Posted on 08/24/2017 8:44:29 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Harvey approaching Texas Gulf Coast.
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Interesting local info—thanks for passing it along.
Certainly looks like devastation is coming there in Texas so hopefully people will be wise and find safety away from areas that especially will be affected by the storm surges.
If only we had elected Hillary this storm would never exist!
1875 storm swept away Indianola’s lighthouses, along with the lighthouse keepers. Another destructive storm hit in 1886. On October 4, 1887, the post office in Indianola was permanently closed and the town declared “dead”.
Good luck to you-—from Massachusetts.
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We will probably see serious road flooding - including interstates - well west of I-35. And it won’t be just the notorious low-water crossings in the Hill Country - even major highways can flood in an event like this - last tropical system that came through Central Texas, a minor creek flooded I-35 and a man got swept away. People need to go out, get at least a week’s worth of supplies, and then stay put.
There's enough warning for folks to get out and or hunker down in safe places. Any who hang around thinking they can play Russian roulette with this storm are seriously dense and then some....just the duration of rain itself is a serious threat......falling trees etc.
One good thing is that landfall will take place between new and full moon tidal peaks, meaning that the storm surge will not be quite as high as it would have been on those dates.
Remember, worst storm surge and strongest winds are found east of the official landfall point (winds by 25-50 miles, storm surge by 25-100 miles). So if the landfall point narrows down in forecasts to (let’s say) Port O’Connor then it would be places a bit to the east of there under the most severe threat.
Agree. Once the ground is saturated, it doesn’t take much more than a stiff breeze to bring down trees.
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We had our family reunion last year in Wimberly :)
Those of us in the Hill Country will get wet, but we’ll be loading the trucks heading south to help the people most affected as soon as the roads are passable. The Baptist Men will be getting out their commercial sized pots and pans and will be providing food for the first responders. Texans don’t wait for FEMA.
I think the problem will be the slow movement of the storm. That’s a long time to be in that kind of sustained wind and rain, even as a Tropical Storm
Lower Todville up to Seascape took a beating with flood waters with Ike. It was a sad sight to see. We have property in Trinity Co. so I know what you mean about the pines.
Exactly. I appreciate the heads up from NOAA but even on their website it’s not a hurricane yet. It is a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 MPH with the potential to be a category 3 when it makes landfall.
BUT they’ve been wrong before.
Be prepared but not hysterical.
I know that history. Working on my family tree has many pitfalls because of that storm.
are you forgetting ike in '08
Thank you Mears!
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