2021 Hurricane & Cyclone Thread

[Somnio 751]

3 minutes ago, Bert Orange said:

Is it funnier that I didn’t do this?

Never forget.

[Bert Orange 1120]

2 minutes ago, Somnio said:

Never forget.

Should I rebuild?

[deadshank 24653]

4 minutes ago, Bert Orange said:

Should I rebuild?

File an insurance claim 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10271]

Neighbor lost 20ft tree... I had some 4' rose bushes all but pulled out, now just lying almost flat. Can't see bottom of pool for all the leaves... but otherwise good.

We lost power around 1am... somehow I got it back at 6:30am  (that never happens.. we typically are one of the last places to see power restored). 

I knew power went out by all the homes that decided to add whole home generators after snowpocalypse.  

[deadshank 24653]

How many of you did what I did this morning and walk into the kitchen, bathroom, garage, living room, laundry room, ad nauseum and flip on the light switch only to be reminded that the power is out?

[Pancho 44856]

I mean, ABC 13 is struggling to stay on the air, showing us just random shit.  Where I’m at, the streets are starting to dry, and it’s just the wind blowing.

 

I’m fulling expecting my gym to reopen later today—well I’m praying they do because I’m bored since we cancelled class.  I might go clean out my car?

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2652]

Shockingly didn’t lose power for more than 15 mins in Galveston. 
 

Large 80 year old privacy hedge is down. Much sucks, besides that no damage 

[tx ind 7013]

NW Houston checking in, one cushion from the patio furniture was on the other side of the yard, the kids' plastic chairs got knocked over, and bunch of leaves on the driveway.

[StruggleBus 3922]

1 minute ago, tx ind said:

NW Houston checking in, one cushion from the patio furniture was on the other side of the yard, the kids' plastic chairs got knocked over, and bunch of leaves on the driveway.

T&P

[Blotto 23538]

6 minutes ago, tx ind said:

NW Houston checking in, one cushion from the patio furniture was on the other side of the yard, the kids' plastic chairs got knocked over, and bunch of leaves on the driveway.

[Pancho 44856]

Gym opened at 9am.  I might even do a cheat day at Zaxbys. 

I’m like a kid in a hurricane candy store.

[phdhorn 6224]

The storm is now projected to stall over W. Louisiana (good, NOLA could really use the rain, they've had a drought lately), then come back west, hopefully into CenTex.  Would enjoy seeing that for the rain, since this is yet another case of "too far east" to do anything in Austin.  Of course yeah, right.  But I hope anyway.

Chance of brief rain band coming through today but don't count on much if anything.

I'll keep an eye on it and hope it comes back this way - will be nothing more than a buncha clouds by then - 95% of its potency will be gone.

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1688]

A little too on the nose for my taste. 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

49 minutes ago, Xian said:

Shockingly didn’t lose power for more than 15 mins in Galveston. 
 

Large 80 year old privacy hedge is down. Much sucks, besides that no damage 

House in Houston was just loud as fuck for 3-4 hours from wind throwing small amounts of rain at the windows. Damage confined generally to keeping me up all night. 
 

Bay house looks fucked a bit more than expected from neighbor’s FaceTime this morning, though.  Looks worse than anything since Ike - although nothing like that magnitude.   Borderline insurance claim level. 

[gsoda3 3262]

48 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

The storm is now projected to stall over W. Louisiana (good, NOLA could really use the rain, they've had a drought lately), then come back west, hopefully into CenTex.  Would enjoy seeing that for the rain, since this is yet another case of "too far east" to do anything in Austin.  Of course yeah, right.  But I hope anyway.

if that happens would it be a weekend event or before?

[StruggleBus 3922]

7 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

House in Houston was just loud as fuck for 3-4 hours from wind throwing small amounts of rain at the windows. Damage confined generally to keeping me up all night. 
 

Bay house looks fucked a bit more than expected from neighbor’s FaceTime this morning, though.  Looks worse than anything since Ike - although nothing like that magnitude.   Borderline insurance claim level. 

