Tropical Storm Harvey 'quickly strengthening,' to be a major hurricane before hitting Texas

[techbeck]

A "quickly strengthening" Tropical Storm Harvey is now forecast to become a major hurricane before making landfall on the Texas coast and bring upwards of 20 inches of rain to parts of the state, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.

 

In its 11 a.m. ET advisory, the weather service said Harvey is centered about 360 miles southeast of Port Mansfield, Texas and was moving north-northwest near 10 mph.

 

The storm's maximum sustained winds are now 65 mph, and is now forecast to make landfall late Friday night or early Saturday morning along the south-central Texas coast, possibly as a Category 3 storm with winds upwards of 115 mph. 

 

"We haven’t had a major hurricane (cat 3 or higher) hit the U.S. since Wilma in 2005," Fox News' Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean said Thursday. "Texas hasn’t had a hurricane make landfall since 2008, and the fact that this storm is expected to slow down and potentially bring epic floods to the coast from Louisiana to Texas is just dire." 

 

More...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/24/tropical-storm-harvey-quickly-strengthening-to-be-major-hurricane-before-hitting-texas.html

[techbeck]

Looks like the storm may be a bad one.  Stay safe those that are in the area.  I have a lot of family in TX so hopefully things will be ok.  Evacuations have already been ordered for certain areas.

[Mockingbird]

The good news is that Hurricane Harvey is hitting the rural areas.

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

This will be politicized somehow in 3... 2... 1...

 

Hope everyone is taking care.

[Mockingbird]

8 hours ago, Zagadka said:

This will be politicized somehow in 3... 2... 1...

 

Hope everyone is taking care.

Oh, I am sure.

 

Texas two senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, voted against Hurricane Sandy relief bill

[FloatingFatMan]

22 hours ago, Mockingbird said:

The good news is that Hurricane Harvey is hitting the rural areas.

I'm not convinced those living in the rural areas would agree that this is good news!

 

[Jim K Global Moderator]

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Texas Storm Stalls, With at Least Five Reported Dead

 

• At least five deaths and more than a dozen injuries were reported by Sunday morning in the aftermath of Harvey, the hurricane that tore across the Gulf Coast of Texas on Friday.

• The system, now a tropical storm, is expected to pound the region with torrential rains and catastrophic flooding for days, according to the National Hurricane Center.

• Emergency officials reported rising floodwater, heavy building damage and flooded roads. Thousands of customers were without power.

• Parts of Harris County, which includes Houston, have seen more than 20 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.

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Beware of flooding, the governor warns.

 

Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday said that his primary concern remains “dramatic flooding” in the wake of the storm.

Speaking at a televised news conference in Austin, Governor Abbott said state and other agencies remained active in search and rescue efforts. “We don’t have any information right now that we can confirm” about fatalities, he said.

He warned Texans to be vigilant and to stay away from rising water, noting that it can be far deeper, with swifter currents, than it may appear.

“Turn around, don’t drown. Don’t risk your life,” he said. “The most important thing all Texans can do is to put your life and the protection of your life first and foremost.”

He said agencies were focused on supporting evacuees from Corpus Christi and elsewhere, and on getting supplies, such as food, water and ice, to areas that needed it.

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More at The New York Times

 

 

 

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Thousands of homes are taking on water and hundreds of people are trapped and stranded in rising floodwaters across the Houston metro after Harvey dumped more than two feet of rain. More than 1,000 people have been rescued across the area so far as the death toll from Harvey rose to three.

 

“There is life-threatening, catastrophic flooding happening now in Southeast Harris County,” Jeff Lindner of the Harris County Flood Control District told The Weather Channel.

 

Two people have died in the Houston area in flood-related deaths as torrential rain continues to fall, according to the National Weather Service. 

 

Dr. Greg Postel, meteorologist and hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel, said the flooding unfolding in the Houston area "could be the worst flooding disaster in U.S. history."

 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, appearing on Fox News Sunday, said: "We're measuring rain these days not in inches but in feet."

