2019 Hurricane & Cyclone Thread

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[texasdago 7,573]

16 hours ago, heinhorn said:

Yikes.

Memorial Day 2015... saw 5" in one hour in our hood.  About 11" that night.  That was not particularly enjoyable.

[atomheartbevo 89,656]

I laughed.

brb, gonna fill my trashcans up with gas.

[Steamboat1874 4,058]

40 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I laughed.

brb, gonna fill my trashcans up with gas.

Fuck this fucking god damn bullshit "storm" and fuck all of you getting rain too.

Force field for the Austin Metro area in full effect.

 

[Wally Fairway 5,544]

1 hour ago, texasdago said:

Memorial Day 2015... saw 5" in one hour in our hood.  About 11" that night.  That was not particularly enjoyable.

Mrs Texasdago was liking the night action though - amirite?

9 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Fuck this fucking god damn bullshit "storm" and fuck all of you getting rain too.

Force field for the Austin Metro area in full effect.

 

those graphics are what 8k high def, I think I can see my old neighborhood ... 2 boxes left of the upper left quadrant on white orb. Is that blackhole Conroe?

[texasdago 7,573]

"Mrs Texasdago was liking the night action though - amirite?"

Badum bum

 

[abuelo gringo 321]

18 hours ago, Telegraph_it said:

Probably should try giving United a call. My wife could not get home after Harvey due to the airport being shut down. United allowed waivers to Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio but as you would imagine, those flights were full. I called United to route her to JAC since her parents have a vacation home there. The first representative I spoke to would not do it, so I asked for a supervisor who cleared the ticket without me having to ask twice. 

It makes sense. United, or any airline except AA, should want to clear up itineraries when weather disrupts over multiple days. 

We were in NYC for Spring Break this year.  Our round trip flight was with American, and we got hit with the 737 MAX grounding.  They changed our flight back to SA twice, splitting us up both times.  This was unacceptable to us, as we were flying with two children.  My daughter posted our dilemma to AA's twitter feed.  She got a call back within an hour and we got our return flight back seated together.  We did have to change planes (original flight NS) but that was not as important.

Social media can be your friend.

[Hate 20,108]

Memorial Day 2015... saw 5" in one hour in our hood.  About 11" that night.  That was not particularly enjoyable.

We got 21” of rain over two days in that flood. It was insane. Since I’ve been in the Houston area (12 years), I’ve witnessed some crazy storms.

[heinhorn 16]

1 minute ago, Hate said:

 

We got 21” of rain over two days in that flood. It was insane. Since I’ve been in the Houston area (12 years), I’ve witnessed some crazy storms.

 

And that is precisely why I built my house on pier and beam about 20 inches above the harvey flood line in my hood.  Almost flooded during Memorial Day and tax day floods.  Don't tell me Harvey won't happen again.  It can and will happen again.  Just a matter of time.  

[Johnny Sack 8,397]

21 hours ago, kevwun said:

We are supposed to fly out of IAH tomorrow at 12:30 to Milwaukee.   I am thinking about changing our flight to one out of Austin.  United has send out emails and texts about the weather and they are waving any fees for changing.

So, do you come to Milwaukee often?

[Hate 20,108]

15 minutes ago, heinhorn said:

And that is precisely why I built my house on pier and beam about 20 inches above the harvey flood line in my hood.  Almost flooded during Memorial Day and tax day floods.  Don't tell me Harvey won't happen again.  It can and will happen again.  Just a matter of time.  

I live in a newer neighborhood that has a great drainage system.  Our house is at the lowest point in about a 3 or 4 block radius, so all the streets drain toward us.  We've never flooded including through Ike, Tax Day floods, Memorial Day floods, and Harvey where we had about 41 inches of rain in a 4 day stretch.  I figure if we haven't flooded yet, it's not likely that we will, but I still have flood insurance just to be safe. 

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10 minutes ago, Hate said:

Our house is at the lowest point in about a 3 or 4 block radius, so all the streets drain toward us.  

V.P. of Due Diligence

[Hate 20,108]

That's why I have flood insurance although I have never needed it through the incredible flooding events we've already been through that I listed.  If we didn't flood during Harvey, I don't think we will.

 

 

[Neonmoon 38,129]

Austin = the rain cuck

[clapclapclap 9,000]

Tornado near Anahuac off I-10.  Near She-Bops.

Earlier Baytown tornado near Highlands (and there's a 3rd tornado in eastern Baytown now.):

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by clapclapclap

[crash_davis 23,107]

austin needs rain.  i'm going to wash my car tomorrow. 

come at me, bro!

[Dewey 3,286]

Austin folks be crying if they got any of this. Please stop raining! Omg! Is it ever going to stop? My tomatoes! 

 

[Brisketexan 105,106]

austin needs rain.  i'm going to wash my car tomorrow. 
come at me, bro!

You’ll get nothing and like it, Spaulding.

[BLKNSTY 289]

all the usual low-lying spots on the S/SE side of Houston are flooded. OST @ Spur 5, 45SB @ Woodridge. Post Oak and 610.

Med Center/Kirby are up next. 

[Southernthunder 38]

48 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Tornado near Anahuac off I-10.  Near She-Bops.

Earlier Baytown tornado near Highlands (and there's a 3rd tornado in eastern Baytown now.):

 

That  footage is amazing. 

[Dewey 3,286]

Beaumont, golden triangle getting swamped. 

[Southernthunder 38]

They fucking are. Goodness. Seems like they haven’t had a break in a few hours. 

[justhookit 4,191]

Yup, and a lot of those places are still recovering from Harvey. Fuck. At least this went a little further north and east.

[MirrOlure 14,767]

The “center” of this bitch is up west of Lufkin, but her “tail” is stuck in a loop along the coast and just inland.

