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Hurricane Harvey Live Thread Part II
Various ^ | 8/26/2017 | Various

Posted on 08/26/2017 4:39:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport TX about 10:00PM CDT Friday night. Top sustained winds were 130mph. Rockport High School sustained heavy damage when a portion of the roof collapsed. A senior housing complex collapsed. The Rockport courthouse sustained major damage with “a cargo trailer halfway in the building.” Multiple tornadoes reported in the Houston/Galveston areas. There are reports of scattered structural fires and a shooting was reported in Corpus Christi. Residents along the San Bernard River were advised to evacuate and most TX Gulf coast counties are under flash flood watches.

Many locations are under a boil-water notice. Power outages are widespread. President Donald Trump promptly granted a Disaster Declaration to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request. More than 700 members of the Texas Army and Air National Guards, Texas State Guard and the Texas Military Department have been activated and are positioning themselves throughout the state ahead of Hurricane Harvey and its anticipated landfall later this week. Ahead of the storm, FEMA sent supplies from its warehouse in Fort Worth to a staging point at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio.


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Public Advisories
Severe Weather Watches and Warnings TX
NHC Discussions
NHC Local Hurricane Statements Corpus Christi
NHC Local Hurricane Statements Galveston
Buoy Data near Harvey

Thread I: Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Harvey Approaches Texas Gulf Coast


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: harvey; hurricane; hurricaneharvey; livehurricaneharvey; nautinurse
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To: NautiNurse

1,041 posted on 08/27/2017 7:21:42 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

It’s just not moving. Sounds like a fire hose on the side of the house. There is not a word to describe this awful noise.


1,042 posted on 08/27/2017 7:30:34 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: pax_et_bonum

:) They they are down to 500 calls.Hate to be 499.


1,043 posted on 08/27/2017 7:31:45 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: dirtboy

How much would you say you got? I’d say 8” here in Liberty Hill, not counting the 2-3” from the earlier non- Harvey rain. I think he’s done with us but I have a crowd begging to differ.


1,044 posted on 08/27/2017 7:31:54 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Aggie Mama

If anything that band is stationary while filling out back to the west. Very very bad.


1,045 posted on 08/27/2017 7:32:10 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: txhurl

We only got 3-4 inches here in Georgetown. Nice, steady two-day soaker. And not much more in the forecast now that Harvey is supposed to track south and then NNE.


1,046 posted on 08/27/2017 7:33:25 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: txhurl

Here’s a good one for you - the two places my parents lived before moving to Georgetown? Rockport and Houston.


1,047 posted on 08/27/2017 7:34:13 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

Of course.... are y’all in Sun City?


1,048 posted on 08/27/2017 7:36:12 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: txhurl

Yep.


1,049 posted on 08/27/2017 7:37:14 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: fatima

:-)


1,050 posted on 08/27/2017 7:39:51 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: janetjanet998

Houston just got nailed. And the upstream area has to be at catastrophic flooding. Fairly soon if you do not have a boat you are not going anywhere.


1,051 posted on 08/27/2017 7:41:41 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: dirtboy

Bookmark. Thanks for the map.


1,052 posted on 08/27/2017 7:46:26 PM PDT by madison10 (Pray for President Trump and Texas)
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To: dirtboy

We should meet someday and do a *real* tour of Southwestern Univ. For only being from 30mi away, I am woefully ignorant Williamson County. I really just want to go home to Lago, but I’m stuck here for at least a few months: may as well learn it.


1,053 posted on 08/27/2017 7:47:02 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: justa-hairyape

My cousin in Richmond has water in her house. She’s never flooded before.


1,054 posted on 08/27/2017 7:52:44 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: txhurl

Sounds like a plan. Freepmail me when you get a chance.


1,055 posted on 08/27/2017 7:53:25 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Enlightened1
it’s a very real photo.

Except some fool with too much time on their hands photoshopped in all the water and floating debris.

1,056 posted on 08/27/2017 7:56:31 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: NautiNurse


1,057 posted on 08/27/2017 7:57:42 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Windflier

Tell that to the 15 ladies rescued 11 of which were hospitalized.


1,058 posted on 08/27/2017 8:00:58 PM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: Mom MD

Where are the rescue photos?


1,059 posted on 08/27/2017 8:04:37 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Tear down the Mexican Carrier plant and use the materials to build the wall)
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To: Cementjungle

Dang! Thats just south of the woodlands.

My Family & I are praying for her and everyone! Another 2 days of rain to go!

Does she have a friend or friends with boats that can get them north and west?


1,060 posted on 08/27/2017 8:05:49 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Prayers for Gods People! Salvation & Restoration!)
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