Projectd path, hope it helps
Posted on 06/30/2010 2:57:09 AM PDT by GonzoII
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "Strengthening is forecast during the next 36 hours or so before landfall the National Weather Bureau said in an advisory.
Brownsville residents have been given sandbags to fortify homes and businesses. Texas Governor Rick Perry declared 19 counties a disaster area in order to free up resources. More than 2,500 National Guard troops, eight helicopters and three aircraft have been rallied in advance of the season's first storm.
According to the Hurricane Center, Brownsville, a Texas city of 172,437 will be struck by the Alex's most powerful quadrant. Warnings have been issued from Baffin Bay in Texas to La Cruz in Mexico.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...
Hey Obie, ya takin' notes???
Excellent to be prepared but will amount to not much more than some heavy rain/moderate winds. The tracking shows a more southerly route and any hurrican force winds missing Texas entirely. Maybe a chance at TS winds but on the very low scale of the spectrum.
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201001_5day.html#a_topad
...for a tropical storm? Must be an election season.
How long will it take obammma to do a fly over
Will heavy rains make it difficult - and dangerous - for illegal border crossers?
Any Texas Freepers know if/when part of this will hit Dallas? Have a good friend - my best friend in fact - flying out of DFW on Friday.
Projectd path, hope it helps
It most likely will not get to Dallas. Heck, I am closer, in Houston, and my boss won’t even give me the day off for it!
Thanks, Freepers. That helps a bunch.
/temporarily displaced Texas Freeper
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