 

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston says it has five MH-65 Dolphin Helicopters conducting rescues in the greater Houston area and is requesting additional HH-60 Jayhawk Helicopters from New Orleans and support from the Air National Guard to support rescue efforts.

 

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More at The Weather Channel

 

 

 

 

On a lighter side ... people fishing inside their homes ...

 

 

[Sir Topham Hatt]

How is New Orleans?

Or is Trumpy still insisting on spending all your money on that wall?

 

Just gets me that a world famous city was near on destroyed, yet from what I saw, the country didn't help the state out in times of need.

 

But then I don't understand the US.  There's nothing "united" about the states at all.  Sorry for the neg.

 

Hope everyone is alright.

[techbeck]

Not sure if people are keeping tabs on Texas.   Kind of hard not to considering it is all over the news.  I have been looking at before/after pics and the flooding is crazy. Family of 6 reported dead as their van was  consumed by the floor.  Expected to get even more rain and the storm is moving to Louisiana.

[+Warwagon MVC]

NBC News, Fake Greens screen. .. Not debating there isn't an hurricane going on, but they just weren't standing in it.

 

 

[techbeck]

Florida professor who tweeted Texans deserved Harvey for supporting Trump is relieved of teaching duties

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/29/florida-professor-who-tweeted-texans-deserved-harvey-for-supporting-trump-is-relieved-teaching-duties.html

 

Another idiot making a comment and pretty much screwing his career.

[+Warwagon MVC]

2 minutes ago, techbeck said:

Florida professor who tweeted Texans deserved Harvey for supporting Trump is relieved of teaching duties

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/29/florida-professor-who-tweeted-texans-deserved-harvey-for-supporting-trump-is-relieved-teaching-duties.html

 

Another idiot making a comment and pretty much screwing his career.

Good. He deserved it!

[Mockingbird]

1 hour ago, warwagon said:

Good. He deserved it!

He is stupid.

 

Harris County voted for Clinton.

[ATLien_0]

https://twitter.com/katiecmoore/status/902904961402638336/photo/1

 

[Melfster]

On 8/26/2017 at 9:55 AM, Mockingbird said:

Oh, I am sure.

 

Texas two senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, voted against Hurricane Sandy relief bill

These two ###### senators should be forced to publicly say that were wrong before any relief bill is passed.

[Scorpian8867]

Reporting in from NE Houston, here (Tomball/Spring area if you're looking at a map). This storm sucked. Like, a lot. Quite a bit of drainage systems were being pushed to their limits. We lucked out since the rain came in bursts, giving the drains time to recover enough to deal with the next few hours of downpour. Pretty much everywhere else in Houston got slammed pretty relentlessly for several days straight though. Their drainage is probably even better than ours, but it didn't get any breaks.

 

Ever since this system first showed up in the gulf, I became convinced that it would likely be more like Allison (2001) than Ike (2008), even after Harvey finally reached hurricane force. Of course, anyone else who lived through both of those would probably understand why that's quite a bit scarier. Allison was only a tropical storm, and a pretty mediocre one at that. It's also the first storm to have its name retired without ever reaching hurricane force. Ike might have been a full hurricane that plowed straight through us with no mercy, but Allison's approach proved to be far more diabolical. When Allison made landfall, it got stalled on a weak current that made it loop back around into the gulf. From there, it just rode the coastline at lethargic-snail pace. It was never able to recharge, but it was still determined to try, ultimately hurling a relentless barrage of really heavy storms that lasted for days. Look up the damage done by Allison. It was incredible.

 

Anyway, my initial opinion was exactly correct, and that's why it's so much worse. Harvey got stalled on the exact same current and moved even slower from there. While Allison was just a tropical storm that rapidly dropped to a depression, Harvey reached category 4 hurricane force and only gradually dropped to a tropical storm. The difference is that it looped back further into the gulf while moving east. That's hardly good news for the folks in Louisiana, but Texas is finally on the less-awful side of the storm.

