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Posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse
TAKE GOOD CARE BUDDY!!!!
We are praying, too. My brother and nephew are headed to Galveston to help evacuate hospitals.
and a lot of these people said they arent even leaving...
if you dont keep your gas tank half full, you should start.
Saw MBY post earlier today in the Foxhole. She isn't living on the coast anymore she's up near Austin now. I haven't talked to Alkhin in a long time.
Just got back from our city emergency team planning meeting. You know, the just-in-case scenarios. Only concerns here are power outage, trees blowing down and a very small portion (of our very small town) which is flood prone. I have my job assignments for either possibility.
Dunno if you knew or not - I don't live in north Texas anymore - am back home at the old place. Our biggest worry in this town is one you can relate to I think. If power goes out we have a nursing home with 32 people in it. Some of those are on oxygen and other things requiring power. BUT, the nursing home doesn't have a back-up generator that will power those things! Tomorrow some of the guys are going to be contacting agencies to try to see what should be done or where those folks should be taken.
Feels good to be back home and be a part of things again - even though it is a potential emergency now. I've only been back 3 weeks - but it's nice. :-)
NN, can you post these 2 links to the start of the next thread?
1) Link to maps of storm surge danger zones in the greater Houston area:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/tropical/evac_map/gifs/
(Chambers, Liberty, Harris, Galveston, Brazoria, Matagorda, Jackson counties, from east to west)
2) Map of flood danger zones(all types) in Houston:
http://www.houstontx.gov/oem/c5ss.jpg
Got caught last year in Birmingham during Ivan....
Ever tried to tie down an aircraft in 60mph wind gusts??
It's not as much fun as it sounds...
Biloxi was hit hard, but the death count, (although awful) was amazingly low for such wreckage.
215 mph gusts are unimaginable to me. I can't fathom it.
You could call the Dallas Theological Seminary 214-824-3094 or Prestonwood Baptist Church (a huge church in Plano north of Dallas) 972-820-5000 and see if they could help. I also have some other church contacts. Would love to help, but have a small place and 4 already annoyed cats!
Keep us posted on this thread. When or have they left? Coming towards Dallas? I live in the Lake Highlands part of Dallas and there is a large Bible church up the street that might have housing available.
We're praying for you, jpsb...report in, when you can.
That would be because MS mostly managed to evac Biloxi.
Rooms available in Tulsa
http://www.orbitz.com/App/PrepareHotelSearchResults?z=9bg&r=2v&lastPage=interstitial&
The Fall impacted nature, from the trees to the weather, just as it made mankind dead.
I think there should be a Freeper housing thread...if there isnt already.
Huh?
"Particular Baptist Western Confession Reform of '87 or Particular Baptist Western Confession Reform of '95?"
Sorry; couldn't resist.
Judging from the flight plan, that's entirely possible. The mission numbers are also different (the AF300 reports used 14, while the NOAA3 flight used WX). Between the vortex message that measured the 161-knot wind and the last one released at 6:58 (and an eye fix at 6:09), there doesn't appear to be an inbound from the northeast that would have changed that max wind. Dunno why the NOAA flight used the AF max wind/time number (I doubt that both aircraft would be in the same quadrant at the same time).
However, the 10 pm discussion (I know, the NHC uses EDT for discussions, but both the storm and I are in the CDT) does note that there was 157-knot winds measured twice in the northeast quadrant the last pass through (doesn't give a time though). That's tempered by other data, including the estimated pressure/wind speed relationship.
Have you checked out the historical record track of previous hurricanes within 300 miles of Rita?
Ms. Casey's Daughter
I don't know, but folks may have to look more north.....Wichita, Topeka, Salina (KS), Kansas City. Or Arkansas.
I think there is, but I don't remember where the thread is. Howlin?
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