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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 10:32 am
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(August 26, 2017 at 7:49 am)mh.brewer Wrote: I'd like to hear from Rhonda, Thump and M89, or anyone else in Tx/La.
If memory serves Rhonda is in Houston.
I'm about four hours inland. We've had steady rain since 4:30am local and that is projected to last through Monday. Winds are a little above average but nothing to worry about here. We're now projected to get between 10-20" locally which will cause flash flooding, but I live on high ground with good drainage so no worries there.
I know Austin is prone to flooding, with its gullies and culverts, and hope Mooney is somewhere safe.
Last I heard about Houston was that they're under flash-flood and tornado warnings. I hope Rhonda has been able to get to safety. To them and all others affected here, stay safe, stay home, and do not try to cross low-water crossings. Be safe, y'all.
(August 26, 2017 at 10:21 am)Khemikal Wrote: The wiofe was giving me shit for giggling and squeeling like a little girl everytime they showed somebodies roof coming off or a surge coming over the seawall. I like the way they put us in our place.
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 11:40 am
(August 26, 2017 at 10:10 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Almost hate to say this, but after the eclipse, I find myself wanting to be in a comfy motel/hotel, 25 stories up, near a coastline, and watching a pretty sturdy hurricane approach, and then experience the eyewall passing over, the relative calm, and then the rest of the hurricane plays out.
Obviously, I have a romanticized view of such an experience, and am most unlikely to ever even try, but my thoughts come back to it this time of year . . .
In 1977 I was stationed at Roosevelt Roads, PR, and lived in barracks well above the waterline and about a mile back from the coast. One hurricane had me wondering if my swimmer certificate was up-to-date.
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 1:34 pm
I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP !!
They had to ADD a color to the weather map for the amount of rain Harvey is expected to fuck Texas with !!
http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-wo...93312.html
Jesus, they are fucked, fucked, fucked. Weather service had to ADD a FUCKING color to the rainfall map !!
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST !!
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 1:40 pm
How come jesus doesn't show up with a great big fucking sponge?
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 1:50 pm
I got on the family grapevine and my brothers in Houston and Austin are ok at the moment.
But also heard about some disturbing events that happened to my brother in Houston a few weeks ago...ah, nothing surprises me anymore.
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 1:51 pm
(August 26, 2017 at 1:40 pm)Minimalist Wrote: How come jesus doesn't show up with a great big fucking sponge?
looks like Jesus is giving Texas a great big enema !!!
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 2:49 pm
(August 26, 2017 at 1:40 pm)Minimalist Wrote: How come jesus doesn't show up with a great big fucking sponge?
Jesus don't do floors, Homie.
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 3:39 pm
I'm glad Thump and Teresa's brothers are doing well.
I'm not in Houston. I'm about two hours east of Dallas up near Oklahoma and Arkansas. It's cloudy but my neighbor's wind chimes aren't even ringing. No hurricane is coming this far north and we haven't had a tornado since 1982. Maybe I should go to Google and see if these are famous last words.
Min and Vorl are hilarious.
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 4:21 pm
I'm about an hour and a half away from Houston. Just a lot of rain here like always when this happens. *shrugs*
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RE: Hurricane Harvey
August 26, 2017 at 4:32 pm
Quote:Jesus don't do floors, Homie.
Jesus don't do shit, bro.
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