[Jim K Global Moderator]

22 hours ago, warwagon said:

NBC News, Fake Greens screen. .. Not debating there isn't an hurricane going on, but they just weren't standing in it.

 

Is it though?  Green screen behind the male dude AND the female?  How else would they be getting the separate 90-degree video of them talking?

 

I'm thinking it is more the lighting and they are under a tent/big ol' umbrella.

 

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Latest:

 

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• Local officials have reported at least 31 deaths that were related or suspected to be related to the storm. The victims include a police officer who died on his way to work; a mother who was swept into a canal while her child survived by clinging to her; a woman who died when a tree fell on her mobile home; and a family that is believed to have drowned while trying to escape floodwaters in a van.

 

• There are more than 30,000 people in 230 shelters across Texas, said Federal Emergency Management Agency officials on Wednesday, but they cautioned that number would likely change dramatically as more people arrived. About 1,800 people have been transferred from shelters to local motels and hotels.

 

• The storm made its second landfall at 4 a.m. Wednesday just west of Cameron, La., near the Texas border, the National Hurricane Center said. Harvey was expected to move northeast, gradually weakening and becoming a tropical depression by Wednesday night.

 

• Parts of the Houston area set a record for rainfall from a single storm anywhere in the continental United States, with a top reading on Wednesday morning of 51.88 inches since the storm began, though the threat of heavy rainfall has passed for the Houston and Galveston areas. Flooding remains a concern in Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur and southwest Louisiana, the center said.

 

• Times journalists are chronicling the storm and its aftermath. Here is a collection of the most powerful photographs, and a guide to our coverage.

 

The New York Times

 

[ATLien_0]

http://www.khou.com/news/local/resident-uses-aquadam-to-protect-home-from-floodwaters/238455798

 

Pretty impressive and definitely worth the investment and can see more people using these in the future 

[techbeck]

1 hour ago, wv@gt said:

http://www.khou.com/news/local/resident-uses-aquadam-to-protect-home-from-floodwaters/238455798

 

Pretty impressive and definitely worth the investment and can see more people using these in the future 

Pretty cool but will only do so much depending on how high the water gets.  Wonder how much they cost as well and may not be feasible for most.

[ATLien_0]

Just now, techbeck said:

Pretty cool but will only do so much depending on how high the water gets.  Wonder how much they cost as well and may not be feasible for most.

He said he spent around $8300 on it. Considering the average home repair cost for flood damage well exceeds this, I would say its worth it 

[techbeck]

8 minutes ago, wv@gt said:

He said he spent around $8300 on it. Considering the average home repair cost for flood damage well exceeds this, I would say its worth it 

Not bad really.

[techbeck]

Death toll is at 20 now I guess.  I am not looking forward to the numbers once the water starts to recede.

[dead.cell]

Was expecting to see some pictures from members here; I hope everyone's alright.  I got water in only one room, which used to be the garage.  We just got done ripping up all the carpet, throwing out a bunch of furniture, and spraying down the concrete.  Will be knocking out some drywall soon.

 

Leaving you guys some pics from my home.  Friend of mine was waist deep on the first floor of his home.  I consider myself very lucky right about now...

http://imgur.com/a/ijYff

[techbeck]

2 hours ago, dead.cell said:

Was expecting to see some pictures from members here; I hope everyone's alright.  I got water in only one room, which used to be the garage.  We just got done ripping up all the carpet, throwing out a bunch of furniture, and spraying down the concrete.  Will be knocking out some drywall soon.

 

Leaving you guys some pics from my home.  Friend of mine was waist deep on the first floor of his home.  I consider myself very lucky right about now...

http://imgur.com/a/ijYff

Glad you were not hit hard with the flooding.  I have seen a bunch of pics online.  Some before and after pics as well.  Crazy.

 

Walmart donated 20million to the effort and a lot of other donations coming in from companies and celebs.  Sucks something like this happens but it is good to see the people pulling together to help on another.

[techbeck]

Death toll up to 31 now...