Hurricane Harvey Heading for Texas...

[Paratus]

Ah **** me, the current forecast on weather channel says 18-24 inches in San Antonio

Just saw that the track takes it all the way up to San Antonio.

Stay safe!

 

[Triloby]

Sooo his live feed ended... he dead?

Nope. Still alive.

https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1ynJOVWlBBlGR

 

[SteveGrabowski]

So we're up to 2.82 in and a max wind gust of 27mph so far. Not real bad yet.

We just started getting our first rain.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Just saw that the track takes it all the way up to San Antonio.

Stay safe!

I guess we just have no clue man, the forecast changes every 20 minutes.

 

[SketchMaster]

Harvey is expected to stall about 12 hours from now. It's already moving very slowly...

The three day forecast for Texas: all hurricane, all the time.

More like 5-6 days

Yeah, the winds are only part of the damage. Those heavy clouds stalling out over TX for 4-5 days are going to cause flooding everywhere. I'm in Austin, and even I'm wondering if I'll be going to work on Monday. It wasn't that long ago we had most of the city flood due to similar rainfall.

 

[13Gigatons]

So we're up to 2.82 in and a max wind gust of 27mph so far. Not real bad yet.

Still alive....thanks for the update.

 

[13Gigatons]

Thanks for the list chubby.

 

[Paratus]

 

[ViRGE]

I guess we just have no clue man, the forecast changes every 20 minutes.

The thing is that the storm is large enough that the precise path doesn't matter. It needs only get close to San Antonio to drop a foot or more of rain. So I hope you guys have taken your swimming lessons.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Mayor of Rockport told people that didn't evacuate to write their name and SS# on their arms. People trapped in houses due to fallen trees and they're not sending emergency crews out b/c it's unsafe.

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas...r-arm-and-prepare-die/yIYW2sqxXg7BJpfr7DxiON/

 

[SketchMaster]

Mayor of Rockport told people that didn't evacuate to write their name and SS# on their arms. People trapped in houses due to fallen trees and they're not sending emergency crews out b/c it's unsafe.

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas...r-arm-and-prepare-die/yIYW2sqxXg7BJpfr7DxiON/

From what I heard on the news, it's the younger people and recent transplants that they had the most problems with. The natives that remembered that last big hurricane GTFO as soon as they realized a Cat 3+ was heading for them.

I'm hoping the hype isn't real.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

You folks are screwed. Measuring rainfall by feet and not inches. Heard some areas could remain flooded for a month.

Well fuck it then, I'm tired of paying thousands a year for insurance that I have yet to ever use for the sake of appeasing a bank.

edit: Just don't destroy my computer and pr0n. It's on the 2nd floor... I'll put it in the attic if it guarantees no damage from the floods. Please?

 

[SketchMaster]

Just did a search for Harvey on Snapchat. There were some cocky people on there that may be SOL right now. One person posted a vid gloating that Harvey will never reach their house. They have a beachfront home that was only 100ft away from the shore and maybe 30ft above sea level. Ocean swell + 130MPH winds will laugh at that.

EDIT: Hotel had roof ripped off. https://www.facebook.com/923132557751353/videos/1578103218920947/

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Screw you harvey, you're boring - I'm going to sleep.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

well, at least the stupid hurricane is down to level 3. Still not seeing much down in Houston. Hopefully it doesn't camp out in my neighborhood for 3 days straight....... but feel free to flood the neighborhood behind mine, they don't have a retention pond

 

[ViRGE]

Harvey is down to a category 2 now with just 110mph winds. However motion is also down to 6mph and still slowing. Meanwhile the radar/satellite presentation is still quite good for an inland hurricane, with a still-distinct eye.

The latest 5-day precipitation outlook from the NOAA/NWS Weather Prediction Center (see Figure 3) projects that an area larger than the state of Massachusetts, including Houston and Galveston, can expect more than 20” of rain between now and Wednesday.

Also, the Blue Shed has its own Twitter account?! https://twitter.com/TheRealBlueShed

 

[spacejamz]

Thanks!
During Tropical Storm Allison we saw 26in at my old house. Watched the waters come 3/4 the way up my front yard before receding.

When Allison hit, I was on driving from Dallas to meet my girlfriend who lived in Pearland. When I got to the Heights just north of downtown Houston, I-45 was a mass of brake lights and there was a line of cars exiting the entrance ramp so I followed them up. 15 minutes later, that spot where I would have been stuck was under 6 feet of water. I ended spending the night parked on an overpass over 45. By the following morning, the water nearly reached the top of a semi that got stuck. People who got of their cars with just the clothes on their back were just walking around the Whataburger, literally looking like complete zombies. There was no way I could make it to Pearland because of all the flooding. When I started driving back to Dallas, each side of 45 became 2 way traffic because you could not get to the other side because of the water. Still amazed that I didn't see any wrecks when that happened...

 

[FelixDeCat]

Should I drive to Waco?

 

[ViRGE]

Should I drive to Waco?

At this point it's a bit late to drive to anywhere from anywhere...

 

[ViRGE]

Still a hurricane with 80mph winds. And thankfully, still on the move at 6mph.

 

[zinfamous]

Jeff Piotrowski's periscope - he stayed in Corpus and was livestreaming until about 2 hours ago; couple other livestreams in there as well: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1zqKVRbYXWWKB

OK, this guy is nuts!

 

[stargazr]

KSAT says it's been downgraded to cat 1. Not much happening in San Antonio yet.

 

[Herr Kutz]

When Allison hit, I was on driving from Dallas to meet my girlfriend who lived in Pearland. When I got to the Heights just north of downtown Houston, I-45 was a mass of brake lights and there was a line of cars exiting the entrance ramp so I followed them up. 15 minutes later, that spot where I would have been stuck was under 6 feet of water. I ended spending the night parked on an overpass over 45. By the following morning, the water nearly reached the top of a semi that got stuck. People who got of their cars with just the clothes on their back were just walking around the Whataburger, literally looking like complete zombies. There was no way I could make it to Pearland because of all the flooding. When I started driving back to Dallas, each side of 45 became 2 way traffic because you could not get to the other side because of the water. Still amazed that I didn't see any wrecks when that happened...

Geez, where did you poop?

 

[sdifox]

Geez, where did you poop?

Overpass, over the side of course :awe:

 

[SteveGrabowski]

No flooding in San Antonio yet, but this time tomorrow the flooding will probably be really nasty.