Harvey

[DarrinS]

It's weird -- where I'm at, not only is there no water, but half my yard is already dry. Although I know other parts of this city are a ing swamp right now.

You chose wisely.

I used to live on Lake Houston in the 70's -- by Duessen Park. That area is probably screwed.

[DarrinS]

What's silly about it though? This storm was ridiculously unpredictable and SA dodged it by the skin of its nuts. Filling your gas tanks was an obvious move since 1/3 of the nation's production comes from Texas refineries near the coast. So no matter what happened gas prices were going up in the short term. I bought batteries for the radio and the flashlights, but I didn't open them and kept the flashlight batteries, returned the ones for the radio (I haven't used a 9V battery in anything since the early 90s). I don't usually buy chips, Campbell's soup, Oreos, canned pasta and like I did for the hurricane, but I'll still eat that anyways. I bought a grip of ziplock bags in case I had to move my perishables to an ice chest, so now I just don't have to buy ziplocks for a while. The only real loss for me was $8 I spent on ice for two coolers. So basically I spent $8 to not have to depend on a shelter for food if the worst happened and we got 2-3 feet of rain. Worth it just for the piece of mind as Harvey was making landfall.

That was my thinking -- better safe than sorry. Don't know why I forgot to buy ice.

[baseline bum]

You mean like updating the dams? No ing clue. It's said that our cheese of a president touts spending a ton on infrastructure. I'm big on that proposal, even if we had to raise taxes for it -- but that stain probably can't get through congress because no one will agree to fund a trillion dollar infrastructure package.

I was thinking mostly dams and levies, but I don't know, with the way Houston has been flooding in the 2000s maybe even extreme measures like New Orleans does with the pumping system? The latter is probably way too expensive considering how huge the Houston metro area is though.

[baseline bum]

That was my thinking -- better safe than sorry. Don't know why I forgot to buy ice.

LOL, I forgot it too the first time Friday morning. I thought I was smart going to Walmart at 6AM to stock up on . Then about 10AM I realized I forgot ice and had to wait in a long ass line at 5PM to buy four bags of the .

[DarrinS]

I was thinking mostly dams and levies, but I don't know, with the way Houston has been flooding in the 2000s maybe even extreme measures like New Orleans does with the pumping system? The latter is probably way too expensive considering how huge the Houston metro area is though.

Houston is pretty low elevation, but New Orleans is a different animal.

[Pavlov]

LOL, I forgot it too the first time Friday morning. I thought I was smart going to Walmart at 6AM to stock up on . Then about 10AM I realized I forgot ice and had to wait in a long ass line at 5PM to buy four bags of the .

Were convenience stores out of ice? People were planning for the Rapture up here but I got stuff in the middle of the night. Didn't bother getting ice and actually did end up losing power for about six hours.

[DarrinS]

We got lucky. Houston VERY unlucky.




And, it's not over. Fuuuuuuuck

[DarrinS]

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Fat fingered it

[baseline bum]

We got lucky. Houston VERY unlucky.




And, it's not over. Fuuuuuuuck

It's amazing how almost every strong band died off after passing over New Braunfels.

[baseline bum]

Were convenience stores out of ice? People were planning for the Rapture up here but I got stuff in the middle of the night. Didn't bother getting ice and actually did end up losing power for about six hours.

I don't know, I never checked the ice houses for ice. I figured it'd be twice as much as the grocery stores.

[DarrinS]

It's amazing how almost every strong band died off at New Braunfels.

Yeah, that time lapse shows how much we lucked out. That thing was barreling right for us, stopped, and took a right turn. Looks like the center got close to your area.

But all those red bands going right through Houston.

[Pavlov]

I don't know, I never checked the ice houses for ice. I figured it'd be twice as much as the grocery stores.

True enough -- I'da paid triple to avoid panic shoppers.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, that time lapse shows how much we lucked out. That thing was barreling right for us, stopped, and took a right turn. Looks like the center got close to your area.

Even the two strong bands we got Saturday morning weren't as bad as a strong thunderstorm. I was amazed.

