Hurricane Harvey Public Advisory

[Mom MD]

Is anyone else watching this?


https://www.periscope.tv/w/1zqKVRbYXWWKB

Feed ended 10 in ago.  I wonder if the guy is still alive?  You have to be more than a little crazy to attempt that.

[Hoodat]

Feed ended 10 in ago.

Reload page.  He's still on.

[Wingnut]

Reload page.  He's still on.

why? 

[AllThatJazzZ]

Reload page.  He's still on.

Doesn't work for me.

[Mom MD]

Reload page.  He's still on.

If you look that is older footage. Still daylight out
Currently says feed ended 22 min ago.

[dfwgator]

If you look that is older footage. Still daylight out
Currently says feed ended 22 min ago.

Looks like Jeff is Ok

[Ghost Bear]

Local news weatherman reading wire reports of buildings blown down in Rockport. Harvey has officially made landfall, just east of Rockport.

[Hoodat]

If you look that is older footage. Still daylight out
Currently says feed ended 22 min ago.

Ah, that makes sense.  I wondered why it got light all of a sudden.  Dude probably got impaled by a telephone pole flying at 120 mph.

[austingirl]

Landfall four miles east of Rockport. San Jose island mentioned. Love that town. Wonder what will be left.

[austingirl]

Harvey will remain a hurricane for over 24 hours and come inland farther than any other has-  near Victoria and predicting it will loop back to the coast, slowing down, too. Yikes!

[Bigun]

Call me what you like but just once I would like to see one of these idiot reporters who think they must stand out in the wind and rain in order to report on a storm get knocked on his ass by some flying debris!

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Yes, but sometimes 'stupid' can offer a contribution to the scientific knowledge of others.

No need for quotes. He is stupid for endangering his life and those who will likely mimic him.  Leave science to scientists.

[Hoodat]

Call me what you like but just once I would like to see one of these idiot reporters who think they must stand out in the wind and rain in order to report on a storm get knocked on his ass by some flying debris!

And so you shall.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tQIqA5A034

[Ghost Bear]

Call me what you like but just once I would like to see one of these idiot reporters who think they must stand out in the wind and rain in order to report on a storm get knocked on his ass by some flying debris!

No debris, just a gift of beer...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfU5nOyU2_Q

[Smokin Joe]

I need prayers that my trees hold up. I needed all of them thinned, but especially the big one in the front yard. Tree trimming is costly, so I can't get that done. I've been holding my breath for a couple of years, but it looks like my luck has finally run out. Bummer. I don't want to lose my trees, and I really don't want to lose them + my roof (and perhaps my or my dogs' lives). The high winds and the wet ground are making me nervous. Please pray that they'll hold on.

Prayers up for you, your dogs, and your roof and trees. Stay safe.

[austingirl]

"Ready South Texas: disaster app servers are overwhelmed. More evacuees arrive in shelters in San Antonio.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Still my favorite...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0M-DvkEn8

[roamer_1]

I dunno how y'all do it... watching that vid is spooky bad.
I have been caught out here in high winds, but all you have to do is step behind a mountain and sit it out...

[Elderberry]

I dunno how y'all do it... watching that vid is spooky bad.
I have been caught out here in high winds, but all you have to do is step behind a mountain and sit it out...

No mountains to hide behind on the Gulf Coast.

[GtHawk]

Call me what you like but just once I would like to see one of these idiot reporters who think they must stand out in the wind and rain in order to report on a storm get knocked on his ass by some flying debris!

I wouldn't wish that on anyone, I worked a job in the California desert once when the wind kicked up to 60 and 70 mph gusts and the metal decking flying off the structure scared the bejeezus out of me and was the only time that job got shut down due to weather.

[libertybele]

I need prayers that my trees hold up. I needed all of them thinned, but especially the big one in the front yard. Tree trimming is costly, so I can't get that done. I've been holding my breath for a couple of years, but it looks like my luck has finally run out. Bummer. I don't want to lose my trees, and I really don't want to lose them + my roof (and perhaps my or my dogs' lives). The high winds and the wet ground are making me nervous. Please pray that they'll hold on.

Praying for you Jazz ... can you safely get to a shelter or are the winds and rain too strong right now? Sometimes they have shelters that accept dogs -- usually you need proof of vaccinations.

[Gefn]

Fell asleep. Just woke up. Going to go on my knees and pray....don't want to look at the pictures of those weathermen/weather people?



I just want them to stay alive., please G-d?

Please don't let people die in this. Harvey is the name of Jimmy Stewart's rabbit. Please keep people safe. Rabbits wouldn't kill anyone. Especially if they belong to a WW II veteran.

