Good luck - Hurricane Harvey

[csk2b1 44]

To my fellow " Texans"; be safe and take care over the next few days. Having lived in Houma, Louisiana when Katrina and then Rita hit, I'm not looking forward to this one....

[TBoneTX 45,071]

This one might produce worse rainfall than Ike did in 2008.  At this writing, it's supposed to stall over the lower-central Gulf Coast, then move northeast straight up the coastline toward Houston/Galveston and maybe Louisiana.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

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[TBoneTX 45,071]

Not yet having been through one of these, Mrs. T-B. doesn't grasp the gravity of the situation.

Just had a vivid mind-movie of having to extract her terrified fingernails from my body.

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The supermarkets are cleaned out of water, bread, milk, Spam, etc.  They were mobbed nevertheless.

I did an end run by going to the Mexican supermarket, where people were buying up water but otherwise shopping normally.

Got everything that we needed and more, in one efficient, uncrowded trip.

[CaliCat 3,957]

There is no reason for concern. The science and scientists who predict the path and intensity of these hurricanes are the same who discourse about climate change. It's all fake, and in all likelihood Hurricane Harvey is just another made up piece of fake news from the left wing MSM. 

 

Now seriously: be safe, and be well. 

Edited August 25, 2017 by CaliCat

[spookyturtle 9,465]

8 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Not yet having been through one of these, Mrs. T-B. doesn't grasp the gravity of the situation.

Just had a vivid mind-movie of having to extract her terrified fingernails from my body.

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The supermarkets are cleaned out of water, bread, milk, Spam, etc.  They were mobbed nevertheless.

I did an end run by going to the Mexican supermarket, where people were buying up water but otherwise shopping normally.

Got everything that we needed and more, in one efficient, uncrowded trip.

Stay safe. I can't imagine that amount of rain.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Gracias, amigos.  In some parts of Houston, a bird can take a leak and the streets will flood...

Where I am (not Hou.), it didn't flood during Ike and not even during Allison.  Fingers crossed.

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Important, perhaps integral, thought:  Harvey is not a hurricane, but rather a himmicane, si man.

[TBoneTX 45,071]

Thought for the Day:

From now on, failure of the electricity to go out will be known as a power innage, si man.

[IAMX 3,055]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

Gracias, amigos.  In some parts of Houston, a bird can take a leak and the streets will flood...

Where I am (not Hou.), it didn't flood during Ike and not even during Allison.  Fingers crossed.

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Important, perhaps integral, thought:  Harvey is not a hurricane, but rather a himmicane, si man.

If Harvey asks if you want to pass or play just say pass. 

[JimandChristy 1,689]

Cornyn and Cruz will be sweating about this hurricane, remember they both voted against a bill for aid for Hurricane Sandy on the east coast.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I opened this thread hoping I I would find civil conversation and no politics. I was disappointed 

[JimandChristy 1,689]

13 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I opened this thread hoping I I would find civil conversation and no politics. I was disappointed 

I say good luck to the people in Texas but don't expect much help from their own senators if past principles show.

[-Trinity- 513]

Good luck to everyone in the area. Hopefully it will pass with no major casualties.

[csk2b1 44]

No politics please: people's lives at stake so thoughts are with them. Here is SW Houston, we have plenty of rain, some wind, thunder and constant tornado warnings. I hope all are safe..for Houston, I think the worst will be tomorrow as the rains keep coming. 

[Póg mo 1,749]

2 hours ago, JimandChristy said:

I say good luck to the people in Texas but don't expect much help from their own senators if past principles show.

Yeah right. They will both putting their hands out for government aid. You just wait.