunately, the Brazos is pretty low right now. Hopefully low enough it can absorb torrential rain and not flood. If your folks are in the Richmond/Rosenberg area, it's certainly a concern, but they're more likely to lose power if the winds come than if it's just heavy rain.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

A hurricane should not make me want to pronounce its name in Jimmy Stewart's voice.

I hear Paul Harvey's voice. ... Good day.

 

[User 149557]

I hear Paul Harvey's voice. ... Good day.

And that little evaporation of water from the ocean's surface turned out to be ... Hurricane Donna.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Sending good thoughts to folks down that way. I have family that will be in the "bad" quadrant for quite a few hours, so I know there will be the dumping and dumping of rain to deal with.

Fingers crossed for all.

 

[wicked]

I hear Paul Harvey's voice. ... Good day.

"Page two."

"And now you know ... the rest of the story."

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Harvey is already causing problems far out from the center. Flooding already in places up along the Red River in southern Oklahoma.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Up to 30 inches of rain? Geez.

 

[Batman]

Well, that escalated quickly. At midnight last night it was forecast to "maybe" become a hurricane before landfall, and be mostly a rain event.

 

[User 11148]

Was right at the add-one-club level of humidity here in North Texas this morning ...

 

[Neutral Corner]

Look at this map. The prediction is for two to four feet of rain over three to four days. It literally maxes out the color graph.

This is going to make Allison look like a summer shower. Houston is going to be massively underwater, they are simply not prepared to deal with water on that scale.

 

[Steak Snabler]

The way Houston is prone to flooding is a really under-reported weather phenomenon. It's the nation's fourth-largest city and is surrounded on all sides by lakes, rivers, bayous, shipping canals and the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[UPChip]

The way Houston is prone to flooding is a really under-reported weather phenomenon. It's the nation's fourth-largest city and is surrounded on all sides by lakes, rivers, bayous, shipping canals and the Gulf of Mexico.

Have an uncle who lived there (now in San Antonio) who observed that the Houston freeway system seems practically designed to flood during events like this.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Yeah, the access roads running parallel to the interstate flood, and the underpasses where those access roads U-turn fill with water very easily. There are people every year who drive into them (Couldn't be all that deep) and drown when their electric locks and windows short out.

I was looking at the predicted intensity - they're throwing around numbers that are near record setting low pressure. If it does not change, it's going to be an absolute monster.

 

[Batman]

Look at this map. The prediction is for two to four feet of rain over three to four days. It literally maxes out the color graph.

This is going to make Allison look like a summer shower. Houston is going to be massively underwater, they are simply not prepared to deal with water on that scale.

It's nothing like what Houston will get, but 6 inches of rain is going to be a big problem for New Orleans, too. They've had some serious issues with their pump system lately, to the point that there was Katrina-level flooding in some areas. If that forecast shifts east by a bit, we could conceivably end up with two major cities dealing with catastrophic flooding.

 

[Just the facts ma am]

I hear Paul Harvey's voice. ... Good day.

I'll always remember listening to Paul Harvey reading an item about black unemployment and then commenting that there was a shortage of maids and janitors or some such. Racist cocksucker (end of derail)

 

[wicked]

I hadn't thought of Paul Harvey as a conservative, but then I read this.

 

[Buck]

Yeah, the access roads running parallel to the interstate flood, and the underpasses where those access roads U-turn fill with water very easily. There are people every year who drive into them (Couldn't be all that deep) and drown when their electric locks and windows short out.

I was looking at the predicted intensity - they're throwing around numbers that are near record setting low pressure. If it does not change, it's going to be an absolute monster.

People drown inside their cars every year?
How is that not a huge story?