2024 Hurricane Season thread of DOOM

[Captainant 26902]

8 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Medium rain with 20 mph winds knocked out my Houston power again. Didn’t see that coming. 
 

At least it will be light soon. 

I just had a short power skip that turned half my stuff off and tripped my UPS alarms and then it came back on. Definitely making a pot of coffee while I still can

Edit: in spring branch

Edited July 8 by Captainant

[Js1 82949]

3 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I just had a short power skip that turned half my stuff off and tripped my UPS alarms and then it came back on. Definitely making a pot of coffee while I still can

Same

[SydneyCarton 47298]

51 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

You should have that dumbass on ignore. 
 

I keep losing all signal and going in to SOS mode.  That’s fun. 
 

I tried taking video but it’s too dark and it doesn’t convey the sound.  It’s impressive even if it’s only gusting up to 90 mph or whatever it is 

I try not to put anyone on ignore. I only have 2 folks on ignore. It’s good to be reminded what percentage of stupids are out there.

5 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I just had a short power skip that turned half my stuff off and tripped my UPS alarms and then it came back on. Definitely making a pot of coffee while I still can

Edit: in spring branch

Same here in Timbergrove, right at 5:59. 
 

The radar shows the eye basically rolling straight for inside the loop. 

[wildcat09 28485]

7 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I just had a short power skip that turned half my stuff off and tripped my UPS alarms and then it came back on. Definitely making a pot of coffee while I still can

Same here.

[Bert Orange 1094]

On generator power now. Bellaire. 

[SydneyCarton 47298]

Damn just had another one. Thought I heard a transformer blow, was down about 10 seconds and I thought that was going to be it and it popped back on. 

[wildcat09 28485]

I’ve heard three transformers blow in Westbury over the past ten minutes. Somehow still have power, but assume that won’t last much longer.

[Bevo&Pevo 4923]

6:00am update still shows the eye passing to the west of downtown.   Movement still North at 10 to 12 mph. Katy put on your big girl panties.  It will be there soon.

[Js1 82949]

Least I figured out what that noise that woke me up was - the fence between my row of townhouses and the neighbor row just went down 

[Captainant 26902]

2 minutes ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

6:00am update still shows the eye passing to the west of downtown.   Movement still North at 10 to 12 mph. Katy put on your big girl panties.  It will be there soon.

Judging by the speed it's looking like 8 or 9 AM when it'll hit I-10. No telling if it'll be Katy or downtown though 

Just now, Js1 said:

Least I figured out what that noise that woke me up was - the fence between my row of townhouses and the neighbor row just went down 

Yeah I've been hearing more "thunk"s than usual. I can't see my back yard really at the moment but curious to see what stayed and what flew off

[APMP 684]

Just lost power in Rice/Medical Center area. Seems windy out right now.

[Js1 82949]

Just now, APMP said:

Just lost power in Rice/Medical Center area. Seems windy out right now.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13295]

Complete dumbass here. Fired up the generator here in the heights. Dawned on me that I had enough gas for 5-6 hours.

luckily the closest gas station had power and plenty of gas. Yes I’m a moron but now I have enough gas for 2+ days. 

[elfenix 34075]

38 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I just had a short power skip that turned half my stuff off and tripped my UPS alarms and then it came back on. Definitely making a pot of coffee while I still can

Edit: in spring branch

Turned those off in the control panels earlier.

 

Forgot to mention HEB Buffalo Heights has a power truck (HEB branded, of course)

 

 

Edited July 8 by elfenix

[hornmpa96 2538]

Generator is running in Meyerland.

[Captainant 26902]

I still have data over my home fiber, but my AT&T cellular service just blipped out

[Js1 82949]

1 minute ago, Captainant said:

I still have data over my home fiber, but my AT&T cellular service just blipped out

Pay your bill 

[Goofyboy 3002]

Generator running out in Richmond. ATT fiber is also working. The rain and wind even let up enough for the dog to run out and pee. Just waiting for the eye to pass over the house here shortly.

[RPM 26090]

Now who was it that said there was no room to install a generator? Improvise, adapt, overcome or bend over and take it.

[SydneyCarton 47298]

14 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Complete dumbass here. Fired up the generator here in the heights. Dawned on me that I had enough gas for 5-6 hours.

luckily the closest gas station had power and plenty of gas. Yes I’m a moron but now I have enough gas for 2+ days. 

So there out of power in the heights? We’re still holding on in Timbergrove. At&t works too. 

[Dennis Taylor 18567]

Channel 13 needs to get Elita or that other young lady back on camera instead of these 2 nerds

[Dennis Taylor 18567]

43 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

I’ve heard three transformers blow in Westbury over the past ten minutes. Somehow still have power, but assume that won’t last much longer.

May have been gunshots 

[Js1 82949]

3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

So there out of power in the heights? We’re still holding on in Timbergrove. At&t works too. 

Yeah, power and internet fine in shady acres 

[RPM 26090]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

KHOU Traffic girl is hot AF. ¡Ay, caramba!

