2024 Rain Thread: All Your El Nino Are Belong to Us

[South Austin 53,153]

43 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

This is by our back door under the patio cover:

Did you submit an insurance claim?

[GreenspointTexas 9,933]

100+ mph winds in houston

 

fucking house is shaking. Trash cans going down the block

[Armybrat 41,314]

7 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Did you submit an insurance claim?

I haven’t submitted one yet for last fall’s real hailstorm.
Might wait until summer to see what else we get.

(we have a class 4 roof that’s only two years old).

[dogbreath 440]

20 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

The MethHead Canyon lake forcefield is real.

Medina lake status here we come. 

[Dahobbs 18,183]

This shit is intense in Houston. Our patio French doors were being pushed open. Tree branches falling everywhere. 

[hornian 5,281]

10 minutes ago, dogbreath said:

Medina lake status here we come. 

Wouldn’t wish that on your worst enemy. 

[Captainant 28,381]

Just had "baby's first tornado drill" in our house with getting my wife and 2 week old settled into a first floor bath tub. I couldn't see 10 feet past my porch for about half an hour in spring branch, and our power has been out since around 620

[Lat22 4,070]

24 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

This shit is intense in Houston. Our patio French doors were being pushed open. Tree branches falling everywhere. 

Got pretty sporty in the Richmond/Pecan Grove area but it seems like the worst has passed. Now waiting for power to come back on. 

[Txangel9910 217]

20 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Just had "baby's first tornado drill" in our house with getting my wife and 2 week old settled into a first floor bath tub. I couldn't see 10 feet past my porch for about half an hour in spring branch, and our power has been out since around 620

How horrible.   The experts say to put babies in car seats, as should the worst happen and your house is hit, they're more protected in the seat.

[Farmerted 125]

17 minutes ago, Txangel9910 said:

How horrible.   The experts say to put babies in car seats, as should the worst happen and your house is hit, they're more protected in the seat.

Don’t tell his wife . At best he has to buy another car seat , at worst every storm he has to go wrestle it out of the mini van 

[atomheartbevo 90,542]

3 minutes ago, Farmerted said:

Don’t tell his wife . At best he has to buy another car seat , at worst every storm he has to go wrestle it out of the mini van 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,706]

Hurricane 6:30pm just flew thru Houston.  News reporting that 80-100 mph winds. I believe it with the trees down around me. 

Edited May 17 by Nice Guy Eddie

[atomheartbevo 90,542]

 

 

Edited May 17 by atomheartbevo

[atomheartbevo 90,542]

I don't know if I see a funnel (or if this is Cypress like it's claimed)

But this kind of shit is evidence that something happened.

[atomheartbevo 90,542]

 

[Dahobbs 18,183]

40 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

Got pretty sporty in the Richmond/Pecan Grove area but it seems like the worst has passed. Now waiting for power to come back on. 

I think you'll be waiting for awhile. I'll be surprised if power is backup for most people before the end of the weekend. 

[Lat22 4,070]

That’s what I’m thinking. Fortunately, I have options. 

[NorthLoop 14,420]

20 minutes ago, Farmerted said:

Don’t tell his wife . At best he has to buy another car seat , at worst every storm he has to go wrestle it out of the mini van 

It's nice to have my wife and I both be the youngest siblings. Lots of hand me downs including multiple car seats.

[UnivTex34 1,765]

Hope you Houston folks are ok. My brother took a direct hit from the worst of it. Said it was reminiscent of our childhood in the panhandle.

 

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2,649]

Lot of buildings downtown lost windows

Looks like how it was post Ike 

Edited May 17 by FORTY NINE TO ZERO

[Hate 20,232]

Holy Crap.  I wonder if my building did? 

It got really windy here in The Woodlands, but we escaped the worst of it.  The power flickered about 10 or 15 times, but it always came back on.  I guess since they had to replce so much infrastructure near us from a similar storm last year that it held up this year.  I hope it comes on for you down in Htown. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5,507]

KPRC is claiming over 880,000 without power.

[Lat22 4,070]

1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

I think you'll be waiting for awhile. I'll be surprised if power is backup for most people before the end of the weekend. 

Just came back on. 😳

[jimmyjazz 46,966]

3 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

KPRC is claiming over 880,000 without power.

[jimmyjazz 46,966]

Oh, relax Nancy.

