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[Natural disasters] Hurricane season is upon us
Mayabird
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2nd UPDATE: I guess this is now a thread for all natural disasters! Discussions of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, firestorms, etc. can go here.
UPDATE: Per So It Goes, I am updating this to be a general hurricane/cyclone/big tropical storm thread.
For Hurricane Maria info, see this post by @Chimera.
Prior Second OP: Currently, as of 5 September, Houston and surrounding areas of Texas are cleaning up after Category 4 Hurricane Harvey dumped over a year's worth of rain on them. The death toll is still rising as the waters recede and more bodies are found, and damage costs are likely to exceed Katrina, making it the costliest natural disaster in US history...
...unless Hurricane Irma is worse. Irma is still in the Atlantic Ocean, not quite to the Caribbean yet, but it is already a strong Category 5 and models are in agreement that Irma will take a sharp right turn and head north. The only question is where it will landfall. Florida and Puerto Rico have preemptively declared a state of emergency because it's likely Irma will brush northern Puerto Rich and strike Florida. A direct hit by a Category 5 hurricane on Miami would be catastrophic, possibly even worse than Houston. However, Irma could still strike other areas of the country, such as North Carolina (which has not recovered from Hurricane Matthew last year).
This graphic updates periodically by the National Hurricane Center.
Prior OP:
Long story short, a former tropical storm that revived itself is now a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, with a predicted path that will take it to the Texas coast, likely near Corpus Christi. Harvey may strengthen to Category 3, the first major hurricane to strike the US in over a decade. That would be bad enough, but Harvey is also predicted to stall along the coast, dumping all its stored water in the same region over a course of days, in a region that's prone to flooding anyway. Rainfall is predicted to be measured in feet in some areas. Storm surges are currently predicted to be 6-12' as well across stretches of low-lying coast and flat sand islands. Mandatory evacuations have been declared in several counties already.
It's an area home to some of the US's largest ports, 1/3 of the country's oil refineries, and millions of people including a number of forumers. Landfall is predicted for late Friday night/early Saturday morning. Stay safe out there.
UPDATE: Per So It Goes, I am updating this to be a general hurricane/cyclone/big tropical storm thread.
For Hurricane Maria info, see this post by @Chimera.
Prior Second OP: Currently, as of 5 September, Houston and surrounding areas of Texas are cleaning up after Category 4 Hurricane Harvey dumped over a year's worth of rain on them. The death toll is still rising as the waters recede and more bodies are found, and damage costs are likely to exceed Katrina, making it the costliest natural disaster in US history...
...unless Hurricane Irma is worse. Irma is still in the Atlantic Ocean, not quite to the Caribbean yet, but it is already a strong Category 5 and models are in agreement that Irma will take a sharp right turn and head north. The only question is where it will landfall. Florida and Puerto Rico have preemptively declared a state of emergency because it's likely Irma will brush northern Puerto Rich and strike Florida. A direct hit by a Category 5 hurricane on Miami would be catastrophic, possibly even worse than Houston. However, Irma could still strike other areas of the country, such as North Carolina (which has not recovered from Hurricane Matthew last year).
This graphic updates periodically by the National Hurricane Center.
Prior OP:
Long story short, a former tropical storm that revived itself is now a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, with a predicted path that will take it to the Texas coast, likely near Corpus Christi. Harvey may strengthen to Category 3, the first major hurricane to strike the US in over a decade. That would be bad enough, but Harvey is also predicted to stall along the coast, dumping all its stored water in the same region over a course of days, in a region that's prone to flooding anyway. Rainfall is predicted to be measured in feet in some areas. Storm surges are currently predicted to be 6-12' as well across stretches of low-lying coast and flat sand islands. Mandatory evacuations have been declared in several counties already.
It's an area home to some of the US's largest ports, 1/3 of the country's oil refineries, and millions of people including a number of forumers. Landfall is predicted for late Friday night/early Saturday morning. Stay safe out there.
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Corpus Christi, actually, with Houston being on the nasty edge of it (but it does want to bee-line towards us after landfall). I'm not expecting much wind damage but 15+ inches of rain is in the "everything flood" zone. That's Houston, though, those in the direct hurricane path is going to be nasty.
I'm heading into work tomorrow morning, probably leaving in the afternoon and holing up in my third floor apartment for a few days. I should be safe from flooding, but the only road I can get on absolutely won't be, if the tax day floods last year are any indication. I have some huge retention ponds next to my apartment, I'll probably post some photos to help show water levels.
Yes please get out
@Dynagrip @Atomika @spool32 @OnTheLastCastle yall be safe too
TAMU announced that campus is open, which is where I'll be, and everything is planned to go as normal so I guess they aren't expecting a threat to the area.
I got a bunch of water and non-perishable foods on my way back from Fort Worth yesterday. Those stores had not been looted by the local looters/late preparation minded people in Houston. My house has stood through Allison and everything else since the 1950s but that could be a matter of poor luck. There can be huge differences in rain fall levels at granular levels, so fingers crossed!
work is open for me today. Next week is a wait and see type thing.
But hey, finally get to use the Netflix download thingie to see what it can do.
(and if you don't hear from me ever again just remember Captain America sucks)
Oh, and I do have a couch in a messy apartment if any Houston/Corpus/Valley forumers need a place to crash.
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So far all we have seen is dark skies and a few small showers, but It's going to be a long weekend.
https://mobile.twitter.com/marcusmoorewfaa/status/901123106273624064
My dad lives in Baytown, and the amount of water is the real concern there. Most of all the plants in the corridor have been shut down or running on skeleton crews.
As a native Houstonian I'm pretty worried about this one. The amount of rain in such a short time is very concerning.
Unfortunately I'm up here in Illinois and cant do much but watch and wait......
Shit, I forgot your family is from there.
I hope everyone stays safe!
Harvey is now a Cat 3 Hurricane
Stay safe everyone.
My immediate area can flood. My apartment complex is elevated a little bit so during the tax day and Memorial Day floods we were basically on our own little island with only a couple inches of water in the parking lot.
hopefully not an underground parking garage!
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Be safe everybody in the path.
we were ok during the tax day flooding and the one a year later (or a year before, I forget) and the house that I bought made it through Allison. Pretty close to Braes Bayou though, and watching it come up can be a little harrowing. Would love to have a more detailed elevation map...which I can probably dig up on google in like 5 seconds. To the googles!
Stay safe, Texans.
@Dynagrip
Try mytopo.com
Google maps also has a topo layer (terrain).
Stay safe