Posted on 08/31/2017 9:28:36 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
Harvey's impact on Houston and Southeast Texas will be felt for years to come — but what would the weather system look like in other regions of the country?
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Meanwhile, El Paso, Lubbock and Amarillo are still dry.
Interesting visual.
Makes me wonder if Harvey had struck DC and a bunch of congressional lowlifes needed rescue, would “The Cajun Navy” respond?
Yes, they would respond, and be promptly turned away by union thugs.
So, “Amarillo by morning” doesn’t apply to Harvey?
Houston has had a horrible tragedy.
People dead.
Property destroyed.
The Mayor of Houston’s big concern?
Taking care of illegal aliens.
The Democrat Party must have called him.
Yeah, they would send in the boats with holes in the bottom and some concrete blocks.
Other than the inland rainfall totals it looks fairly tame as far as a Carolina hurricane. When I was living in Greensboro, Hugo was still a hurricane there after making landfall in Charleston, to put things into perspective.
So, what’s the point of this exercise? It’s fairly compact, but intense as far as rainfall. Anyone interested enough to follow the storm news knows that.
Gosh.
It’s a good thing the Houston Chronicle let us know that a lot of rain could be a problem.
We might never know.
I live in Central California. A flood of biblical proportions in Southern Kalifornia would be ok.
The Pacific waters are too cold for a Harvey-style storm. They worst tropical style storm was Kathleen going into the Gulf of California in the mid 70s. It did a lot of damage in the deserts but just caused light rain on the coast.
My understanding is that typically a hurricane will lose energy as it travels inland and is deprived of the warm water from the ocean. In Harvey’s case, weather patterns kept it hovering over the Houston area where it could still sustain itself by drawing energy from the Gulf.
I know heavy winds were experienced in Corpus Christi but the big problem in Houston is that incredible amount of rain that never seemed to end.
I think the reason they made that graphic is most people don’t understand what constitutes the “Houston area” in size. I’ve seen this on several social media platforms, and people are amazed at the land size in comparison to other geographic areas.
I’m a native Houstonian and live in the impacted area. I also have weathered TS and hurricanes going back to Hurricane Carla in 1961, but this one even has natives amazed at how wide spread it was, the relentlessness of the rain, and the sheer volume of water it dumped.
There are numerous factors involved as far as a given named storm maintaining hurricane strength well inland but it certainly does occur. Houston is fortunate that this stalled storm didn’t draw energy to sustain windspeed in addition to moisture from the gulf.
Yes, but anyone at GS-15 or higher gets pushed back in. In special cases, its recommended keeping your foot on their head while they are in the water.
Yes, but anyone at GS-15 or higher gets pushed back in. In special cases, its recommended keeping your foot on their head while they are in the water.
It would certainly wipe out the potato refineries in Idaho.
Texas has a population of 28 million most of which lives east of I-35, much of that area where Harvey hit is quite developed and not farm and ranchland anymore.
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