Hurricane Harvey Public Advisory

[GrouchoTex]

    I'm so old I can remember when Hwy 6 was a two lane blacktop, no shoulders.  Sometimes, I still miss Houston, very vibrant City. I spend most my time now, when I go, in the Woodlands.

I used to hunt rabbits near 59 south and 6.
There was nothing there, except prison farm nearby.

[thackney]

After Rita my lower extremeties looked like measles after all the Fire Ant Bites.  Post storm, they apparently have homing devices toward anything dry.    Brutal....

You gotta watch for them in flood waters.  We saw floating balls of them during last years flood.  Hate to thing of the mass hitting me and all climbing up at once.

[Wingnut]

I'll get my supplies later....  some say

[corbe]

[Sanguine]

    I'm so old I can remember when Hwy 6 was a two lane blacktop, no shoulders.  Sometimes, I still miss Houston, very vibrant City. I spend most my time now, when I go, in the Woodlands.

Very hoity-toity of you!

[Wingnut]

Very hoity-toity of you!

LOL.  you sent him to the Websters with that one.

[thackney]

I heard a Montgomery County press conference (my townhouse is there), tell people to have three to five days of food, fill their cars with gas, and expect power outages and flooding in low lying areas.  Some churches have already lined up to to take those who have to leave their homes.

Gas Stations in our area, mid Brazos County, are running out of gas, at least regular and midgrade already.

[thackney]

    I'm so old I can remember when Hwy 6 was a two lane blacktop, no shoulders.  Sometimes, I still miss Houston, very vibrant City. I spend most my time now, when I go, in the Woodlands.

So is my wife.  They moved into Quail Valley 1972 in Missouri City.  It was 12 miles to the nearest grocery store then.

[Hoodat]

I used to hunt rabbits near 59 south and 6.
There was nothing there, except prison farm nearby.

That's not far from Sugarland.  Lots of good places to eat at that junction.

[thackney]

Updated (4 pm) 7 day rainfall map has grown larger but thankfully the worse area have not added more inches.

[Bigun]

I used to hunt rabbits near 59 south and 6.
There was nothing there, except prison farm nearby.

I did the same in the fields where that little airport North of Houston is now located in my youth.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Y'all do realize that no matter how bad this turns out to be (and I pray it's only a tiny fraction of what's predicted), it won't get anywhere near the attention of Sandy or any other disaster that might occur on the East Coast or even the West Coast. This is only Texas, and a red state at that. None of the elite media sources are that interested in investing a bunch of money to cover tragedies that happen in flyover country. If someone told them they could probably locate some illegal aliens victimized by the storm, they'd probably high-tail it down here and fan out to find them.

[austingirl]

New Braunfels ISD is putting off first day of school so the schools can be used as shelters for those evacuating coastal cities.

[AllThatJazzZ]

New Braunfels ISD is putting off first day of school so the schools can be used as shelters for those evacuating coastal cities.

That's awfully nice. Wonder who coordinated that.

[thackney]

New Braunfels ISD is putting off first day of school so the schools can be used as shelters for those evacuating coastal cities.

Our area schools have decided several hours ago not to have school tomorrow and likely not Monday.

[berdie]

Everyone stay safe! I'm too far north that I would have an issue...thank goodness.

[Gefn]

I've been offline a few days but I'm praying for all my friends here who live in Texas.

Stay safe please. You all are in my thoughts and prayers.


Love ❤️

[corbe]

   Hoity Toit is one of my favorite beer joints here in New Braunfels @Wingnut  I knew the meaning of that one, 3 years in nawlins and I learned this one too: lagniappe (French for bonus), great bar downtown, away from the maddening crowd of Bourbon St.

[corbe]

New Braunfels ISD is putting off first day of school so the schools can be used as shelters for those evacuating coastal cities.

   Monday was the first day of school for NBISD.  This town has been caught with it's pants down so many times to flood waters, I'm sure River Road (Guadalupe River) is being evacuated though it hasn't been announced yet.

[Wingnut]

   Hoity Toit is one of my favorite beer joints here in New Braunfels @Wingnut  I knew the meaning of that one,

Partay Hartay then... again, when you can!

[Sanguine]

Thanks, @Freya.

[Gefn]

Thanks, @Freya.

@Sanguine , some of the nicest people I've met on here are Texans.

[catfish1957]

Updated (4 pm) 7 day rainfall map has grown larger but thankfully the worse area have not added more inches.

Still in the 10-15 inch range here too.  Benchmark for my present area was 24 inches back in 1994.  Was fine with that rain, so so good so far.

