LVSteve
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Looks like Beryl will strengthen again over the Gulf and come ashore near Corpus Christi some time Sunday night. Time to lay in the bottled water, snacks, and sandbags I reckon.
Everyone in S Texas ready for Beryl?
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Stay safe, my Texas friends.
Well based on past history, ready or not here it comes!
The best of luck to anyone that is in the line of fire! (Actually wind & water)
The best of luck to anyone that is in the line of fire! (Actually wind & water)
hang in there those in the path. Never lived in the areas prone to hurricanes but all my life I have lived in tornado prone areas. Don't forget the toilet paper.
xfuzz may be too busy to answer.
We are hoping for enough rain to kill the drought but not so much that would do flood damage.
Think we will be ok as long as it
stays a cat 1 and does not track any more
eastward.
As a precaution I did book us a room on the seawall
for Sunday night.
Storm surge is hard to predict don't want to lose my truck.
To our folks down around Corpus hang on...
I lived in Houston - Pasadena From the time I was 6 months old in 44 until I was 76 in 2O2O. I remember a few names... Carla, Camille, Ike to name a few. I guess I never did get used to the stress and anxiety of hurricane season. even if we didn't get hit we were always under the gun. I will keep y'all in my thoughts and prayers.
Stay safe and don't drive through "puddles with currents." Joe
PS: Our turn is soon. Joe
PS: Our turn is soon. Joe
What's amazing is the eye is predicted to pass almost directly over me all the way up here in Central Arkansas. A storm that originated off the coast of Africa, then crossed the entire Atlantic Ocean, is bringing 2-4 inches of rain all the way to Arkansas! Mother Nature is one mean ole gal!
Frankly, I will take anything that breaks this heat. It has been unbelievable so far this summer.
Frankly, I will take anything that breaks this heat. It has been unbelievable so far this summer.
hivel37
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Here in the hills we had 1.4" late yesterday afternoon.
That came off mountains of Mexico and not the storm.
That came off mountains of Mexico and not the storm.
Faulkner
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Yep, looks like along with the break in heat we could use the rain.
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LVSteve
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Beryl is clearly visible on the NWS radars at Corpus Christi and near Galveston. There looks to be lots of rain hitting the coast in the Bay City to Lake Jackson area. If I'm any judge of movement of the storm, the eye will make landfall close to Bay City.
The numbers for Beryl show some strengthening towards Cat 1 hurricane levels. The central pressure is dropping and the wind has picked up some.
The numbers for Beryl show some strengthening towards Cat 1 hurricane levels. The central pressure is dropping and the wind has picked up some.
pbureau66
Member
well, the Cat 1 landed near Matagorda, and heading to Houston, 5:30 right now, winds in Houston are over 40mph and rising. hope everyone is safe.
In Cypress
Northwest of Houston by 25 odd miles. Winds are pushing things around at 7:45 CST. Lost power and Jennie (my Generac) is keeping the home up since 20 minutes ago. We just had 70+ MPH straight line winds a month ago and Jennie ran for 36 hours while the transmission towers were replaced wired around. So far home weather station has shown highest wind gust of 53 with sustained showing 30-40. Eyewall is supposed to pass right over the top of us, but storm will be gone by 6PM CST. No street flooding here as yet.
Northwest of Houston by 25 odd miles. Winds are pushing things around at 7:45 CST. Lost power and Jennie (my Generac) is keeping the home up since 20 minutes ago. We just had 70+ MPH straight line winds a month ago and Jennie ran for 36 hours while the transmission towers were replaced wired around. So far home weather station has shown highest wind gust of 53 with sustained showing 30-40. Eyewall is supposed to pass right over the top of us, but storm will be gone by 6PM CST. No street flooding here as yet.
About 6 inches of rain, loss of power for 7 hours and some gusty winds at low Cat 1 level, Beryl seems to be leaving us behind. Had some minor street flooding up to the top of the curbs and we lost a 4 inch branch off the button bush tree in the back yard. Lots of small tree detritus to be raked up tomorrow. Gonna go take a nap now that the AC is working again. Hope anyone else who was in its path does at least as well as we did.
We, here in North Texas, are getting our share of the rain right now. Sounds like choir music coming from the garden.
My aunt Mona had a cherry farm in Bracken County, KY. Dad would often take us down to visit, help divest her of cherry pies and cobblers and sleep upstairs under her tin roof.
No more comforting sound in the world to my way of thinking.
The rain missed San Antonio and the Hill Country. We were looking forward to several inches of rain to break the drought, but no such luck.
My son lives in Houston - his power is out but his cell phone is working ???
My son lives in Houston - his power is out but his cell phone is working ???
Harrison
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It went to the east of us. We didn't even get any rain out of it.
Well Galveston did that jog to the East.
Pealed most of the Vinal siding off the house(been wanting to replace with Hadrie plank anyway) and most of the soffits.
Windows and roof held.
Yards all around are a complete mess.
Sand dunes gone.
Power out on the island likely for days.
I will NEVER ride out another one...heavy pucker factor
at it's peak.
Only about 8-9 inches of water under the house.
Power still out at my Piney Woods place.
Hooked to my Daughters just east of Austin.
Pealed most of the Vinal siding off the house(been wanting to replace with Hadrie plank anyway) and most of the soffits.
Windows and roof held.
Yards all around are a complete mess.
Sand dunes gone.
Power out on the island likely for days.
I will NEVER ride out another one...heavy pucker factor
at it's peak.
Only about 8-9 inches of water under the house.
Power still out at my Piney Woods place.
Hooked to my Daughters just east of Austin.
Wow. Sounds pretty scary. Glad to hear you're OK.
Nasty double dealin' so and so.
What's worse, wind noise or the sound of stuff breaking off?
Hope you're back to normal soon.
Baby sis sent this pic. He house is the blue arrow. Water in the house and the street, but no major damage. hope the rest of you are ok.
WaPo says 1.3 million folks in Texas still without power as of this morning, with most of them in the Houston region.
CNN says people are getting pretty upset, not too surprisingly: Hurricane Beryl: Anger mounts in Texas over power outages and CenterPoint Energy's response amid crippling heat | CNN
CNN says people are getting pretty upset, not too surprisingly: Hurricane Beryl: Anger mounts in Texas over power outages and CenterPoint Energy's response amid crippling heat | CNN
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taz666
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When the lines are downed there isn't much they can do. Might start replacing these with underground lines.
When Frances and Jeanne ran over my house in 2004, power was out twice for a while. Since then, the power company has made a concentrated effort to hurricane-proof the grid, if such a thing is possible. Wood power poles replaced with concrete. Ongoing effort to cut back/remove tree that can interfere with the lines. Wire separators installed, etc. Last few hurricanes/tropical storms the power, in my area at least, has hardly blinked. I've had a portable generator since 2004 and have only used it in '04 and one other time since.
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LVSteve
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Pictures on TV showed a long road with major power towers on the right that looked OK, but on the left was a long line of what looked like wooden poles that had all fallen over.
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