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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/8/2024 8:55:32 PM EDT
[#1]
Damn, I didn't refill my 2 propane tanks I used last time. Tomorrow.
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Posted: 9/8/2024 9:02:07 PM EDT
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Great. I'm covering for the district manager that oversees LA/MS/AL/TN for the next 2 weeks so I'll get to deal with it no matter which way it goes.
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Posted: 9/8/2024 10:03:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mcantu: I got a text from them earlier saying that they are preparing and if you need electricity for life-sustaining equipment, make arraignments for alternative on-site backup  Not sure about the googly eyes. That statement seems like something pretty reasonable. I have generators because I don't want food to spoil. If I had equipment that was responsible for keeping me, or anyone else, alive; I would not have to wait for something like this to think about it. It is sad the electric company has to even send something out like that for people to think about a backup. People R dum. |
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Posted: 9/8/2024 10:42:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Zhukov: The track takes it to the East of Galveston, so you may luck out. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Zhukov: Originally Posted By skid2041: Cool! I'll be in Galveston all week. 1st vacation in 4 yrs. Hahahaha figures. The track takes it to the East of Galveston, so you may luck out. That would be nice. We will West of Galveston at Jamaica Beach. Guess we will see. Not to worried. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/8/2024 10:43:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By terryj: Damn, I didn't refill my 2 propane tanks I used last time. Tomorrow. You're already late. Many local stores have already run out and won't get refilled before Wednesday. |
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Posted: 9/8/2024 10:45:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/8/2024 10:48:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: alpha0815]
[#7]
Nah, Galveston will be on the clean side. Watch guys like Reed Timmer, not the mainstream meteorologist.
It’s going to intensify and hit Lake Charles head on. No doubt.  Attached File |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/8/2024 10:48:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Metonymy: You're already late. Many local stores have already run out and won't get refilled before Wednesday. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Metonymy: Originally Posted By terryj: Damn, I didn't refill my 2 propane tanks I used last time. Tomorrow. You're already late. Many local stores have already run out and won't get refilled before Wednesday. I still have 4 30lb cylinders ready to go. I should've already refilled these but I forgot about them. I'll check to see if the local fill station has any. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/8/2024 10:57:23 PM EDT
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Oh for fuck's sake. In my hood we were one of the few that didn't have a tree or three fall on the house. Lucky. But of all the unlucky ones none of them have started to rebuild. None. The insurance companies aren't paying out.
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Posted: 9/8/2024 11:09:25 PM EDT
[#10]
 
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Posted: 9/8/2024 11:10:47 PM EDT
[#11]
Hoping for some good rain here in central AR.
Looking forward to my in laws in Houston deciding last minute that they need to prepare. After 45 years of living in Houston they’re still always “not quite ready” |
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Posted: 9/8/2024 11:27:20 PM EDT
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I gotta get my generator to home switch wired tomorrow. We did mostly ok during beryl but i dont want to run a shit ton of cords everywhere again.
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Posted: 9/8/2024 11:31:01 PM EDT
[#13]
Time for another Geissele sponsored fund raiser featuring the GBT rifle.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 1:52:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By poisontree: I gotta get my generator to home switch wired tomorrow. We did mostly ok during beryl but i dont want to run a shit ton of cords everywhere again. I got an interlock a couple of years ago. One cord to the outlet from the generator. It made everything so much better without all the cords running everywhere. |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 1:58:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Wineraner: FWIW, tropical tidbits has the Euro and GFS models agreeing it's going to ruin Lake Charles's day, not ours. GFS has it hitting 965 in the Gulf. I guess a good thing they finally imploded a building in the past few days that got wacked by a hurricane in 2020....  https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/capital-one-tower-lake-charles-implosion-b2609045.html |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 2:09:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: cwm1150]
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Looks like it may brush by on the way to Louisiana but seems rather uncertain , moving about 5mph now.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 2:18:33 AM EDT
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If yall can swing it , a whole house generator is worth every penny , IMO . Of course , anything mechanical can fail . My Kohler has paid for itself 3 times over . If it went tits up tomorrow I would replace it with another , no question .
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Posted: 9/9/2024 4:09:35 AM EDT
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My home generator was to be fixed on Wednesday, needs a new stator.
Karma has been a real bitch to me this last week, my home office flooded from a faulty plumbing repair and my insurance claim for roof damage from Beryl was rejected, and it sure looks like its going to keep on screwing me. |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 4:35:38 AM EDT
[#19]
Wonder if there is a place to post bets on if there will be a new CEO at CenterPoint in a month.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 5:55:34 AM EDT
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I hope that track changes because SW LA - Cameron, etc - is best LA. Great people, hard workers, and they've been hammered too many times recently with Rita, Ike, and then Laura almost wiped it out a few years ago.
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LA, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2024 7:08:02 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RTX: I hope that track changes because SW LA - Cameron, etc - is best LA. Great people, hard workers, and they've been hammered too many times recently with Rita, Ike, and then Laura almost wiped it out a few years ago. |
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LA, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2024 7:11:28 AM EDT
[#22]
Track is still shifting East
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Posted: 9/9/2024 7:27:49 AM EDT
[#23]
Yep looks like it will mostly miss Texas except the east end of the coast.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 7:46:14 AM EDT
[#24]
Thank God I didn't buy that house on Trinity Bay.
