Again, I have bedrooms to spare. If y'all change your mind, please, please know you can head to Austin and have a place to stay. I'm sure I can round up more rooms if more people show up than I have space for.
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Originally Posted by timlan2057
Guys, I wouldn't take this storm lightly.
Here is the local advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
I admit I've never seen this type of language in a NHC advisory before.
GULF-FACING COASTLINE WEST OF SARGENT...5 TO 8 FEET
SHORELINE OF MATAGORDA BAY...5 TO 8 FEET
GULF-FACING COASTLINE SARGENT TO HIGH ISLAND
INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND......12 TO 16 FEET
SHORELINE OF GALVESTON BAY...15 TO 22 FEET
LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY!
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...
WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS
NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY
HOMES WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE
CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD
AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE.
VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS
WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE
FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY
EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN
MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE
WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY
DAMAGE...WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF
BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO
REPAIR.
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GULF-FACING COASTLINE WEST OF SARGENT...5 TO 8 FEET
SHORELINE OF MATAGORDA BAY...5 TO 8 FEET
GULF-FACING COASTLINE SARGENT TO HIGH ISLAND
INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND......12 TO 16 FEET
SHORELINE OF GALVESTON BAY...15 TO 22 FEET
LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY!
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...
WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS
NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY
HOMES WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE
CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD
AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE.
VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS
WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE
FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY
EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN
MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE
WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY
DAMAGE...WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF
BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO
REPAIR.
Well Tim the wheels are off the double wide, and I am not sure the Honda could pull it anyway so I guess we'll just stick it out...
Well Tim the wheels are off the double wide, and I am not sure the Honda could pull it anyway so I guess we'll just stick it out...
God is good, all is well...
Yes He is.
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2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
My Mom and I were called to pull an all nighter at Cambell Center, our district enclosed arena, when the county decided to use it as an emergency shelter for those who are diabled. I had gotten off work at 6:30, and then was called in at 8:30 to work until 6:00AM this morning. We both got up just a minute ago, that we must check our individual schools before 6:00PM Saturday and again before 12:00PM Sunday.
My Mom and I were called to pull an all nighter at Cambell Center, our district enclosed arena, when the county decided to use it as an emergency shelter for those who are diabled. I had gotten off work at 6:30, and then was called in at 8:30 to work until 6:00AM this morning. We both got up just a minute ago, that we must check our individual schools before 6:00PM Saturday and again before 12:00PM Sunday.
This storm is a major monster.
All of Houston owes emergency personnel and state and city workers like you and Mama Price a great debt of gratitude.
I am barely here. The storm is destroying lives, even before it comes upon land. The roads in Galveston are starting to receive water. I am tired now, but at least our home is hurricane ready, as best we can, before the call.
I am getting ready for my first cup of joe after waking up, like my third in total since midnight. This thing makes you think, makes you pray, and makes you search yourself.
I am afraid some folk are going to see that this is "just" a catagory 2 storm and think they can ride it out, but due to its size, the experts are saying the surge could be as high as a cat 4 or worse.
Also there will likely be a lot more tornados because of the size of the thing.
After Gustav being considered a dud by a lot of those in its path, people seem to be less serious about this one.
we have such short attention spans.
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