[Dutchrudder 11,227]

In Cypress, no power, friend at Center point says we will probably be down for a week or so due to the huge transmission towers along 99 getting wrecked. Got my generator out and setup already, we got AC, kids are in bed, so not too bad but very scary during the worst of it. 

A few homes in our area had massive damage. 

[gurt 796]

So they DO control the weather

[jimmyjazz 46,966]

4 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said:

 

A few homes in our area had massive damage. 

 

Jeez, that looks terrible.  Straight line winds or a possible tornado?

[UnivTex34 1,765]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Jeez, that looks terrible.  Straight line winds or a possible tornado?

No nader.

 

this was classic midwestern derecho.

[Dutchrudder 11,227]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Jeez, that looks terrible.  Straight line winds or a possible tornado?

Tornado according to the family. It's in the south part of Bridgeland near Tuckerton and summer camp. One of the people that runs our local Bridgeland Cares group lost his roof. They do all sorts of charity work locally to help families with meal trains or assistance in disasters and such. Fucking sucks 😕

 

[Dutchrudder 11,227]

1400 Smith got pelted.

Energy tower next to Chase

[billfromlaketravis 11,784]

Some windows got blown out in the Centerpoint and Total buildings. Window guys must do well in Houston. 

[GreenspointTexas 9,933]

Lived in houston 38 years. Never seen wind like this. Heights is pretty much trashed. Most roads impassable. 
 

200lb fridge in the middle of Stude Park playground. The door to the fridge is 1/4 mile away near the big baseball field

 

A lotta 100-200 year old trees uprooted and fallen across streets

[bolverk 30,228]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

I don't know if I see a funnel (or if this is Cypress like it's claimed)

 

I don't have the greatest eyesight, but that looks like a funnel to me.

[GreenspointTexas 9,933]

Its my twins birthday today. We were huddled in the bathroom for 30 min tonight. They gonna remember this one for a long time. 
 

 

PS - looks like the top wind speed im seeing was 128.6 mph out near katy

[tx ind 7,056]

Definitely a funnel in cypress 

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/05/16/video-appears-to-show-funnel-cloud-in-cypress-area/

[Dutchrudder 11,227]

Reminds me of Ike when it blew through downtown in 2008, but without the flooding. 

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

I haven’t submitted one yet for last fall’s real hailstorm.
Might wait until summer to see what else we get.

(we have a class 4 roof that’s only two years old).

I was wondering what y'all did... you weren't answering my calls. 

[UnivTex34 1,765]

Sure wasn’t a funnel on radar. But that maybe was blown out from the crazy velo readings.

 

[UnivTex34 1,765]

Maybe here, but again, not a classic funnel radar sig

 

[jimmyjazz 46,966]

Houston area surely has taken more than its share of weather-related shit in recent years.  It's crazy.

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Hurricane 6:30pm just flew thru Houston.  News reporting that 80-100 mph winds. I believe it with the trees down around me. 

FYI to all, we do insurance work in Houston.

[UnivTex34 1,765]

 

Here it is animated

[Dahobbs 18,183]

Heights looks like fucking Bastogne in BOB, explode trees everywhere. 

[Okie State 3,887]

I was driving home in Houston when the shit hit the fan. Thought a tornado was passing over the highway.

[Hate 20,232]

Lake Buchanan is going to get a nice bump. It’s already up 8 feet since 5/5. 
 

 

[NorthLoop 14,420]

1 hour ago, Dutchrudder said:

In Cypress, no power, friend at Center point says we will probably be down for a week or so due to the huge transmission towers along 99 getting wrecked. Got my generator out and setup already, we got AC, kids are in bed, so not too bad but very scary during the worst of it. 

A few homes in our area had massive damage. 

No way that's not tornado damage. If it was just wind then the other houses would look the same. 

[F250 29,170]

3 hours ago, dogbreath said:

Medina lake status here we come. 

Don't you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby!

I used to fish on Medina a lot during my teens and twenties. I briefly considered building a place there but it turned into a puddle and is in the process of completely drying out. Ended up over here by Canyon instead.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3,537]

58 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

Maybe here, but again, not a classic funnel radar sig

 

QLCS Tornado

[Mez2 4,041]

GOOF looks like Beirut, never seen anything like this. Fence knocked down in backyard, batting cage flipped over onto my deck, no power. Could be worse but I think the worse part will be waiting for power to come back on, at least we have running water.