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Title: Imelda
Post by: das on September 17, 2019, 04:23:53 pm
Good thing there is a roof on MMPUS!
https://public.dm.files.1drv.com/y4mNMLXqPOELGJh8oc9OMxJlIZlGe7zmVPlAjCLaa0x9o5FOHD5On8gVE4JxZZFivf5HVDucwHvHziNjR_RN2-gBHqz5f0XEl5B2Llw2FqclEro63zEOm9I253UQ8QiXgqoNxZ-nWA3y5dB9vbkgvlG1-pjUKgAPhHaDhDcJTJAYMO99HmKhYjbjO8ox1PEGXKUzTtLZMCu4Fm5ABzIDghRPQ/20190917_211227000_iOS.mov
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: das on September 17, 2019, 04:32:09 pm
Also, and, please be careful in the washes south of town this evening.  This thing poses a real flash flooding risk. 
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT11/refresh/AL1119WPCQPF+gif/203424WPCQPF_sm.gif

Dodged a bullet here.  It's moving slow but not as slow as Harvey.  There was a surprisingly similar environment in place.  If the storm formed 100mi south of its current location, it likely would have gone through a rapid intensification phase, similar to Harvey and would have also created a steering environment that would have made it even slower than it's current 6mph movement.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: das on September 17, 2019, 04:52:39 pm
And, just because it's pretty:
https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/SECTOR/sp/GEOCOLOR/20192602141_GOES16-ABI-sp-GEOCOLOR-2400x2400.jpg
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: VirtualBob on September 17, 2019, 05:02:35 pm
Hmm. I thought this was going to be about shoes.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Lefty on September 17, 2019, 05:49:15 pm
I wish it would rain in Central Texas.  You swampers feel free to send it all this way.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: JimR on September 17, 2019, 05:57:09 pm
Das, pm me. I have a question.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: das on September 17, 2019, 06:24:03 pm
Das, pm me. I have a question.

Done.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: juliogotay on September 18, 2019, 10:41:18 am
Hmm. I thought this was going to be about shoes.

that is funny.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Jacksonian on September 18, 2019, 10:48:59 am
Hmm. I thought this was going to be about shoes.

I wonder how many here are too young to get that reference?
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 18, 2019, 11:13:32 am
I wonder how many here are too young to get that reference?

I got it and I salute your fine work.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: JimR on September 18, 2019, 12:42:56 pm
I wonder how many here are too young to get that reference?

I got it. No surprise there.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Jacksonian on September 18, 2019, 01:24:36 pm
I got it. No surprise there.

Well considering you were there to hear first hand accounts of Magellan discovering the Philippines I'm not surprised you got it.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: JimR on September 18, 2019, 01:35:18 pm
Well considering you were there to hear first hand accounts of Magellan discovering the Philippines I'm not surprised you got it.

I baby sat Magellan.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Mr. Happy on September 18, 2019, 01:45:48 pm
I baby sat Magellan.

Nothing, but nothing, beats old man smack by the old man.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: JimR on September 18, 2019, 01:50:45 pm
Nothing, but nothing, beats old man smack by the old man.

If I cannot beat ‘em, join ‘em.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Jacksonian on September 18, 2019, 02:16:53 pm
I baby sat Magellan.

Nice pitch, coach.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 18, 2019, 04:13:14 pm
I baby sat Magellan.
You should have told him about the Panama Canal.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: MusicMan on September 18, 2019, 06:14:27 pm
You should have told him about the Panama Canal.

Back then they called it “that gully”


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Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: jbm on September 19, 2019, 10:08:50 am
Damn, I hope everyone in the GT area is safe.  I hadn’t realized til now just how much rain they’ve got.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: TeeJoe on September 19, 2019, 10:37:31 am
Damn, I hope everyone in the GT area is safe.  I hadn’t realized til now just how much rain they’ve got.
Thanks jbm.

I live in Mauriceville. North of Orange. I have no idea how much rain we've had but the flooding is nearly as bad as Harvey. My house is dry but lots of friends and family in the area are flooded...again. My kids school flooded...again.