Stay safe and have your chainsaws sharp. |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 8:16:08 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chukar: Thank God I didn't buy that house on Trinity Bay. Stay safe and have your chainsaws sharp. It depends where on Trinity Bay. If Beach City, you’re 22’ up on a bluff. If you’re on the Anahuac side then….yeah. |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 8:18:54 AM EDT
[#26]
Prepare and stay safe.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 8:25:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HRJ: It depends where on Trinity Bay. If Beach City, you’re 22’ up on a bluff. If you’re on the Anahuac side then….yeah. Anahuac side, SE corner |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 8:34:40 AM EDT
[#28]
 This Hurricane Will Cause BIG Problems... |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2024 8:40:04 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryThat was the only house on Bolivar built to a category 5 level. It sustained damage as well. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2024 9:03:52 AM EDT
[#30]
Gonna be a nothingburger here in Houston.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 9:07:31 AM EDT
[#31]
Unfortunately for Louisiana it appears the storm will strengthen.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 10:41:00 AM EDT
[#32]
I saw this storm forecast on the GFS long range last week but the NWS didn't even recognize it a a viable system until it was already blowing up. There were 3 potential storms in the Atlantic, one of which has fizzled out, but nothing in the GOM at that time yet here we are.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 10:47:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NotAFudd: The amount and speed we are still removing standing dead shit around power lines all over the area and roads, I hope we stay on the clean side of this one. Got the tap to run the crews 24 hours a day about 2 pm What power company, cnp? Good luck. When I was there I would turn in the same easements to be trimmed on a regular basis. It never got done. |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 10:53:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By psychotr: Hurricanes knock power out no matter where they hit. Get used to it or move 100 miles inland. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By psychotr: Originally Posted By mcantu: I got a text from them earlier saying that they are preparing and if you need electricity for life-sustaining equipment, make arraignments for alternative on-site backup Hurricanes knock power out no matter where they hit. Get used to it or move 100 miles inland. Used to Crack me up the demands from customers on life support, oxygen , whatever. Hey when's my power coming back on , we have someone on oxygen. I don't know probably a couple days. How can you be in NEED of electricity and haven't made plans for a backup? |
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AL, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2024 11:01:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: callgood]
[#35]
more..............
A disturbance in the southwest Gulf is likely to soon become a tropical storm. It's forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it tracks toward the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts. Hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge watches will likely be issued later today along the western Gulf Coast. Flooding rainfall, storm surge, damaging winds and tornadoes are all threats. A disturbance in the southwest Gulf of Mexico is expected to organize into a tropical storm Monday and then pose a potential hurricane threat to the far upper Texas and Louisiana coasts by midweek. The next named storm on the list in the Atlantic Basin is Francine. Here's the latest status of this system: The disturbance is located about 535 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, and is moving north-northwest. It's currently designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone Six, which allows the National Hurricane Center to issue tropical storm and/or hurricane watches or warnings for a system that has not yet developed, but is expected to impact land areas within 48 hours. Most of the rain from this system is located offshore at this time, but some bands are spreading toward South Texas.  that map doesn't mean we'll get rain in NE Alabama. Sure hope it jogs east. We sure could use the rain.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 11:01:34 AM EDT
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2024 11:09:34 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By skid2041: That would be nice. We will West of Galveston at Jamaica Beach. Guess we will see. Not to worried. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By skid2041: Originally Posted By Zhukov: Originally Posted By skid2041: Cool! I'll be in Galveston all week. 1st vacation in 4 yrs. Hahahaha figures. The track takes it to the East of Galveston, so you may luck out. That would be nice. We will West of Galveston at Jamaica Beach. Guess we will see. Not to worried. I would imagine it's going to be windy and rainy for you. Sorry. I've no idea about the surge it'll cause. It should pass you from south to north. Unless it zags west, ofc. Consider how you're going to get off of Galvatraz if it does. San Luis Pass bridge will get busy... |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 9/9/2024 11:11:59 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryIke may not have had a lot of wind by the time it finally hit Galveston and Houston, but damn did it have a lot of surge. |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 11:17:09 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By alpha0815: Nah, Galveston will be on the clean side. Watch guys like Reed Timmer, not the mainstream meteorologist. It’s going to intensify and hit Lake Charles head on. No doubt. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/311137/IMG_9101_jpeg-3317171.JPG Model tracks are shifting it to the East. 
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Posted: 9/9/2024 11:55:01 AM EDT
[#40]
 Morning update on Tropical Storm Francine from the NHC in Miami, FL (September 9 , 2024) |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 11:56:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By UTex86: Meh, the after storm response was what it should be. Where they failed big time is in their shameful lack of maintenance. There are trees tangled up in power lines everywhere. I travel all around Houston daily for work. It’s truly everywhere. This perception is the result of me seeing it with my own eyes every day. This I agree with. I have no idea why people and HOAs plant trees under the power lines along the street. Best case, the trees are trimmed properly and look like shit as a result. |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 12:08:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 545days: This I agree with. I have no idea why people and HOAs plant trees under the power lines along the street. Best case, the trees are trimmed properly and look like shit as a result. When I was a utility contractor I'd always get amused at people that would plant Bradford stinking Pears under their power line then get snortin' mad when the utility didn't restore their power first during a storm.  |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 12:18:33 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/9/2024 12:31:02 PM EDT
[#44]
Current maps look like the storm will track the footprint of the Mississippi River.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 12:33:54 PM EDT
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We have been very fortunate for the most part, this year with hurricanes. I do feel for those affected by them and hope/pray for the best.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 1:26:10 PM EDT
[#46]
 10AM CDT Surge forecast |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 1:28:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By doc540: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/183309/flood_car1-3317600.jpg Harvey? |
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Posted: 9/9/2024 1:37:03 PM EDT
[#48]
Good luck to everyone.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 2:31:23 PM EDT
[#49]
The current track takes it right over my house.
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Posted: 9/9/2024 3:13:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Thugbuster: The current track takes it right over my house. Ouch, good luck. Looks like Texas will be missed for the most part at this point. |
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