[Elderberry]

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BULLETIN
Hurricane Harvey Advisory Number  24
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL092017
400 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017

...HARVEY MOVING SLOWLY INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS...
...CATASTROPHIC FLOODING EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL...


SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...28.5N 97.2W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM SW OF VICTORIA TEXAS
ABOUT 105 MI...170 KM SE OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...155 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...963 MB...28.44 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

The Hurricane Warning and Storm Surge Warning have been
discontinued south of Baffin Bay.  The Hurricane Warning north of
Port O'Connor to Sargent has been changed to a Tropical Storm
Warning.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...
* Baffin Bay to High Island Texas

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Baffin Bay to Port O'Connor Texas

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* North of Port O'Connor to High Island Texas

A Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening
inundation from rising water moving inland from the coastline in the
indicated locations. For a depiction of areas at risk, please see
the National Weather Service Storm Surge Watch/Warning Graphic,
available at hurricanes.gov.  This is a life-threatening situation.

A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected
somewhere within the warning area. Preparations to protect life and
property should already be complete.

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected somewhere within the warning.

Interests in southwestern Louisiana should continue to monitor the
progress of this system.

For storm information specific to your area, including possible
inland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your
local National Weather Service forecast office.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
At 400 AM CDT (0900 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Harvey was located
by NOAA Doppler radar near latitude 28.5 North, longitude 97.2 West.
Harvey is moving toward the northwest near 6 mph (9 km/h).  Harvey
is expected to slow down through the day and meander over
southeastern Texas through the middle of next week.

Doppler radar data indicate that maximum sustained winds have
decreased to near 100 mph (155 km/h) with higher gusts.  Additional
weakening is forecast, and Harvey is likely to become a tropical
storm later today.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles (55 km) from the
center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140
miles (220 km).

The estimated minimum central pressure is 963 mb (28.44 inches).

Almost 10 inches of rain have already been reported at a few
locations in southeastern Texas.

[Elderberry]

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Fell asleep. Just woke up. Going to go on my knees and pray....don't want to look at the pictures of those weathermen/weather people?



I just want them to stay alive., please G-d?

Please don't let people die in this. Harvey is the name of Jimmy Stewart's rabbit. Please keep people safe. Rabbits wouldn't kill anyone. Especially if they belong to a WW II veteran.

Not just any WW2 vet either.

Friend of mine used to belong to the Beverly Hills Methodist, same place Jimmy attended.

Every Christmas, Jimmy Stewart would read the Christmas story to the congregation, until he died in 1997 at age 89.

Wish we had actors still like him.  I would to to the show if they did.

[Elderberry]

[Bigun]

Still my favorite...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0M-DvkEn8

ROFLMFAO!!!   

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!   Where is OSHA?

[Gefn]

ROFLMFAO!!!   

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!   Where is OSHA?

@Bigun !  How the heck are you? Any word from anyone? I just got off the phone with my mom . I have a second cousin in Dallas with a toddler and  a newborn.  I'm going to try to text her now.

I'm so glad you are ok. I'm crying, but I'm just an old softie,

[Gefn]

@Elderberry , you ok too?

[Bigun]

@Bigun !  How the heck are you? Any word from anyone? I just got off the phone with my mom . I have a second cousin in Dallas with a toddler and  a newborn.  I'm going to try to text her now.

I'm so glad you are ok. I'm crying, but I'm just an old softie,

@Freya

I'm fine dear!  Just a little wind and rain here.  Nothing out of the ordinary.  Southwest of me is worse but thankfully the storm went inland at a relatively less populated point on the coast.  Our worst problem is that the storm is trapped by high pressure ridges to the northwest and southeast and can't move out of the area.  We are going to get LOTS of rain over the next few days.

[Elderberry]

@Elderberry , you ok too?

We're fine. Wind gusts only in the 30's. Only 3 to 4 inches of rain so far.

[Elderberry]

[GrouchoTex]

Alright you Texans... How do y'all say Aransas? sas=saw like in Arkansas? Or is it actually Aransas?

A-ran-zus, like Kansas

[Elderberry]

[GrouchoTex]

Tornado in Katy, and Sienna Plantation (Hwy 6 south, between Missouri City and Hwy 288).
50 homes damaged in Sienna. No one hurt in either, Thank God.

Here at my home in Sugar Land, we are okay, have power, no damage, no high water.

[Ghost Bear]

Steady rain and moderate winds here north of Austin... we're expected to get 3"-5" of rain during the day today. Winds currently are steady at 15 mph, with gusts to 25-30 mph, not too bad yet.

[thackney]

Computer models are all over the place.  Who knows where it will really go.