Right now the rain is slowing and the water receding. Just need a little more time before any more heavy bands hit.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Waldo on September 19, 2019, 10:56:53 am
Heard from my cousin in Beaumont (not sure which part) this morning.  Their house is flooded, worse than they got with Harvey.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: TeeJoe on September 19, 2019, 11:11:17 am
Heard from my cousin in Beaumont (not sure which part) this morning.  Their house is flooded, worse than they got with Harvey.
Yeah, BMT seems to be worse than Harvey. My father n law in BMT is inches from flooding, which is higher than Harvey. My companies office in downtown BMT I was told is flooded. It didn't flood in Harvey. No one around here was expecting this. Rain, yes, but not this much.

Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: chuck on September 19, 2019, 01:24:42 pm
Make fun of my inflatable kayak now, Slappy.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Texifornia on September 19, 2019, 05:32:17 pm
I'm flying to Houston tomorrow for a can't miss birthday party.

People should be more considerate and not get born during storm season.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Navin R Johnson on September 19, 2019, 06:01:08 pm
Im stuck in Philadelphia.   Flight got cancelled this morning.   The PHL airport hotel scene is really terrible.   Could be worse, my buddy got to IAH at 5AM this morning, he is still there.   Flights kept getting bumped and they had no way to leave as IAH was flooded and no ubers or Metro were picking people up.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 19, 2019, 06:06:42 pm
I’m at the Kuwait airport, headed home. Coworker left yesterday and got rerouted to DFW. Hopefully I get in tomorrow...today...whatever it is...22 hours from now.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: JimR on September 19, 2019, 07:49:02 pm
I’m at the Kuwait airport, headed home. Coworker left yesterday and got rerouted to DFW. Hopefully I get in tomorrow...today...whatever it is...22 hours from now.

I am flying to Munich out of IAH tomorrow. I need to be able to land in Houston about 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: das on September 20, 2019, 08:00:04 am
I am flying to Munich out of IAH tomorrow. I need to be able to land in Houston about 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.

They’ve had hours and hours of draining and drying time. If it’s a problem this afternoon, it’s not a weather problem, it’s a facilities mismanagement problem.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: VirtualBob on September 20, 2019, 08:30:06 am
I am flying to Munich out of IAH tomorrow. I need to be able to land in Houston about 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.
Oktoberfest?
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: JimR on September 20, 2019, 08:45:36 am
Oktoberfest?

Ja!
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Bench on September 20, 2019, 09:24:46 am
They’ve had hours and hours of draining and drying time. If it’s a problem this afternoon, it’s not a weather problem, it’s a facilities mismanagement problem.

Everything seems to be operating fine. Much of the city is taking the day to lick its wounds (schools closed, etc), but the infrastructure is all functioning.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Fredia on September 20, 2019, 10:18:47 am
my daughters  and I were  sitting  at Shrimp and Stuff   in  Galveston on  Tuesday  when my  youngest  got a  thing on
her phone saying Tropical storm warning    Stayed in a hotel  across  from  the sea wall and listened to the rain and howl all night.   Food and other stuff was   not a problem restaurants   and  Walmart   open.  Next  day drove out early as water was coming  up in the streets....Stayed in Houston  Wednesday  night for  the game and drove out  Thursday morning. Was shocked when we got bavk to Austin and saw  the flooding and devastation...
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 20, 2019, 12:31:45 pm
Well I made it as far as Dubai (not due to flooding). I guess there are worse places to be stuck. Hopefully home tomorrow.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 20, 2019, 01:20:04 pm
Well I made it as far as Dubai (not due to flooding). I guess there are worse places to be stuck. Hopefully home tomorrow.

Will you get me one of those little Burj Khalifa statues...you know, like the Empire State Building ones?
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 20, 2019, 01:22:23 pm
Will you get me one of those little Burj Khalifa statues...you know, like the Empire State Building ones?

If you want I can
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 20, 2019, 01:28:46 pm
If you want I can

Nah, I kid. You can take a picture of it for me if possible.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 20, 2019, 01:29:57 pm
Nah, I kid. You can take a picture of it for me if possible.

Don’t tease me. I was really looking for an excuse to buy one.

I saw it driving to the hotel, but can’t see it from here. Maybe in the morning.
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 20, 2019, 02:27:07 pm
Don’t tease me. I was really looking for an excuse to buy one.

I saw it driving to the hotel, but can’t see it from here. Maybe in the morning.

Well, If you're looking for an excuse...
Title: Re: Imelda
Post by: VirtualBob on September 20, 2019, 03:03:08 pm
Ja!
Prosit!