2020 Hurricane Season w/ special guest Covid-19

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,822]

All this drama the past 48 hours and all the time I spent today busting my hump in the sun getting everything prepared... and all we're going to get out of this in Sugar Land is 20 MPH wind gusts and a half inch of rain. 

#SugarLandStrong

[HoustonFrog 368]

All this drama the past 48 hours and all the time I spent today busting my hump in the sun getting everything prepared... and all we're going to get out of this in Sugar Land is 20 MPH wind gusts and a half inch of rain. 

Yeah - woke up at 5am, looked at model and discussion, freaked out and sent my wife and kids north while I moved everything inside and strapped things down

I’ve been following this closely for four days on a weather forum. While I’m relieved I won’t need to replace half my fence and who knows what else, sort of a letdown. Weird feeling

I know this is the opposite of what you should do, but next time, unless Houston is on the east side of storm and probability is extremely high of receiving at least some impacts, I’m not doing shit until it’s under 48 hours out

[pearlandhorn 3,274]

I'm relieved that *fingers crossed* I won't be having to replace a fence or a roof.  I feel so fucking bad for those people in Beaumont and Lake Charles.

Edited August 26, 2020 by pearlandhorn

[clapclapclap 9,000]

Interesting, Our Lady by the Sea Catholic Church:

No way I'd ride out a Cat 3+ there, because you're not just dealing with the storm surge height, but the wave action on top of that.  There's also structures between it and the Gulf, so potential debris to batter it.

Edited August 26, 2020 by clapclapclap

[NorthLoop 14,251]

[WBT 20,672]

If he shelters in a church he also needs to watch out for lions.

[HoustonFrog 368]

I'm relieved that *fingers crossed* I won't be having to replace a fence or a roof.  I feel so fucking bad for those people in Beaumont and Lake Charles.

Basically like living in Moore, OK

[Orange&White 5,539]

25 minutes ago, HoustonFrog said:

Yeah - woke up at 5am, looked at model and discussion, freaked out and sent my wife and kids north while I moved everything inside and strapped things down
 

They’ll need to stay away for a few days for safety. 
 

 

 Now is when you order up the hookers and blow and cut loose for a few days and get treated like a hero when they get home for being the protector of the house.

[markstanco 12,627]

Somwbody post a model in ne Texas wid speeds on friday please.

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

Somwbody post a model in ne Texas wid speeds on friday please.

Ration those hurricane supplies, bro

[Storm the Field 5,302]

About another ~15 mile shift east in the 10 PM update. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

50 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Interesting, Our Lady by the Sea Catholic Church:

No way I'd ride out a Cat 3+ there, because you're not just dealing with the storm surge height, but the wave action on top of that.  There's also structures between it and the Gulf, so potential debris to batter it.

A few generations of my ancestors rode out storms from Bolivar to Sabine Pass from 1840 to 1915...When available they would ride them out in the lighthouses. 

[Storm the Field 5,302]

1 minute ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

A few generations of my ancestors rode out storms from Bolivar to Sabine Pass from 1840 to 1915...When available they would ride them out in the lighthouses. 

Sharky's wasn't open yet.

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

1 minute ago, Storm the Field said:

Sharky's wasn't open yet.

Are we sure? PM Armybrat.

[tokamak 6,443]

Where did you get the wind speed map!

Space City WX’s Twitter feed.

[tokamak 6,443]

Yeah NHC rubbed their nuts all over the Euro model’s face this time.

[msucolt45 4,081]

I grew up in Sour Lake (Pinewood) off 105. The Pine Island Bayou has flooded that area, between Sour Lake and Beaumont, more times in the last 10 years, than the previous 75 “combined”. They don’t need this!

The golf course is now called Idyllwild (Pinewood), but during its “hey-day” (70s- early 90s), it was “The Course” in SE Texas, until you went West into Houston (TPC Woodlands).

Lamar used to hold their annual collegiate tournament there and always hosted like 15/20 teams nationally ranked. It was called the Henry Homburg Invitational.

[austingirl 2,192]

Ugh this thing reminds me too much of Rita. At least it's not already a 5, I guess. This notice from the City of Port Arthur got me thinking about the pre-Katrina warning that went out just before it hit. Not as dire, of course, but it's still a punch in the gut after all these years. 

Seriously, y'all, be safe.

[msucolt45 4,081]

I remember in HS, watching John Daly (Arkansas) try to “cut the corner” of a dog-leg Par 4, over Pine Trees! We’re talking mid-80’s golf balls/equipment!

I digress - back to Hurricane Laura, as I was distracted with Bud Light and I now live in the Hill Country (for a reason)!

[BearSchlong 8,116]

Already getting dicey in Beaumont 
 
 

Giglio and Del Pappa distributing already said fuck it. The head of Del Pappa helped me board my house, not sure what Will Jenkins did or where he's going. Or he and Jay Bruce might just sit it out in the tree house between their houses.

[tx 3 putt 77,535]

5 hours ago, Pimphand said:

Evacuating Houston for Laura is about as smart as it was for Rita.

I have tee times weds and thurs 

[clapclapclap 9,000]

[Guest]

4 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

8 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Already getting dicey in Beaumont 
 
 

Giglio and Del Pappa distributing already said fuck it. The head of Del Pappa helped me board my house, not sure what Will Jenkins did or where he's going. Or he and Jay Bruce might just sit it out in the tree house between their houses.

