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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf I were in South Texas or anywhere in the GOM
I'd be paying serious attention to Harvey. There is also talk about another storm heading in the direction of Florida.
Oh and by the way, today is the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew the devastating.
MineralMan
(146,350 posts)natural inundation event. Smart people are making preparations. Others, well, will be surprised and dismayed.
malaise
(269,269 posts)a FEMA director and I think I read that preparation money was cut.
MineralMan
(146,350 posts)malaise
(269,269 posts)level.
B2G
(9,766 posts)William B. Brock Long
Administrator FEMA
Brock Long was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and began his service as the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in June 2017. Mr. Long has more than 16 years of experience assisting and supporting local, state, and Federal Governments with building robust emergency management and public health preparedness programs. Full Biography
https://www.fema.gov/leadership
malaise
(269,269 posts)Here's a useful graphic from the Weather underground comments
brush
(53,971 posts)malaise
(269,269 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)[Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)]: "Mr. President -- may I call you Donald?"
[#45]: "No."
[Sen. Ted]: "Mr. President, I'm calling you because the Texas Governor's office gets no answer to its calls into FEMA.
[#45]: chuckle, snort. (hang up noise).
Stallion
(6,476 posts)my concern is the Houston area highway system that tends flood. Should we an interesting arrival
malaise
(269,269 posts)Are you sure you're disembarking in Galveston on Sunday?
The nearest I would be to water then is the shower or my kitchen sink
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Yum
malaise
(269,269 posts)But he was in a movie
herding cats
(19,569 posts)I've been keeping up with this since they're out there. The port of Galveston is currently closed. You may be spending a few more days at sea before you can safely port.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)I generally cruise with them but had to be back in Dallas for College Football season. They are old friends from a website known as Ccruisecritic.com where you can meet people online who are on your cruise. Oh well it could be worse-headed for Cozumel tomorrow. May main concern is my car in Galveston although I have (somewhat) elevated parking
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)As they join Atlantis.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)And I'm preparing and WE aren't even going to get anywhere near the worst of it. I am usually very intuitive and I have a very bad feeling about this one. I would love to be wrong. I have many good friends in Corpus, Brownsville and Houston.
I hope people are heeding the warnings and taking proper precautions. This is not a time for anyone to try to be a hero. Mother Nature always wins.
Everyone, please be safe!!!
malaise
(269,269 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)I've listened to most of this and will come back and listen to it in full. (At work right now.) I've got the weather.gov website and will check it frequently.
malaise
(269,269 posts)Stay safe folks - get out of harms way
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)malaise
(269,269 posts)MIDDLE TEXAS COAST... ...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND FRESHWATER FLOODING EXPECTED...
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?atlc
This is really serious
maryellen99
(3,790 posts)malaise
(269,269 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)Geez, Louise!
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Probably hotter than normal.
This thing will have a lot of heat & moisture to grow on.
Grammy23
(5,815 posts)in some of the warmest water near the US coast. Plenty of time to fuel this storm into a cat. 3 storm. Please pay attention to the warnings and orders to evacuate! This is not a drill. Some place along the Texas Gulf Coast is going to have a big problem very soon. Find out if you're in its path and act accordingly.
eleny
(46,166 posts)malaise
(269,269 posts)Get out or batten down folks
Ilsa
(61,710 posts)Ridiculously warm. "Why bother going to the beach?" warm.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)spanone
(135,922 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)Unfortunately, this has escalated incredibly quickly. Not much time for evacuations now. I think this has caught everyone off guard.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)There are still locals deciding whether or not to get out. RVs have wheels. Hurricanes hate RVs.
malaise
(269,269 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)The company I was working with at the time was there a couple of days after it hit MS and LA- It was the worse devastation I had ever seen from a hurricane. The memory of that will never leave my mind was the landfill for all of the dead animals. And the smell off I-10 was that of rotting flesh for months.
Btw I live in NC and we have had our share of catastrophic storms.
maryellen99
(3,790 posts)malaise
(269,269 posts)back in '88
mcar
(42,458 posts)We were in south Florida.
marlakay
(11,531 posts)But when i asked she had crappy day at work...
They store their trailer in corpus cristi she said its insured.
malaise
(269,269 posts)I'd have food and water stored
Ilsa
(61,710 posts)I hear that the highways are jammed. I hope the troopers have reversed the southbound lanes and turned them into northbound lanes.
malaise
(269,269 posts)look like chaos on the highways