[thackney]

Or how strong

[Elderberry]

I think Elderberry is right. This one is about 35 years old. It's full and fat and has a beautiful but somewhat overgrown canopy. I will hate when I have to get rid of it.

Bigun, tallows are a PITA, but I have a soft spot for them because they're great climbing trees. I climbed a hundred of them in my youth (and a few in my post youth). Also, they're beautiful in the fall. I didn't plant it. Tallows tend to plant themselves. All things considered, I'd rather not have it, but I rather not have the pecan more. All this is moot since I can't afford to get rid of them anyway. 

I hope you didn't get any more damage.

Found some info on the Arizona Ash,  http://www.gardenguides.com/94126-arizona-ash-tree-lifespan.html

Arizona Ash Tree Lifespan

Overview

The Arizona ash tree has several common names: velvet ash, Modesto ash, leather leaf ash, smooth ash, Tumi ash, Fresno and Standley ash. It is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to North America, reaching heights and widths of up to 30 feet. The Arizona ash is hardy in USDA zones 7 and 8.

Life Expectancy

Generally the Arizona ash has a life expectancy of approximately 20 to 30 years. Its life expectancy is directly related to its structural integrity. The poor structural integrity is due to the many upright trunks that the tree develops. The trunks all stem from the main trunk, and they all originate from the same location on the main trunk, which makes the tree weak. The weakening of the tree then leads to a shorter life expectancy; instead of living from 20 to 30 years it may only live from about 15 to 20 years. On the other hand, if the tree is maintained well through pruning, and you have used braces or cables to support any branches that are showing signs of stress, weakness or overload, the Arizona ash tree can have a life expectancy of up to 50 years.

Limb Failure

When a tree has several trunks growing out of the same point on the main trunk, it creates a stress point due to the heaviness of the limbs and branches. This stress and weight creates a weak point in the tree, and can cause limb failure/limb breakage. What happens is that these limbs begin to break at that point of stress/overload. Once a limb breaks off the site of the break begins to decay, and this makes the tree even weaker. When main limbs are lost, the canopy or crown of the tree is diminished due to the loss of branches--the tree is no longer aesthetically pleasing, and it no longer provides the shade that it once did.

[endicom]

Computer models are all over the place.  Who knows where it will really go.

They've narrowed it down to Texas.

[GrouchoTex]

Computer models are all over the place.  Who knows where it will really go.

Crazy. Hard to plan, other than the obvious things....

Looks like a toddler's finger painting.

[Sanguine]

I hear Rockport really got it.  Trying to catch up now.

[corbe]

   Tried to sleep in this morning but the top 15 feet of an old Hackberry just came crashing down on the back of my House, I have a Metal Roof, only damage appears to be the back screen door. Never liked that tree.  My dogs are still under the bed. The winds aren't that strong here, gust of 35 mph but it was apparently water soaked and old, like me. I'll fix some coffee now and be thankful.

[Right_in_Virginia]

[Right_in_Virginia]

Harvey has slowed to a crawl…2mph, winds 75mph...
Tornado Watches and Warnings continue...

BULLETIN
Hurricane Harvey Advisory Number 25
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
1000 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017
...Harvey drenching Texas...
...torrential rains will continue for a few more days...

Summary of 1000 am cdt...1500 utc...information
-----------------------------------------------
Location...28.9n 97.3w
About 25 mi...W of Victoria Texas
About 80 mi...ESE of San Antonio Texas
Maximum sustained winds...75 mph
Present movement...N or 350 degrees at 2 mph
Minimum central pressure...984 mb...29.06 inches

[Gefn]

   Tried to sleep in this morning but the top 15 feet of an old Hackberry just came crashing down on the back of my House, I have a Metal Roof, only damage appears to be the back screen door. Never liked that tree.  My dogs are still under the bed. The winds aren't that strong here, gust of 35 mph but it was apparently water soaked and old, like me. I'll fix some coffee now and be thankful.

@corbe , I'm so glad to see you this morning. Enjoy your coffee. Hugs to the dogs.

[Elderberry]

No movement from 9AM to 10AM

[corbe]

   Just heard an Electrical Transformer blow, it wasn't mine, more to be Thankful for.

[austingirl]

Gotten off very lightly in Medina- just some wind and spits of rain. The problem is not knowing where Harvey is headed- no winds to steer it and still between two high pressure systems. Things could change radically.

I feel so bad for Rockport and all affected.

[Ghost Bear]

Hmm, Franklin's Barbecue in Austin suffered a fire in their smokehouse, apparently caused by wind-blown embers. Heavy damage, and the restaurant is closed for an unknown amount of time.