This has been our “loop” since 8 pm. At least a few more hours to go.

[Scraps 13,561]

Rednecks getting pounded

[texasdago 7,573]

19 hours ago, Hate said:

That's why I have flood insurance although I have never needed it through the incredible flooding events we've already been through that I listed.  If we didn't flood during Harvey, I don't think we will.

 

 

Hate.  Feel free to ignore everything else I post in the future but do yourself a favor and get flood insurance.  With Imelda, they're showing plenty of people who didn't flood during Harvey that are flooding now.  Every storm is different.  Trust me - its worth every penny.   

 

If I remember correctly, average FEMA payout after Harvey was $4,000.00.  Average Flood Insurance payout was $140,000.00.

Edited September 19, 2019 by texasdago

[MissingInAction 25,051]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Rednecks getting pounded

Band name?

[MirrOlure 14,767]

Maybe anecdotal, but our neighborhood in central Beaumont was fine during Harvey, but three houses now report “inches” of water inside, one of which reports “major” water. Apparently a flood after a dry period is worse, since less soaks into ground

[MirrOlure 14,767]

Maybe anecdotal, but our neighborhood in central Beaumont was fine during Harvey, but three houses now report “inches” of water inside, one of which reports “major” water. Apparently a flood after a dry period is worse, since less soaks into ground

[Hate 20,108]

Hate.  Feel free to ignore everything else I post in the future but do yourself a favor and get flood insurance.  With Imelda, they're showing plenty of people who didn't flood during Harvey that are flooding now.  Every storm is different.  Trust me - its worth every penny.   
 
If I remember correctly, average FEMA payout after Harvey was $4,000.00.  Average Flood Insurance payout was $140,000.00.

Thanks Dago. I do have flood insurance. I said it twice in this thread, but I genuinely do appreciate the concern.

[BearSchlong 8,087]

@MirrOlure I'm right there with you.  I'm over near Delaware/Eastex Fwy.

This is crazy.  My step BIL is on the board of DD6 and after Harvy he told me that if anything these gauges err on the side of understatement.

 

[clapclapclap 9,000]

Don't know how accurate it is, but radar is showing 25+ inches for the storm in a big arc from Beamont to I-10 to around Cleveland/Livingston.

Jeff Lindner:

Life threatening flash flood event is underway from Conroe to Porter to Winnie

8.36 inches of rainfall has fallen in the last 1.5 hours at Caney Creek and FM 2090 with 2 day storm totals now approaching 20-22 inches over SE Montgomery County and 15-20 inches over NE Harris County. Widespread deep flooding is in progress. Intense rainfall rates of 3-5 inches per hour is moving into the Kingwood, Humble, Huffman, and Crosby areas. This will result in rapid onset flash flooding in urban areas.

It appears this line will be moving into the Spring, Sheldon, Highlands, and Baytown areas over the next hour…flash flooding is likely along with rises on the West Fork of the San Jacinto River, Gum Gully, Carpenters Bayou

 

Lots of people stuck in the Sea of Eyeten:

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by clapclapclap
Also, hey Hate, please get flood insurance.

[texasdago 7,573]

17 minutes ago, Hate said:

 

Thanks Dago. I do have flood insurance. I said it twice in this thread, but I genuinely do appreciate the concern.

 

Sorry... can't read.  Yup.  Good for you.  It is an absolute must in Houston.

[BearSchlong 8,087]

I'm supposed to fly to STL @ 5am tomorrow from HOU, currently all highways from BPT to HOU are closed by TXDOT.  Very slight irritation compared to the fact that I"ve got multiple friends who are flooded out of their houses yet again.

[crimsonlonghorn 2,306]

51 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

 

That's the way it looked west of Katy all the way to Luling when we evacuated from Harvey to Austin. Just an inland sea. 

[MirrOlure 14,767]

Double post

[Loco 3,752]

 

 

[Trey3216 15,346]

I've heard there are already 2 levees that have broken.  

[Lat22 4,013]

Imelda is pulling an Allison.

[Lat22 4,013]

I turned on the news for an update and our judge is speaking Spanish. Thanks.

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

2 hours ago, Hate said:

 

Thanks Dago. I do have flood insurance. I said it twice in this thread, but I genuinely do appreciate the concern.

 

I think he was not so subtly trying to sell you some insurance.   

[Dewey 3,286]

14 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

I turned on the news for an update and our judge is speaking Spanish. Thanks.

She spoke English first, then repeated what she said in Spanish. You're welcome 

[Neonmoon 38,129]

1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

Imelda is pulling an Allison.

Yeah...it doesn't look good for Houston

[Lat22 4,013]

It’s a mess again. I tried to get out of the neighborhood to head south and couldn’t (without waking stalled cars and people’s front doors).

[Lat22 4,013]

Also, there is nothing more entertaining than two meteorologists working at the same time. It doesn’t matter which station. They hate each other and step all over each trying to make their points.

[crimsonlonghorn 2,306]

1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

Imelda is pulling an Allison.

Yeah, both of them bitches done backed up and pulled a do-over after everyone thought the worst had passed. 

[Johnny Sack 8,397]

1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

I turned on the news for an update and our judge is speaking Spanish. Thanks.

Good.  Lot of people in this town only speak Spanish.  

[Honeysucklerose 987]

Well, people wanted this judge, and now we will see what she can do

[Machinator 32,099]

 

[Brisketexan 105,106]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

 

FYI, I know it seems like you're doing more by giving something tangible, but as relief group after relief group will tell you.....cash is king.  Contribute money.  That way, the groups who have boots on the ground have flexibility to meet whatever the immediate needs might be.  Supplies to assist folks nearby can be okay and helpful, if you know exactly what's needed and they can easily be deployed.  But for a remote location, where delivery is an issue, cash.