[austingirl]

That's awfully nice. Wonder who coordinated that.

I think it is a State Emergency effort.

[mystery-ak]

I hope those who need to leave will do so.....please take care of yourselves..

[libertybele]

To all the Texas briefers in here; I'm hearing on the news that it will probably be a Cat 3 and is expected to stall and dump a ton of rain as well.  This is going to be quite a nasty hurricane.  Please board up and take cover. I'll be praying for ya'll.

[Sanguine]

@Sanguine , some of the nicest people I've met on here are Texans.

Aw, thank you, Freya!

[Sanguine]

Aw, thank you, Freya!

And, you too, @libertybele.

[Sanguine]

@Bigun, I'm guessing that you aren't in the mandatory evacuation area?  Has it started raining yet?

[libertybele]

Y'all do realize that no matter how bad this turns out to be (and I pray it's only a tiny fraction of what's predicted), it won't get anywhere near the attention of Sandy or any other disaster that might occur on the East Coast or even the West Coast. This is only Texas, and a red state at that. None of the elite media sources are that interested in investing a bunch of money to cover tragedies that happen in flyover country. If someone told them they could probably locate some illegal aliens victimized by the storm, they'd probably high-tail it down here and fan out to find them.

???  This is going to be a major hurricane; they are already shutting down the refineries. We've been hearing about this hurricane here in Florida for hours. If it hits like predicted (and I a praying that it does not) it will affect the economy, so I don't see how it wouldn't be a major news story.

[Bigun]

@Bigun, I'm guessing that you aren't in the mandatory evacuation area?  Has it started raining yet?

@Sanguine

Definately not in any evacuation zones and never will be.  When I get  water in my house from flooding there will be millions of folks swimming  south of me.  Few sprinkels her this afternoon but thats all.   It's coming.

[Sanguine]

Good.  Y'all stay safe.

[Bigun]

Good.  Y'all stay safe.

You to!  Have one on me! 

[Sanguine]

You to!  Have one on me! 

Just got 5 extra gallons of water and two bottles of wine.  Good to go.

[Bigun]

Just got 5 extra gallons of water and two bottles of wine.  Good to go.

 

[corbe]

   I skipped on the water and doubled up on the Liquor and beer, @Sanguine
   My location is similar to @Bigun If I flood, Everyone else washed away hours ago.

[thackney]

Still in the 10-15 inch range here too.  Benchmark for my present area was 24 inches back in 1994.  Was fine with that rain, so so good so far.

They updated again and we are now 20~25".

[Sanguine]

   I skipped on the water and doubled up on the Liquor and beer, @Sanguine
   My location is similar to @Bigun If I flood, Everyone else washed away hours ago.

My location is way up too.  But, it might be hard to get around for a bit.  I remember after one hurricane, we evacuated and it was a week before the water went down enough to get home.

[Sanguine]

They updated again and we are now 20~25".

Wow.  Hard to imagine.

[Bigun]

   I skipped on the water and doubled up on the Liquor and beer, @Sanguine
   My location is similar to @Bigun If I flood, Everyone else washed away hours ago.

 

If we die we die happy!

[Bigun]

Just got 5 extra gallons of water and two bottles of wine.  Good to go.

You are a smart lady!  You can get wasted on the wine  tomorrow night, wake up sometime the next day and down a half gallon of water and be gone again. 

Don't ask me how I  know that! Just take my word for it!

[GtHawk]

Just got 5 extra gallons of water and two bottles of wine.  Good to go.

Bottles of wine? I thought you were getting prepared.

[Sanguine]

Bottles of wine? I thought you were getting prepared.

Now, that's prepared!

[GrouchoTex]

They updated again and we are now 20~25".

Yeah, I just read that.

[GrouchoTex]

The natives here are starting to lose it. Crowded gas stations, crowded grocery stores.

[corbe]

   Guess this also means Fresh Gulf Shrimp is about to be non-existent.

[catfish1957]

   Guess this also means Fresh Gulf Shrimp is about to be non-existent.

Don't worry, we will have Forrest on it pronto.....

[RoosGirl]

Praying for all y'all.  Be safe!

[mystery-ak]

When this officially starts please check in when/if you can so we will know you are okay.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Is anyone directly in the path? We'd really like to keep tabs on y'all if at all possible.

I saw some good advice in an interview with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick this evening. Be sure you monitor the storm closely. Don't wake up in the morning and assume the forecast will be the same as it was when you went to bed. Lots of people were stunned by the strengthening of Ike overnight and had to make a last-minute decision to leave. That storm surge shocked us. Even those of us who know how conditions can change so radically.