crimsonlonghorn

Still broadcasting. Currently at a gas station in Bay City. So compelling.

Timbergrove is where we lived when Ike hit. My son who is a HS senior this year was 1 yr old and slept though it. The relative location of our house on the power system caused us to be without power for two weeks. Please Beryl, don’t be like Ike.

Too poor for BAJit?

All the best gentlemen's clubs have backup generators that can run the AC full blast. What do you think?

Breeze is starting to pick up just a little bit here now. Beryl is nigh.

I have to say, on Friday when the models all shifted, I felt like there was a pretty good chance they'd keep shifting like Laura or Rita and hit Louisiana and we wouldn't have to worry about any of this. Didn't happen. I guess the ridge could move even further east in the next 12 hours and pull Beryl with it, but I kind of doubt it's going to happen now.

Can’t say this is what I was hoping for.

Reminds me of the Rita evacuation when lots of people from the same household evacuated in both cars.

Ffffffffuck dude

This is the view from my front porch south of Richmond. 26 acres of large pecan trees, a couple of them (not in the picture) estimated to be more than 100 years old. The center of Beryl is currently forecasted to pass about 10-20 miles west of here. I'm worried enough with the 40 mph winds and 70 mph gusts they are predicting. Cat 4 or 5 and this whole place would be toast.

Two inches in less than hour here at my place in Richmond. Quite a pre-partY we are having around here today.

Latest Euro has shifted east a little bit and is slightly stronger. No bueno.

The names alternate male female. The first storm was Alberto and the fourth storm is Debby. So, logically, Beryl is female and Chris is male.

NOAA is saying for now that Austin will still get some good rain.

Models are all starting to agree on somewhere between Aransas Pass and Sargent as a Cat 1-2 or strong TS on Monday morning. Western side of Houston and suburbs will get pretty good wind and a lot of rain but nothing especially damaging. All things considered it could be a lot worse.

This is the latest Euro that came out at 18z. Probably doesn't mean anything since it's just one run, but the trend continues east. Luckily it's not even Cat 1, but anything stronger in that particular location would be a worst case scenario for Galveston and the ship channel. All that water would get pushed into the bay and have nowhere to go but into oil refineries and houses. Ike was stronger but a little further east.

At this rate 72 hours in advance it's going to pass east of Houston. Rita or Laura all over again.

Took almost two years of impatiently waiting for it to be finished and dealing with an incompetent builder, but we finally moved into our new house earlier this month and the BGE is getting fired up today for the inaugural cook in its own new home. Smoking a couple of chuck roasts for dinner later tonight with the in-laws who are coming over.

Thank you, sir. I will look into that.

My HS son drives (I own) a 2012 Nissan Frontier pickup with about 150k miles. The transmission appears to have finally conked out this week so I am in the market for replacing the transmission. The Nissan dealership says they can do it for ~$4,000 but I'm inclined to just take it to a transmission shop to try and save money. Does anyone have a recommendation or advice for transmission shop in Houston (Sugar Land) if I decide to go that route?

I haven't seen this thread before because I don't come to Surly as regularly as I used to... but... My personal story is that my doctor started me on Mounjaro last June and in the last 11 months I have lost 85 lbs. I am 6-5 and have always been "big" but it was starting to get out of control as I got older and got further away from my football career. Was up to 360 and the doctor said I needed to do something about it. My goal is to get down to below 260, so I have another ~20 lbs to go. In my late 20's after I was done with football I went on a big fitness kick and got down to 220 at one point and that was less than 10% body fat and very difficult to live with, so the doctor thinks "somewhere in the 250's" is a good place for me to be - somewhere just under 20% body fat - hence my goal. Have never been diabetic, so this has solely been for weight loss. The main issue was my blood pressure with the increasing weight. Now my doctor thinks I can get off the blood pressure medicine within the next month or so. As far as the cost, I am self-employed and have shitty health insurance, so this has been entirely out of pocket. $720 per month at Costco and entirely worth every penny. Luckily the money isn't an issue for me personally so I don't care if I take it for the rest of my life. As far as the "secret", I lost weight as soon as I started on it, but the real secret, at least for me, is that I was able to regularly start fasting rather easily. Then the weight really started falling off. I now eat only between 4:00 and 8:00 most days, with a snack and then however big a dinner I want, which usually isn't very big because I get full easily. I also am able to completely fast 1-2 days per week and just don't eat at all for 36-48 hours. The drug also has some anti-inflammatory properties, so combine that with the weight loss and all of my old knee and shoulder pain has mostly gone away, too. It's a miracle of modern medicine.

Yeah, it rained real good here in Booth and filled up the ditches on our place along with a lot of thunder and lightning, but after about 30-45 minutes it was done. Never lost power. Then I started getting texts and news alerts and saw how bad it was just north of here in Houston proper. We dodged a damn bullet.

I have never heard anyone who saw a total eclipse for the first time say, "That was lame. What a letdown." Most people - as evidenced by this thread - say, "HOLY SHIT! THAT WAS AWESOME AND EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS!" But there are lots of people who have never seen one who will still say, "What's the big deal?" They are also usually the same people who say, "Well, it's going to be __% here at my house. That's close enough." After we went to Missouri in 2017 and saw that one, I knew it was going to be worth driving and sitting in traffic to see it again this time.