[baseline bum]

True enough -- I'da paid triple to avoid panic shoppers.

I'm stubborn like that. I refuse to buy anything but gas at the ice house, refuse to ever use the self checkout at a grocery store, stupid like that.

[DarrinS]

Even the two strong bands we got Saturday morning weren't as bad as a strong thunderstorm. I was amazed.

I had some patio furniture knocked over, but that's about it. Last year's hail storm did much worse damage.

I'm on a hill, so I'm unlikely to ever get flooded.

[DarrinS]

Rainfall record

[pgardn]

What's silly about it though? This storm was ridiculously unpredictable and SA dodged it by the skin of its nuts. Filling your gas tanks was an obvious move since 1/3 of the nation's production comes from Texas refineries near the coast. So no matter what happened gas prices were going up in the short term. I bought batteries for the radio and the flashlights, but I didn't open them and kept the flashlight batteries, returned the ones for the radio (I haven't used a 9V battery in anything since the early 90s). I don't usually buy chips, Campbell's soup, Oreos, canned pasta and like I did for the hurricane, but I'll still eat that anyways. I bought a grip of ziplock bags in case I had to move my perishables to an ice chest, so now I just don't have to buy ziplocks for a while. The only real loss for me was $8 I spent on ice for two coolers. So basically I spent $8 to not have to depend on a shelter for food if the worst happened and we got 2-3 feet of rain. Worth it just for the piece of mind as Harvey was making landfall.

Exactly.

We could have been pummeled.
And if my wife would have to be a bit uncomfortable I would have been pummeled again.
I can handle heat and tough conditions as I put myself through it every summer camping. But constantly being in water is really miserable. I have been through that as well. It's not fun when you can never get dry, are hungry, thirsty, and your skin is rotting off your feet. Never being able to get dry is misery.

[pgardn]

Rainfall record

Thats just absurd.
No cities can handle that.
For Houston it makes it horrible though.

We were supposed to have learned some lessons from Katrina. We will see, Houston is so big compared to NO and surrounding areas...

[baseline bum]

And if my wife would have to be a bit uncomfortable I would have been pummeled again.

[boutons_deux]

I read that Repugs will need to find $50B - $100B for Houston when they come back from recess. BigOil will certainly have its hands out.

That new spending could really screw Trash's request for $50B for his stupid wall, $50B which the Repugs don't want to spend anyway

[Pavlov]

I'm stubborn like that. I refuse to buy anything but gas at the ice house, refuse to ever use the self checkout at a grocery store, stupid like that.

tougher than I am. It rained for like 40 straight hours but never super heavy. Wind blew down a section of my fence and some trees around the neighborhood. Austin was so lucky this time.

[Pavlov]

I read that Repugs will need to find $50B - $100B for Houston when they come back from recess. BigOil will certainly have its hands out.

That new spending could really screw Trash's request for $50B for his stupid wall, $50B which the Repugs don't want to spend anyway

The US was having trouble finding enough construction workers before this. Hate to break it to the wall s, but it's going to take thousands more Mexicans to make Houston great again.

[Quadzilla99]

Lol



Be careful guys dont get yourself shooted out there.

[boutons_deux]

Mexico Just Offered Aid For Hurricane Harvey Victims. Trump’s Response Is Telling

“The Mexican government … expresses that it has offered to provide help and cooperation to the U.S. government in order to deal with the impact of this natural disaster — as good neighbors should always do in trying times.”

and Trash refuses:

“If a need for assistance does arise, we will work with our partners, including Mexico, to determine the best way forward,” read a statement from White House and State Department officials.

“Our offering is open and permanent,” said Carlos Sada Solana, Mexico’s foreign undersecretary for North America, in response.

http://verifiedpolitics.com/mexico-j...ponse-telling/

Trash's Exec is rotten with pricks, assholes, kakistocrats, a reflection of Trash and the entire Repug party.

[DarrinS]

Lol



Be careful guys dont get yourself shooted out there.

That can't be real.