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Texas coastal residents urged to leave in 'strongest possible terms' as Hurricane Harvey...
ABC ^ | Aug 24, 2017, 3:26 PM ET | JULIA JACOBO

Posted on 08/24/2017 12:27:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The National Hurricane Center has issued an advisory instructing Texas residents along the Gulf of Mexico coast to "rush" their storm preparations as Hurricane Harvey "rapidly" intensifies.

All preparations for residents along the middle Texas coast should be completed today, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is expected to make landfall around 1 a.m. Saturday.

The coastal city of Corpus Christi has so far not implemented mandatory evacuations, but Mayor Joe McComb called for people to leave in the "strongest possible terms."

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TOPICS: Extended News; US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: harvey; hurricane; hurricaneharvey; texas; weather
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To: VA40
Help! Can anyone tell me what this typically means for Austin?

You'll get wet. But if this thing does as it is expected, it's going to sit over the coastal areas and dump ungodly amounts of rain on them. Heaviest stuff will be in the southeast.

61 posted on 08/24/2017 1:45:16 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Ditto, our daughter. Watching while biting nails.


62 posted on 08/24/2017 1:46:06 PM PDT by condi2008
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To: red-dawg

LOL!!!!! Well played.


63 posted on 08/24/2017 1:46:56 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: eyedigress

Texas seems to give plenty of warning to not try.


64 posted on 08/24/2017 1:47:43 PM PDT by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: ichabod1
Maybe, maybe not:


65 posted on 08/24/2017 1:48:19 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: al baby
Where is old Mayor Nagin now adays ?

Prison ... where he belongs.

66 posted on 08/24/2017 1:50:12 PM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: VA40

You are going to get wet. Heavy rainfall. High winds. But not the beating the more coastal cities will take. I'll predict a swing eastward at landfall that will pound Houston and put New Orleans under water again.


67 posted on 08/24/2017 1:50:20 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: al baby

Looters don’t read FR. ;)


68 posted on 08/24/2017 1:50:29 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: BenLurkin

“not implemented mandatory evacuations, but Mayor Joe McComb called for people to leave in the “strongest possible terms”

Strange. I would’a called “mandatory” the “strongest possible...


69 posted on 08/24/2017 1:51:43 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: ichabod1
EXACTLY the same place! Shoal Creek saloon has closed a dozen times or more over the years due to the flooding that affects that part of town. That is across Lamar from where that WF was originally.

Were you here in '91? Those were some hellacious floods we had from Dec. through Jan '92.

70 posted on 08/24/2017 1:54:17 PM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: Rushmore Rocks

FRiend, I hope your family has arranged lodging a few hours inland. Those cities are going to take a beating ...


71 posted on 08/24/2017 1:56:13 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: job

I’m familiar with the area and have lived in SW La. & SE Tx for most of my life. I’ve been
thru a few ‘canes and have had one home unlivable for some months while dealing with
insurance companies and contractors. And have been in traffic congestion headed north
evacuating the area as you described. We went north towards DFW.


72 posted on 08/24/2017 2:04:01 PM PDT by deport
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To: so_real

My aunt in Tyler has a huge home. Most are headed there tonight.


73 posted on 08/24/2017 2:13:21 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: RightGeek

The restaurant at the Lynchburg Ferry Landing is still there. Somehow.

I grew up in Pasadena/Deer Park, and have lived back there for the past year-ish.


74 posted on 08/24/2017 2:18:55 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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To: shanover
"The Weather Service correctly predicted Katrina five days before and the morons did not leave. I think it was Bush’s fault and he hated black people or something."

Yeah, that was part of meme from some liberal racist MSM talking heads. I remember all the whining and crying by Jeraldo and Sheppie Smith wondering where was the Fedgov? "Why are these babies not having drinking water?" Then the big lie about the Superdome rapes and deaths.

Fact is: Bush had already ordered FEMA resources into staging areas and alerted the National Guard to be on call. The Governor Blanco at the time failed to officially ask for Fedgov assistance until 2-3? days later after the devastation. It's law that a Governor has to request Fedgov help. It's there to protect States' Rights against over-rule of the Fedgov.

Then there's the cowardly Mayor Nagin who bailed out before Katrina hit NOLA and leaving hundreds of school buses and many municipal buses sitting that could have evacuated hundreds if not some thousands of the morons who wouldn't leave. His only credit was that he ordered an evacuation and then skipped town.

Like everyone I watched this disaster happen real time. Once the first responders (mostly Coast Guard) were activated, the rescue efforts were amazing. But no, transport those idiots on their roofs over to Texas and they start to rob and loot. Where were the NOLA police? Oh right, they were confiscating guns, looting stores, and just going home. That has been proven fact with even some photos of the police looting.

75 posted on 08/24/2017 2:27:45 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: BenLurkin; All

Has anyone heard from Freeper Marcella lately? She lives in that area I think


76 posted on 08/24/2017 2:28:48 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: Sasparilla

I live in Lockhart (30 miles SE of Austin) and am a lifelong Central Texan so.........
It means lots and lots of rain since the storm is predicted to be move slow - now Austin, like much of Central TX has lots of rivers, streams, and dams. Heavy rain will fill the agricultural fields and the runoff will go into the streams and rivers which will eventually reach the dams. Enough runoff reaching the dams means they have to open them and that creates most of the really catastrophic flooding. A couple years ago heavy rains literally washed away large parts of the village of Wimberley which is about 35 miles SW of Austin. In Austin itself, the low lying areas will probably flood. I would make arrangements to park my vehicle in a multistory or elevated garage of possible to avoid flood damage if I lived in a low lying area or within 2 miles of a river or stream.


77 posted on 08/24/2017 2:28:50 PM PDT by jhastey
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To: VA40

Stay dry and safe.


78 posted on 08/24/2017 2:33:53 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BenLurkin

Funny.

A friend just moved there last week....


79 posted on 08/24/2017 2:36:16 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: al_c

The impacted area has some enormous cattle ranches. I hope they can get those doggies to high ground.


80 posted on 08/24/2017 2:38:56 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
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