Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Harvey Approaches Texas Gulf Coast

NOAA/NHC ^ | 8/24/20017 | NOAA/NHC

[Mears]

Lordy,rough weekend ahead.

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[topher]

Mayor Mitch Landrieu is concerned about New Orleans flooding.

New Orleans could be a big mess with only 15-20 inches of rain...

[topher]

Storm system is supposed to make U-Turn and go back out into the Gulf... And be a slow mover...

Rainfall amounts could be higher if this system stalls over a particular area such as Houston/Galveston.

[ETL]

Just found this LIVE stream on YouTube...

BREAKING ALERT: HURRICANE HARVEY WITH 85 MPH WINDS AND STRENGTHENING-—ALL EYES ON TEXAS COAST

Started streaming 10 hours ago

Live Streaming News and Weather Coverage From the Texas News Studio Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5xkmkh8go

[NautiNurse]

The NHC cone of uncertainty and other graphics are at the top of the thread, and they update automatically with each new advisory. Like magic.

[magna carta]

Maybe that Joan of Arc statue could float on down to Houston. Would love to have it

[ETL]

Lordy, rough weekend ahead.

Aren't you in Massachusetts?

[cgbg]

Your true lefty reporters knows how to cover this story:

Trump Like Hurricane Attacks Only Black People!

[Mears]

Yes, I am in MA,but have been following the hurricane news.

I wish everyone well in what seems to be a dreadful storm.

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[sagar]

“How come life-threatening hurricanes only occur on Republican watches?”

Katrina, Bush, Blacks
Harvey, Trump, Hispanics

[ARGLOCKGUY]

A pro tip from someone who had lived in the Houston area his whole life. Buy your hurricane preps in early May. Don’t wait until the storm is in the gulf.

[ETL]

The NHC cone of uncertainty and other graphics are at the top of the thread, and they update automatically with each new advisory. Like magic.

Wow. That's interesting. I didn't know there were self-updating stuff that you could post here. Short videos and animations (ie, Gifs) I was fully aware of. In any case, doesn't hurt to have the projected path again downthread, for the sake of convenience.

[Right_in_Virginia]

West if Huston

Yikes. You may be in it's direct path. Please keep us posted ... and stay safe.

[magna carta]

I’m in Houston a big boy-loads of concrete-a gigantic bathtub. My husband is cutting the yard and will not tell me if we can leave yet. We have another house we are renovating in Tyler. He is not committed to leaving yet. There is no way he will be delivering lumber Mon/Tuesday of next week.

[ETL]

Yes, for sure!

We’ve had a taste of hurricanes here in the northeast, every now and then, but rarely as powerful as they are down south along the East and Gulf coasts.

[ETL]

...SOUTHeast coast

[rodguy911]

I don't know how you ever fix a city like New Orleans that is below sea level. How do they buy insurance? And if they can't is the rest of the country on the hook every time they get a disasterous storm?

Here in the Keys we have the toughest building codes in the world many homes are 13 feet om the air and pay outrageous amounts for wind and flood and they keep going up.I posed the question recently why we don't just self insure,maybe New Orleans needs to do that as well.

No one takes more care of a situation than those who live there.

[Mears]

I actually remember the Hurricane of 1938———I was 5 years old,my father had just died,and the storm HOWLED all night,which terrified me.

The noise was horrible.

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[Mears]

I’ll be praying for you all.

I visited Houston briefly in the 90s-——loved it.

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[ETL]

I actually remember the Hurricane of 1938

Wow! I've lived in NY all of my life, but wasn't born until '57. Yes, I've read that that was a very bad one.