Tropical Storm Cindy may bring 'life-threatening' flooding across Gulf Coast

[catfish1957]

New update coming soon @ 1:00 pm central time.
 but it is expected to turn northward before coming in (Towards the Sabine River).
We shall see.

That'd be our neighborhood (inland though)

[Sanguine]

New update coming soon @ 1:00 pm central time.
Still headed NW (towards Galveston) but it is expected to turn northward before coming in (Towards the Sabine River).
We shall see.

Are you down in that area, @GrouchoTex ?

[AllThatJazzZ]

It's already looking pretty bad in Galveston....

http://www.galveston.com/seawallvideocam/

Thanks for the link! I should drive down there and stand in front of the Exxon sign and wave at y'all. 

Took the dogs to the park early today because of the weather. It was only 82 degrees which was sooooo nice. The flags in the park are blowing straight out, and you can feel that storminess in the atmosphere. If it doesn't turn or loop or strengthen, we should be okay. Can't take a chance, though. Need to help my friend procure things (extra meds, generator for life-sustaining medical equipment, etc.) for the patients she cares for. Some have family in the area, some don't. It's a lot to fall on her shoulders, so I'm going to see what I can do to help.

Thanks again for the Seawall cam link, @XenaLee.

[XenaLee]

Thanks for the link! I should drive down there and stand in front of the Exxon sign and wave at y'all. 

Took the dogs to the park early today because of the weather. It was only 82 degrees which was sooooo nice. The flags in the park are blowing straight out, and you can feel that storminess in the atmosphere. If it doesn't turn or loop or strengthen, we should be okay. Can't take a chance, though. Need to help my friend procure things (extra meds, generator for life-sustaining medical equipment, etc.) for the patients she cares for. Some have family in the area, some don't. It's a lot to fall on her shoulders, so I'm going to see what I can do to help.

Thanks again for the Seawall cam link, @XenaLee.

You're very welcome.   Galveston is one of my favorite places.   

I can't believe those people are brave enough to stand out on that fishing pier with the waves reaching up that high.   I'm a chicken when it comes to mother nature that mad....lolol.

[txradioguy]

Looks like it's time for @thackney to get out his big inflatable flood control doughnut and get it ready again. LOL!

[thackney]

Looks like it's time for @thackney to get out his big inflatable flood control doughnut and get it ready again. LOL!

I've been watching it.  The predicted rainfall maps don't reach our area.

[txradioguy]

I've been watching it.  The predicted rainfall maps don't reach our area.

Good to know.  I was amazed last year how well that thing worked.  Hopefully you won't need to deploy it this year.

[thackney]

Hopefully you won't need to deploy it this year again for the rest of my life.

[AllThatJazzZ]

For the record, I really hate when tropical storms and hurricanes make landfall at night. They're much creepier when they do.

[Sighlass]

I have a science question... the earth is spinning on axis basically west to east direction. How does weather systems generally move from west to east? One would think the atmosphere was would lag behind the rotation of the Earth.

[EC]

I have a science question... the earth is spinning on axis basically west to east direction. How does weather systems generally move from west to east? One would think the atmosphere was would lag behind the rotation of the Earth.

It's always hotter to the East of you, wherever you are.

[thackney]

I have a science question... the earth is spinning on axis basically west to east direction. How does weather systems generally move from west to east? One would think the atmosphere was would lag behind the rotation of the Earth.

I would think Jet streams have more impact.  Spinning of the earth is constant in one direction.  Storm paths expected tracks vary directions based upon location.

[GrouchoTex]

Are you down in that area, @GrouchoTex ?

Sugar Land.

[GrouchoTex]

I've been watching it.  The predicted rainfall maps don't reach our area.

I did have that "Here we go again" feeling, for a moment or two.

[GrouchoTex]

That'd be our neighborhood (inland though)

I don't know why @catfish1957, but I always thought you were more in the El Campo/Victoria area than Sabine.

[AllThatJazzZ]

I'm right on the coast. I think I'll load up the dogs and drive over to check the water level.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I have a science question... the earth is spinning on axis basically west to east direction. How does weather systems generally move from west to east? One would think the atmosphere was would lag behind the rotation of the Earth.

Common science mistake.  You're taking two facts and assuming that one must cause the other.  In this case they are related, but you have it backwards, it's the moving weather systems that pull the earth with them.

Now, before anyone tries to make the silly argument that sometimes storms move from east to west but the sun never rises in the west, have you ever had one of those days that just seems like it's going to go on forever?  There ya go.  A stray storm or two doesn't have the power to overcome the momentum of the earth, but it can slow things down for awhile.

[catfish1957]

I don't know why @catfish1957, but I always thought you were more in the El Campo/Victoria area than Sabine.

Beaumontish.....  (in Cindy's sloppy bullseye)

[Sanguine]

I'm right on the coast. I think I'll load up the dogs and drive over to check the water level.

Post some photos if you can.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Beaumontish.....  (in Cindy's sloppy bullseye)

How did you fare in Rita?

[catfish1957]

How did you fare in Rita?

$150K of damage. and 6 months of misery.  :)

[AllThatJazzZ]

$150K of damage. and 6 months of misery.  :)

So sorry, catfish. Been there. Done that. Know how miserable it is. Losing irreplaceable things (pictures, yearbooks, wedding dresses, letters, mementos, etc.) only adds to the sadness.

[catfish1957]

For the record, I really hate when tropical storms and hurricanes make landfall at night. They're much creepier when they do.

When I evacuated for Rita I enjoyed 100 mph winds instead of 125. The strange whistling noise from storms  that strong are very eery, and hard to explain.

Now that I am retired, for damn sure I will not be riding anything out bigger than a Cat 1.

[catfish1957]

So sorry, catfish. Been there. Done that. Know how miserable it is. Losing irreplaceable things (pictures, yearbooks, wedding dresses, letters, mementos, etc.) only adds to the sadness.

Luckily and thankfully , we avoided losing those kind of things.  75% of this disaster was due to one huge 4' diameter pine tree that decided to whack a chunk of the second story of the house. Most sad was losing at least half the trees on the acreage.  It is still almost impossible to walk around certain parts of there.

Ike was pretty tough in '08, but not near the carnage. 

[AllThatJazzZ]

When I evacuated for Rita I enjoyed 100 mph winds instead of 125. The strange whistling noise from storms  that strong are very eery, and hard to explain.

Now that I am retired, for damn sure I will not be riding anything out bigger than a Cat 1.

Smart Texan.

It makes all the difference in the world how early you make the decision to leave. Everyone was in shock after seeing what Katrina did, so I didn't waste one minute in packing the car and heading up to my cousin's in North Texas. I took video of my house inside and out as well as my neighborhood as I drove away because I thought I'd never see it intact again.

The traffic was a little heavier, but it still flowed. It took me about 30 minutes longer than usual to get to my cousin's, but that early start made all the difference. By the time I unloaded my car and put my things away, we were sitting in their living room watching the nightmare evacuation on I-45. I'll never forget the tragedy of the bus fire. 

I learned from my mother to get out early. I think we left 3 weeks before Carla. j/k But we were some of the first to leave. People made fun of Mother -- until Carla left her devastating mark.