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Offline GrouchoTex

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Re: Weather
« Reply #100 on: June 02, 2016, 11:43:55 am »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on June 02, 2016, 10:39:40 am
Austin area got hit with another 2-3 inches this morning, just in time for rush hour. Expected to rain off and on all day.
Just passed through where I work.
Rained about 2 hours, here in Katy.
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« Reply #101 on: June 02, 2016, 11:55:13 am »
Quote from: Bear_in_RoseBear on June 02, 2016, 10:39:40 am
Austin area got hit with another 2-3 inches this morning, just in time for rush hour. Expected to rain off and on all day.

It was ugly! 
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Re: Weather
« Reply #102 on: June 02, 2016, 05:39:40 pm »
I see more rain coming, something popped up over Medina and there is something up there farther north too
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Re: Weather
« Reply #103 on: June 03, 2016, 10:59:40 am »
Prayers extended for the soldiers lost at Fort Hood.  It saddens me to know they were in the same model truck as my avatar.  Unfortunately 18-20 year olds think when someone tells them the truck can ford 40" of water they believe that's any water.  While the truck weighs over 17k pounds it can be washed off a road with under 12" of MOVING water.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #104 on: June 03, 2016, 11:19:28 am »
Quote from: M1078 on June 03, 2016, 10:59:40 am
Prayers extended for the soldiers lost at Fort Hood.  It saddens me to know they were in the same model truck as my avatar.  Unfortunately 18-20 year olds think when someone tells them the truck can ford 40" of water they believe that's any water.  While the truck weighs over 17k pounds it can be washed off a road with under 12" of MOVING water.

Yes, terribly sad. 
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Re: Weather
« Reply #105 on: June 03, 2016, 12:25:09 pm »
Quote from: M1078 on June 03, 2016, 10:59:40 am
Prayers extended for the soldiers lost at Fort Hood.  It saddens me to know they were in the same model truck as my avatar.  Unfortunately 18-20 year olds think when someone tells them the truck can ford 40" of water they believe that's any water.  While the truck weighs over 17k pounds it can be washed off a road with under 12" of MOVING water.

Saw that on the news last night....absolutely horrible.

We had a lady in Breckenridge die a couple of days ago in similar circumstances.  Her husband was driving and drove into moving water.  The water came up fast...he was able to get his handicapped son out of the truck, then went back for his wife and she had already perished.  He then dragged her lifeless body for a mile to get it out of the water.  Then our local tv station had the gile to interview him on tv......he could hardly talk.....   I can't even imagine.......
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« Reply #106 on: June 03, 2016, 01:04:32 pm »
I don't know what people are thinking when they try to drive through fast moving water
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« Reply #107 on: June 03, 2016, 01:34:05 pm »
That's why here in Arizona we have 'Stupid Driver' laws. if you try to drive through a flooded wash and get stuck,  and emergency services has to rescue you,  you get stuck with the bill.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #108 on: June 03, 2016, 02:13:14 pm »
Quote from: uglybiker on June 03, 2016, 01:34:05 pm
That's why here in Arizona we have 'Stupid Driver' laws. if you try to drive through a flooded wash and get stuck,  and emergency services has to rescue you,  you get stuck with the bill.

In San Antonio if you drive around a barrier blocking a flooded street it's a $400 fine.  If you have to be rescued then you get the bill.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #109 on: June 03, 2016, 02:40:32 pm »
Quote from: M1078 on June 03, 2016, 10:59:40 am
Prayers extended for the soldiers lost at Fort Hood.  It saddens me to know they were in the same model truck as my avatar.  Unfortunately 18-20 year olds think when someone tells them the truck can ford 40" of water they believe that's any water.  While the truck weighs over 17k pounds it can be washed off a road with under 12" of MOVING water.
18-20 year old kids usually aren't out joy riding in military vehicles without some NCO in charge. No one should have been driving in or around Owl Creek when flash flooding is predicted. That's just crazy. I've seen tanks flipped over in those creeks.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #110 on: June 03, 2016, 02:59:02 pm »
You think your skeeters are bad....lol.  Check this out.


http://www.facebook.com/jessie.baker.56679/videos/633942910092140/
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« Reply #111 on: June 03, 2016, 03:04:52 pm »
Story of the man carrying his dead wife a mile to save her body.  Very sad......

http://www.people.com/article/texas-flood-victim-husband-body?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag
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Re: Weather
« Reply #112 on: June 03, 2016, 03:32:22 pm »
Quote from: RetBobbyMI on June 03, 2016, 02:40:32 pm
18-20 year old kids usually aren't out joy riding in military vehicles without some NCO in charge. No one should have been driving in or around Owl Creek when flash flooding is predicted. That's just crazy. I've seen tanks flipped over in those creeks.

