He made landfall as a Cat 4! 130mph winds.
Live feed
https://youtu.be/Acap3IrCYYk
https://youtu.be/uJP3RwaAlns
Predicting 30-40 inches of rain.
Quote from: kopfjäger on August 25, 2017, 08:55:49 PM
Predicting 30-40 inches of rain.
Wow! :o
2" here is outta control, 30" no thanks.
My brother has a house on the Intercostal in Corpus, he went down Thursday night (they live in San Antonio) to secure it, and was chased back to SA by Harvey on Friday. I tried to get him to install cameras there when he bought it, it would be something to watch.
Here's the view off his middle balcony, looking WSW. The Gulf is about 1mi to the east. I imagine that looks a bit different today...
(http://i.imgur.com/cqlVwJF.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/cKgF2xA.jpg)
Every time I hear the name.....all that comes to mind....
(https://moviereviewtheblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/harvey.jpg)
Same here.
Hope your people are ok.
Y'all it's been a long minute since I've posted here, but my house i. Houston is dry and has water/power and I have plenty of bottled water, food, and recovery gear in case anyone needs help or a place to stay. Stay safe out there folks
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Here are the two pics my brother's neighbor sent him yesterday... the boat in the foreground is his neighbors boat, it's totaled. Oddly enough, it was up on a lift, but I think the wind and tide surge must have wrecked it. My brother's boat is behind it.
The second photo shows the damage to my brother's boat... the transom is destroyed. It doesn't appear that it's taken on water, but who knows how much damage the rest of the stern took, let alone the rest of the hull. There is supposed to be a dock to the right of the boat... it's gone, and the middle deck is pretty much destroyed. My brother and his wife went down today to see how it turned out, I've not heard from him yet, and I don't really want to bother him.
(http://i.imgur.com/fYPIwyO.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/tZCzbP3.jpg)
"The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before," the weather service said. "Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-landfall/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-unprecedented-flooding-experienced-inundates-houston-area-kills/story?id=49432077
Some dramatic photos in this article.
Pictures Reveal Hurricane Harvey's Catastrophic Destruction - National Geographic
https://apple.news/ApLtLve22QZK8CCp8UFZJmQ
Harvey Wallbanger for certain.
Extreme weather!
This is epic shit folks.
Harvey is a 1,000-year flood event unprecedented in scale - The Washington Post
https://apple.news/AvNjcyGrITAKtbNiYpUnqzQ
Rescuing the living, recovering the dead: storm Harvey moves on, but ravaging floods left behind - Los Angeles Times
https://apple.news/AEvrqFTxyRlyuPOJ3ykVVWQ
Cataclysmic proportions.
40 days and 40 nights shit?
Certainly more than what developed countries with strong infrastructures are used to or can handle. I hope these events dont become more frequent. One every thousand years is plenty.
Looking at maps, the flood area dwarfs some small countries. We live in large countries and I gotta remind myself of the scale of the catastrophe, say for example if it happened in Western Europe.
Yeah, most folks don't realize the scale of this.
24 trillion gallons of water came down, so they say. I was in Chattanooga this week and on the local news they said, if that amount of rain was concentrated onto the city, the water would be 22+ feet deep.
Quote from: koko64 on August 31, 2017, 05:34:42 PM
Looking at maps, the flood area dwarfs some small countries. We live in large countries and I gotta remind myself of the scale of the catastrophe, say for example if it happened in Western Europe.
Texas dwarfs
most countries.
In the DFW area, we are starting to experience gas shortages, apparently. I filled up last weekend ;)
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on August 31, 2017, 06:47:10 PM
In the DFW area, we are starting to experience gas shortages, apparently. I filled up last weekend ;)
That will be an issue for all areas served by those refineries, and depots.
I'm considering buying heating fuel for winter very soon.
No prices will go down regardless where it 'normally' comes from.
Quote from: ducpainter on August 31, 2017, 07:44:05 PM
That will be an issue for all areas served by those refineries, and depots.
I'm considering buying heating fuel for winter very soon.
No prices will go down regardless where it 'normally' comes from.
Oddly, according to gasbuddy, current prices in DFW are $0.30+ more than they are in the Houston area. I'm guessing demand is playing a little role in that, as many cars and roadways are still unusable.
Social media and the media are helping induce a panic inthe DFW area.
Quote from: greenohawk69 on September 01, 2017, 04:34:48 AM
Social media and the media are helping induce a panic inthe DFW area.
And I'm in the airport flying into DFW right now on a business trip. Yay?!?
They made mention of using the Gas Buddy app to find gas stations that have gas. Good luck.
forget gas buddy, it's not updated and IDIOTS are waiting for fuel trucks taking up spots at the stations. Gladly diesel is available so my truck is filled to the neck.
Gas prices are stupid in DFW area right now. Went from $2.29 a couple days ago to $2.79+ now.
I drove to Tomball this afternoon and will be going with my uncle and cousin to volunteer this weekend. Gas here is $2.25 or so. [bang] [bang] [bang]
I'm really sorry you all are having fuel issues. [roll]
Flames erupt at flooded chemical plant in Texas - CBS News
https://apple.news/AdjIf8btFSOe2DvOgfLvWWA
It has been over 3 bucks for a long time here in Seattle. Those prices sound good.
$5.20+ per gallon here.
World's most livable city? Sure it is...
Moments of Hope and Inspiration Rise Above the Chaos of Harvey - The New York Times
https://apple.news/Al4pbo_ziS4ibacKMII7Puw
Great stories in this article kopf, cheers!
I love the one about the dog carrying his bag of chow!
$20 for a gallon of gas, $99 for a case of water â€" reports of Hurricane Harvey price-gouging are emerging - Business Insider
https://apple.news/AEpAyCwbMQTyHnSe7DdXjpQ
And a friend show us pics and videos of gas @ $2.49 & $2.59/gallon and no lines. Unlike the media induced panic in Dallas.
Quote from: kopfjäger on September 02, 2017, 07:31:41 PM
$20 for a gallon of gas, $99 for a case of water â€" reports of Hurricane Harvey price-gouging are emerging - Business Insider
https://apple.news/AEpAyCwbMQTyHnSe7DdXjpQ
Terrible.
The Attorney General is gonna have a field day fining those price gouging.
Quote from: muskrat on September 03, 2017, 11:16:42 AM
The Attorney General is gonna have a field day fining those price gouging.
I do hope so.
Pararesucue baby! It always cracks me up when a scene in a movie has people talking in a Helo. You can't hear dick, and if you're not wearing ear pro you'll pay dearly. Great job boys.
https://youtu.be/MNux3jEF-1U
Some of the same footage, but several different clips. (Some absolute geniuses in the comments)
https://youtu.be/r-OFala_muE
Irma is on the way, and is being called the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic ever.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/05/florida-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hurricane-irma-intensifies-to-a-category-5-storm/?utm_term=.c2e82e3952b6
Quote from: kopfjäger on September 05, 2017, 07:41:18 PM
Irma is on the way, and is being called the most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic ever.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/05/florida-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hurricane-irma-intensifies-to-a-category-5-storm/?utm_term=.c2e82e3952b6
Wow...just saw the video from the islands it hit earlier today. :-X Stay safe all!
We're hoping this one steers clear of NC. Due to the last 2 hurricanes, I've had 3 weeks of unwanted/unpaid vacation in the last 12 months.
Quote from: kopfjäger on September 05, 2017, 05:23:30 PM
Some of the same footage, but several different clips. (Some absolute geniuses in the comments)
https://youtu.be/r-OFala_muE
These guys. . .[clap]
Awesome job.