I no longer work in the H-town metro and have been gone for a year and a half.  Yesterday, I received 2 different phone calls from old customers begging for deliveries, as they were going to still be open on Wednesday.  Strange enough, one of them was an HEB...

It was just slightly interesting to me that they would be digging so deep for old contacts to try and still arrange for service/ deliveries as Laura bears down on the Region.  Then again, i made a run across the Houston Metro before Ike and it was like a ghost town on 45 and 59 before landfall.  The grocery industry really does try to sit in there until we have to leap.  Might be greed, but it's also wanting to get anything out there we can for the public.

After the storm, that shit'll be wiped out every day. We joke that anything left on the shelf before/ during hurricane should be shitcanned.  I spy some beer flavored water in that pic that is an ideal candidate.

Edited August 26, 2020 by slorch

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,528]

What’s the logic of a north turn of Laura in the next 18 hours? Seems like it’s maintaining a WNW track which puts in on Galveston?

 

[El Diablo 4,232]

Bend over, Beaumont, here it comes again. I've got a bad feeling about this one and hope like hell I'm just being stupider than usual.

[FartingMonk 3,608]

38 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

What’s the logic of a north turn of Laura in the next 18 hours? Seems like it’s maintaining a WNW track which puts in on Galveston?

 

There is some steering wind from Mexico pushing it and then another high pressure system pulling it for it to make it's turn is what the weather channel is saying.  

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,528]

21 minutes ago, FartingMonk said:

There is some steering wind from Mexico pushing it and then another high pressure system pulling it for it to make it's turn is what the weather channel is saying.  

Thanks.  Also see that the 4am update has it with a NW direction now.  And just under Cat 3.

[Moby Ric 2,058]

Louisiana about to get proper fucked on this.  Laura got her act together over night.  I think Beaumont is going to dodge a bullet and get grazed instead of a full on punch.  Good luck to anyone in the way.

[Zonahorn 8,079]

Based on recon Laura is very close to major strength

[Zonahorn 8,079]

That eyewall convection is intense

[Pimphand 5,926]

8 hours ago, HoustonFrog said:

I’m not doing shit until it’s under 48 hours out

I never understand why people overreact so far out. It is like clockwork though. Fear really is the mind killer.

[pearlandhorn 3,274]

2 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

I never understand why people overreact so far out. It is like clockwork though. Fear really is the mind killer.

I didn’t overreact with Harvey. Thought it was going to miss Houston all together or we’d get 5 inches of rain. People overreact because there’s so much uncertainty and they have absolutely no control over the outcome.

[Telegraph_it 3,359]

41 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

I never understand why people overreact so far out. It is like clockwork though. Fear really is the mind killer.

2020 bro. Also most people know what the gulf can do to a storm and we see it happening right now. 
 

It is going East because some butterfly flapped it’s wings. It could have easily gone west in another simulation. 
 

Also fear is addictive. 

[Zonahorn 8,079]

Y'all aren't out of the woods yet

 

[Pimphand 5,926]

5 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said:

2020 bro. 

What does 2020 have to do with the largest urban evacuation in American History from 15 years ago?

[Kyrie Eleison 9,312]

i wish my parents would’ve named me Yaakov...

[Zonahorn 8,079]

6 minutes ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

i wish my parents would’ve named me Yaakov...

You should have been Russian dude

[Kyrie Eleison 9,312]

You should have been Russian dude

[Zonahorn 8,079]

First major hurricane of the season

...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST TONIGHT... ...STEPS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...
7:00 AM CDT Wed Aug 26
Location: 26.4°N 91.4°W
Moving: NW at 15 mph
Min pressure: 963 mb
Max sustained: 115 mph

[markstanco 12,627]

Ration those hurricane supplies, bro

I haven't been drinking occifur

[TexasMan 10,989]

 

[Dewey 3,295]

Too many yaakofs out there, hard to know who to trust. I trust the track that has been dominant for the past 2 or 3 days, Tx/La border. SE Houston will get some wind. 

[HoustonFrog 368]

I never understand why people overreact so far out. It is like clockwork though. Fear really is the mind killer.

Yeah lesson learned

[CleverNickname 1,321]

intensity forecast now touches cat 4, so that's not great. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

Welp, I’m fucked. This is another Rita. 

[tokamak 6,443]

3 minutes ago, Dewey said:

Too many yaakofs out there, hard to know who to trust. I trust the track that has been dominant for the past 2 or 3 days, Tx/La border. SE Houston will get some wind. 

Yeah that guy is fearmongering and trying to make a name for himself. Every reputable source is in agreement this morning that it's going to land well east of Houston.

[tejas60 3,535]

1 hour ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

i wish my parents would’ve named me Yaakov...

if it makes you feel better, we all call you a jackoff.

[tejas60 3,535]

13 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

Pfft, this is a sloppy-looking, barely-Cat-1 squib that is moving too fast to strengthen much, why's everybody runnin' around like its Katrina II

 

 

 

this post held up well.

[HoustonFrog 368]

this post held up well.

Yeah it’s going to be a monster but going to hit in a great place based on population. Couldn’t have asked for much better

[tx ind 7,013]

I'm in NW Houston so probably get a bit of rain and enough wind to knock over an empty beer can?  Just don't feel like putting all the shit away in the backyard.