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

1 minute ago, StruggleBus said:

Wow you have low standards.  Kids can read good too. 

[StruggleBus 3922]

5 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

Wow you have low standards.

Especially when it comes to women

[phdhorn 6224]

13 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

if that happens would it be a weekend event or before?

It's going to move west very slowly once it moves again, plus we have a high that has to get out of the way, so if you're wondering about the UT game, this all shouldn't happen until late Sunday into early next week. Shouldn't be a weather problem for the last-second squeaking out of a win over Rice.

[gsoda3 3262]

40 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

It's going to move west very slowly once it moves again, plus we have a high that has to get out of the way, so if you're wondering about the UT game, this all shouldn't happen until late Sunday into early next week. Shouldn't be a weather problem for the last-second squeaking out of a win over Rice.

wondering if we can use it as an excuse in defeat

[pearlandhorn 3273]

One downed tree limb in the front yard.  Kid's sandbox lid blown off and right next to sandbox.  Going to be a long haul to clean it all up.

[Trey3216 15347]

15 minutes ago, pearlandhorn said:

One downed tree limb in the front yard.  Kid's sandbox lid blown off and right next to sandbox.  Going to be a long haul to clean it all up.

Be sure to use your legs when you lift that sandbox lid.  Gotta protect the back.  

[pearlandhorn 3273]

2 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Be sure to use your legs when you lift that sandbox lid.  Gotta protect the back.  

Seriously.  Can't be overstated enough.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Somehow when I let the dog out in the middle of the night I didn't shut my backdoor very well.  It blew open sometime later and I woke up to wet rug in the kitchen.  I'm filling out a FEMA application right now.

[elfenix 34272]

leaky glazing in door got a rug pretty wet.  do i set the place on fire before calling insurance?

[phdhorn 6224]

57 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

wondering if we can use it as an excuse in defeat

Worked in '94!

[Hate 20109]

It turned out to be not much of a storm here.  I have some hibiscus plants in the backyard that are leaning over this morning from the wind, but that's about it. We got about 2.5 inches of rain which we kind of needed anyway.  SE Texas on the whole dodged a pretty big bullet with Nicholas.  If there hadn't been so much wind shear and dry air in the Western GOM, Nicholas could easily have blown up into a strong Cat 3.  It's fairly amazing it made it to a Cat 1 given the conditions it faced from what I have read on some weather forums I follow. 

[UTexasFight 9463]

41 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

Worked in '94!

Fucking a. Beat me to it.

This is exactly where my head went…at least the game this time  is still scheduled for Saturday…

[Marcusshelton 86]

One downed tree limb. Bunch of leaves. Bent pole on trampoline netting. No power since 8 last night (basically the whole town is without power). But it’s been pleasant outside hanging out with the kids all day. House hasn’t gotten warmer than we usually keep it during the day anyway. Gonna put some meat on the pit in a little while. No generator, but hasn’t been bad given that power has been out for the last 18 hours. I also have been going around turning on lights out of habit and feeling dumb when I do go inside. 
 

I was more worried about flooding rather than wind and power outage, but storm moved just enough late to keep a lot of the rain away, but bring more wind. 

Edited September 14, 2021 by Marcusshelton
Clarification

[blacklab 11940]

1 hour ago, Hate said:

forums I follow

[pearlandhorn 3273]

Couple of fences down in my neighborhood and a few shingles in the street from houses with original roofs. Neighborhood is 17 years old. Other than that…nothingburger.

[atomheartbevo 89700]

He was fined.

 

[Guest Lobo]

What the fuck is Willy Shat doing in Galveston?  You'd think he'd have gotten some sun by now.

[El Diablo 4232]

5 hours ago, pearlandhorn said:

Seriously.  Can't be overstated enough.

Good chance they lost some sand out of that box with the lid blown off. Prolly need to check the neighborhood. 

