Hurricane Harvey

[DMC]

Well what was this mayor saying last Wednesday when Gov Abbott was saying GTFO? I could see telling people to shelter in place yesterday since they already missed the window. My wife's uncle took his family out of Alvin on Wednesday, good thing since their house is flooded now.

Edit: Nevermind, found it

I understand the logistical nightmare of evacuating some people, but doing it in a car >>> doing it in a boat. However I saw people rescued today that could have walked out of their house and onto the dry street 300 meters away, and the rescue vehicles passed people walking in the same water as they were rescuing these able bodied adults in their 30's. People who put that much of a strain on rescue resources cause deaths in areas that didn't get a fast enough response. "oh no, the road is wet, let's wait for the police to come get us.. grab your laptop".

I feel like people are beyond stupid.

[baseline bum]

LOL on WOAI TV they were interviewing a guy in Houston who said the road was impassable so he would have to walk to his house so he could get high.

[DMC]

[AaronY]

LOL on WOAI TV they were interviewing a guy in Houston who said the road was impassable so he would have to walk to his house so he could get high.

[AaronY]

Dang hit me right in the feels

[pgardn]

But, he doesn't care about ( ). All he cares about is keeping that job and that lifestyle and prestige and privilege that goes with it. Win by attrition. It's a great battle strategy. I use it myself. I'm white so it doesn't always work, but, if you're black and have a spot carved out, hunker down, take the hits and the days will pass by.

Just like the mayor of NO. Hmmm....

So always trust the rich guy who runs for political office. Gotcha.
Next time a poor person runs for the local school board because they are living a life that understands what might need to be done, I will run against them.

[djohn2oo8]

They started releasing some water from the reservoirs. That water has already started going in to homes which that water could be there for up to two months. They are evacuating Missouri City, Sugar Land and those who live near cypress creek.

[AaronY]

Is there a way to just sort tweets on a particular topic by number of likes? this twitter algorithm is annoying

[baseline bum]

So did Harvey kill summer in San Antonio, or is this forecast just way too good to believe?

[Robz4000]

So did Harvey kill summer in San Antonio, or is this forecast just way too good to believe?

Saw that too. Most likely gonna be hotter than they're forecasting imo.

[djohn2oo8]

80,000 people in Sienna Plantation may need to be evacuated.

[baseline bum]

Saw that too. Most likely gonna be hotter than they're forecasting imo.

I'd imagine we're going to have a week of Harvey induced winds from the north though considering how slowly this thing is going to move. I didn't go to correspondence school for meteorology like Albert Flores or anything, but that seems like it's pretty much a long cold front if we're going to be getting steady wind from the NE, N, and NW as Harvey moves up the Texas/Louisiana border. This isn't like if it happened in June and we had months of really long days to heat us. In late August the days are getting shorter pretty quickly. Late June is when we're getting the most heating from the sun and it gradually wanes as the days get shorter, but the momentum of the high temps seems to keep things going through August. It would be nice if we're getting our fall 3-4 weeks early thanks to Harvey.

[baseline bum]

80,000 people in Sienna Plantation may need to be evacuated.

Aw man. This morning I saw you guys looked like you might be in decent shape to not get a ton of rain with that big band moving east and hammering Beaumont and Lake Charles, but now I see a pretty nasty band coming into town. How's your neighborhood holding up John?

[djohn2oo8]

Aw man. This morning I saw you guys looked like you might be in decent shape to not get a ton of rain with that big band moving east and hammering Beaumont and Lake Charles, but now I see a pretty nasty band coming into town. How's your neighborhood holding up John?

Going okay right now. A heavy band of showers just came in right now to my area. If the levees around Hwy 6 don't hold they may need to evacuate my area. I work downtown and there is literally no way to get there tomorrow so I am just waiting on word from them.

[djohn2oo8]

Like you were saying Bum, the track is that the storm is supposed to go towards Beaumont and Lake Charles but it appears to not be done with us yet. My parents are near Beaumont and their levees had to be patched up a few days ago.

[djohn2oo8]

man.

[baseline bum]

This can't be good

[Darth_Pelican]

Harvey is just an appetizer. The terminator will be there in a couple weeks.

[SpursforSix]

Harvey is just an appetizer. The terminator will be there in a couple weeks.

That looks like 93L. Yes...I've been keeping my eye on that one.

[djohn2oo8]

Turner just went on tv and said he thought only 1000 people would be displaced. ing moron.

[SnakeBoy]

This can't be good

Yikes, last night I heard a reporter complaining that they were going to sacrifice people's homes by choosing to release water but that dam is being topped. What else can they do?

[SpursforSix]

Yikes, last night I heard a reporter complaining that they were going to sacrifice people's homes by choosing to release water but that dam is being topped. What else can they do?

They could dump millions of those little pills that turn into dinosaurs into the water.

[djohn2oo8]

Yikes, last night I heard a reporter complaining that they were going to sacrifice people's homes by choosing to release water but that dam is being topped. What else can they do?

Nothing. If the dams break then that's the worst case scenario.

[SpursforSix]

3k NAM is 30" just south of Houston. 20"+ HOU region wide. Surrounding towns, etc.

[djohn2oo8]

My way to work.