Jennifer Reyna

[Okie State 3696]

We're out of town so I've been watching on our cameras in Katy. Lost power about an hour ago. Surprised it lasted that long.

[Fudge Nuggets 18899]

Weather dude said they eye is going straight for Katy in the next hour.  That place floods like shit.

[Dennis Taylor 18567]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

KHOU Traffic girl is hot AF. ¡Ay, caramba!

How long you been under that rock? She's been fire for 20 years +, check the Dominique thread. Or her insta

[SydneyCarton 47298]

2 minutes ago, Okie State said:

We're out of town so I've been watching on our cameras in Katy. Lost power about an hour ago. Surprised it lasted that long.

Thats not all over. My buddy in Katy still has power, but his cable is out. 

[RPM 26090]

Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

Weather dude said they eye is going straight for Katy in the next hour.  That place floods like shit.

Worked for a paving company doing work in Katy back in the 90's. We sat for a week because a severe thunderstorm came through. Nowhere for the water to go.

[Js1 82949]

2 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Weather dude said they eye is going straight for Katy in the next hour.  That place floods like shit.

Even God hates Katy

[Nice Guy Eddie 13295]

15 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

So there out of power in the heights? We’re still holding on in Timbergrove. At&t works too. 

I was being vague about the location. I’m in the GOOF area but the Kroger gas at 43rd/Ella had power.

For anyone that wants to watch a storm chaser drive around the eye, he’s live streaming. Believe he said he uses starlink for internet.

 

[Fudge Nuggets 18899]

My buddy in Sugar Land just had a huge tree fall over in his backyard.  Hold on to your butts, people.

[Okie State 3696]

1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

Thats not all over. My buddy in Katy still has power, but his cable is out. 

Our neighborhood loses it all the time while the one next to us rarely does. It's some bullshit. I just hope we don't come back to any trees down.

[Fudge Nuggets 18899]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Even God hates Katy

God is in good company, but I'm pulling for them today.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13295]

Guessing a line from Sugar Land to The Woodlands is going to get beat up the most with the winds/rain.

This storm direction is about as worse case possible for Houston but thankfully it’s a cat 1 storm. Cat 4 on this path would have been devastating.

[SimonBolivar 10673]

My grandparents are buried in Palacios and decided to stick it out. I hope they're ok.

[Fudge Nuggets 18899]

38 minutes ago, elfenix said:

Turned those off in the control panels earlier.

I never understood the purpose of the alarms on UPS.  Yeah, I know I don't have power.  I'm sitting here in the fucking dark.

[SydneyCarton 47298]

7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Even God hates Katy

That’s fine, so does everyone who lives in Katy. Well, more like they all hate themselves. 

[Dennis Taylor 18567]

1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

My grandparents are buried in Palacios and decided to stick it out. I hope they're ok.

Phrasing 

[tx ind 6872]

Lost power near 249 and Louetta

[SydneyCarton 47298]

Centerpoint doesn’t have the stage map anymore, but their storm centers says only 3k outages right now. El oh el. 

[Basil 733]

Its been nothing more than a longer-lasting summer storm at Katy freeway and beltway 8. A lot of branches and some trees down. Power is still on.

[Fudge Nuggets 18899]

3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Centerpoint doesn’t have the stage map anymore, but their storm centers says only 3k outages right now. El oh el. 

News people keep saying over a million people without power.  Centerpoint full of shit.

[Wulaw Horn 18918]

Guess I’m not going to work. Power out at 7:15. Don’t figure it will come back for the duration. 
 

stay safe out there yall. 

[SydneyCarton 47298]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

News people keep saying over a million people without power.  Centerpoint full of shit.

Yeah I’m not sure how they do their math. Maybe an active outage is, like, a whole neighborhood or gird section. 
 

 

 

[Fudge Nuggets 18899]

This fucker is not weakening.  WTF?

[Wulaw Horn 18918]

There are so many trees near both my and my parents house. Getting a bit nervous. 
dads at the hospital with a broken hip- mom is in Louisiana from Sunday 2:00 to Monday at noon was the plan. Dad was wearing her out and she wanted a trip to lake Charles for 24 hours to mentally reset after 2 weeks of 12 plus hour days at hospital. Hope she doesn’t try to come home to see him. I told her not to but she’s stubborn. 
they are on property with us, so sort of glad she wasn’t here or we’d have all been trapped in the house till the storm is over if something happened. 

Edited July 8 by Wulaw Horn

[Wulaw Horn 18918]

Woke up at 3:15 am and banged the wife, managed to do that before the kids came downstairs to sleep with her in terror so got that going for me- which was nice. 

[Fudge Nuggets 18899]

Wonder if @GreenspointTexas made it in to work?  That's what we're all concerned about during these trying times.

[Js1 82949]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Wonder if @GreenspointTexas made it in to work?  That's what we're all concerned about during these trying times.

I offered myself an egg for breakfast in these trying times