NCOIC could have been in the back not in the co-driver's seat.  Also I knew a lot of NCOs back in the day that didn't have much sense either (officers for that matter) it's not a course section at PLDC.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #113 on: June 03, 2016, 03:54:43 pm »
Quote from: M1078 on June 03, 2016, 03:32:22 pm
NCOIC could have been in the back not in the co-driver's seat.  Also I knew a lot of NCOs back in the day that didn't have much sense either (officers for that matter) it's not a course section at PLDC.
Oh believe me I know.  I don't know how many reports of survey I've done or seen that easily found negligence from pure stupidity.  Some at Fort Hood very similar to this case.  Incidentally, almost at the same location.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #114 on: June 03, 2016, 04:07:09 pm »
Quote from: M1078 on June 03, 2016, 02:13:14 pm
In San Antonio if you drive around a barrier blocking a flooded street it's a $400 fine.  If you have to be rescued then you get the bill.

Actually, it's a Texas state law: driving around a flood barricade is a Class B misdemeanor. The penalty can be up to 180 days in jail and/or a fine of up to $2000, plus the cost of any rescue if one is necessary. I suspect that the municipality can set the actual penalty, up to the limits imposed by the State law.
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« Reply #115 on: June 03, 2016, 04:24:12 pm »
Quote from: RetBobbyMI on June 03, 2016, 02:40:32 pm
. I've seen tanks flipped over in those creeks.

whoa!!
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Re: Weather
« Reply #116 on: June 03, 2016, 08:57:18 pm »


I am officially tired of the rain
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Re: Weather
« Reply #117 on: June 03, 2016, 09:02:24 pm »
Quote from: thackney on June 03, 2016, 08:57:18 pm


I am officially tired of the rain

We are just getting what many of us prayed so hard for a couple of years ago!

I promised I would never complain about rain again but it is becoming difficult to keep that promise.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #118 on: June 03, 2016, 09:14:39 pm »
Wow, @thackney, I'll bet that does get old. 

What is the dam around the house made of? 
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« Reply #119 on: June 03, 2016, 09:52:17 pm »
It is rubber material, like a thin tire.  AquaDam.com
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« Reply #120 on: June 03, 2016, 10:17:45 pm »
Our house, yes.  5 guys with me manning the pumps to control the seepage.

I'm 5 miles from the Brazos, 1.2 miles from Oyster Creek.
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Re: Weather
« Reply #121 on: June 03, 2016, 10:28:29 pm »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on June 03, 2016, 10:24:18 pm
Do they have any idea if the Brazos has crested in your area?  I saw on tv tonight that Lake Possum Kingdom (west of DFW), had opened all flood gates, which empties into the Brazos.  Sadly there is more water likely headed your way.  This has been unreal.  Prayers for your safety buddy.

Yes, prayers for your safety!
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« Reply #122 on: June 03, 2016, 10:30:14 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on June 03, 2016, 09:14:39 pm
Wow, @thackney, I'll bet that does get old. 

What is the dam around the house made of?

As a guess I bet its inflated with an electric pump probably made like a giant inner-tube and on the outside its likely burlap or something
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« Reply #123 on: June 03, 2016, 10:30:54 pm »
Quote from: thackney on June 03, 2016, 09:52:17 pm
It is rubber material, like a thin tire.  AquaDam.com

That was my guess.

5 pumps! wow
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« Reply #124 on: June 03, 2016, 11:09:57 pm »
Quote from: geronl on June 03, 2016, 10:30:14 pm
As a guess I bet its inflated with an electric pump probably made like a giant inner-tube and on the outside its likely burlap or something

We used a large gasoline fueled pump to fill, borrowed from the local volunteer fire department.  Still using and others to pump out the seepage.
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