[SquishMitten 10408]

Well it was a hurricane. Might’ve just swapped in some “fresh” beach sand

[Guest Lobo]

Is nuking this thing still an option to release some damn moisture over Central Texas?  

[atomheartbevo 89700]

Remember the woman who said her husband was "attacked" by an alligator in the floodwaters, they found an alligator with human remains

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/us/alligator-attack-louisiana-satterlee/index.html

 

[Brisketexan 105154]

Remember the woman who said her husband was "attacked" by an alligator in the floodwaters, they found an alligator with human remains
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/us/alligator-attack-louisiana-satterlee/index.html
 

She better hope that none of those remains show signs of a bullet entry. Way to screw up the perfect murder.

[billfromlaketravis 11510]

Not all smiles over here. We’re going  into hour 8 without power. I’m listening to the Stros on a hand cranked radio and reading by lantern light. 
 

Two downed poles within a few blocks of my house. Decent chance we don’t have power restored until morning. 
 

The silver lining : I whipped an old Boy Scout recipe on the outdoor stove. It slammed pretty hard. 

[Lerka Lerka 1087]

Damn Bill, always assumed you were in Lake Travis. 

[StruggleBus 3922]

He is, it’s just that a gaggle of hobos knocked down two power lines.

[wildcat09 29355]

I’m into hour 12 without power in Westbury. Never lost power during the storm, but around 9:30 this morning it cut out for some reason. Whole neighborhood got shut off long after the storm had moved through. This is some bullshit. 

[tokamak 6431]

32 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

I’m into hour 12 without power in Westbury. Never lost power during the storm, but around 9:30 this morning it cut out for some reason. Whole neighborhood got shut off long after the storm had moved through. This is some bullshit. 

Some friends that live over there came to hang out at our house this afternoon because they had the exact same story. Very weird for it to cut off at 9:30, shit was pretty much fine by then.

[gmr548 16580]

Went 12-13 hours without power today, got it back around 5:30pm. Wasn’t hot outside so not the end of the world. Did have to throw some food out, we weren’t prepared to be with power that long. The forecast made it seem like a rain event was the bigger threat. So it goes.

Similar to other descriptions, some downed tree branches/limbs and at least one fence blown over in Oak Forest, nothing too bad though.

Glad this was not a serious threat to life or property for most, hope it continues that way.

[billfromlaketravis 11510]

1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

I’m into hour 12 without power in Westbury. Never lost power during the storm, but around 9:30 this morning it cut out for some reason. Whole neighborhood got shut off long after the storm had moved through. This is some bullshit. 

Same. I worked through the morning and lunch, then a power line pole gave way down the street and knocked out power for the entire neighborhood. 
 

Pretty fing frustrating. It was a beautiful afternoon. The sun was shining. 
 

I can ask to go into the office tomorrow, but it has to go all the way up the flag pole. Its probably not worth the trouble. 

Edited September 15, 2021 by billfromlaketravis

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

6 hours ago, Lerka Lerka said:

Damn Bill, always assumed you were in Lake Travis. 

He’s originally from Sinton.  

[hornian 5219]

2 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

He’s originally from Sinton.  

I wish. Bill in Sinton died. 
 

HOOK EM HIGH LIKE SN EAGLE SOARS

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

I’m sure he died doing what he FELT was right,, so take that you liberal pussy.   😂

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

Holy shit that thing fucked my world up....I live on the San Bernard River down by Sweeny and the town of Brazoria....it was as bad or worse than Ike. Big ass oak limb fell on my house and it sounded like the final fucking thunder. Wave on wave of howling winds...We were trapped on our FM road in the morning 'til the locals busted out the chainsaws and cleared out two or three big trees. Power went out before midnight night before last and might still be out; I adjourned to a crappy motel in West Columbia where the WiFi and cable were out until around noon today, but at least there was AC and lights and I could charge my phone. Scariest storm I've been through. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

Oh and it looks like I lost a $10k work assignment....FML.