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.
Mash image to find lots of satellite imagery links
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
Eyeball estimate, 30 foot depth increase.
YW, but the find is courtesy of Black Agnes.
Exactly what I said to the wife.
No different than flashing out a skylight with a door that caps over the curb. Put roof hatches on commercial roofs all the time.
Sheezus .. that’s gotta be what, 25-30 FEET of water ? !
update 5:30pm
latest HRRR develops another large feeder band into Harris county
this is confirmed by correct Radar..the Model moves it just east of downtown this evening but any wobbles with Harvey will be the key. if it stays just West
At this time a training band with 1 HR inch rates in the in extreme Western Harris county
The SE part of the county getting a break for now
Large water releases now ongoing on Lake Conroe floodgates
It truly is a memorial now.
GOOD GRIEF!!!
What is wrong with you? Are you nuts?
Perhaps you some sort of control freak?
Who said you are in charge?
You don’t dictate policy and rules on this thread.
Go away control freak!
(Using my best flight attendant hand signals)
“YOu will find Prozac salt-licks over the wings and in both the forward and aft cabins”
Enlightened ,NautiNurse is in charge of the thread.We mostly think it is a fake picture if you read back in the thread.The person who posted it on twitter said they were rescued but most people think it is fake.((((Hugs))))
Concerned about sustained. It had to weaken as it got over land.
Is this the area where they called for evacuations earlier today in anticipation?
No she is not in charge of this thread. Yes it’s a very real photo. It’s the La vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson Texas. Here is a local news station article about it.
http://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_e1ffff8e-435d-5c78-ab46-57d6bc7dc6a5.html
I’m not sure..to much going on at once to keep track
....looks like its at 93 feet now...started at 73....
top is 107.4
20 inches at the DAM and areas upstream
training ongoing just upstream
“... We mostly think it is a fake picture ...”
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What mean “we”, Kemosabe?
No, it is not a fake picture.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Mike_Hixenbaugh/media/grid?idx=0
On my phone - not posting photos but this fire ant hill is a beaut!
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