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Hurricane Rita??

kcollins4

kcollins4

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Another freakin' hurricane? Headed for Galveston/Houston. Might go look at generators tomorrow if there's any left. Also looking into a 4 person raft with handles on the sides. If the water gets deep here, the handles will make it easier for the wife and kids to pull me and the gear around :D
 
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Um, IIRC, there's a large number of recent new residents in Houston from N'awlins. I hope this doesn't put much of an additional strain on what's there already, in terms of emergency preparedness:(
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The folks that are still in the astrodome complex are being moved to an army base in Arkansas, and they aren't happy about it. I know that most probably don't feel this way, but some of the evacuees were interviewed last night on local news, and were of the opinion that Houston just wanted to "get rid" of them! :scratch2:
Oh...now that gas prices have dropped some, guess what all the oil rigs are doing? All shutting down again and evacuating the platforms. Price hikes on the way :sigh:
 
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As I understand it, Arkansas has the second largest total number of refugees, but yet didn't receive any money from FEMA towards helping them! Governor Huckabee said they were preparing for more folks to head this way.
 
If any AK'ers need to evacuate my wife and I have a spare bedroom. We're near Austin. Dog-friendly house, and you're welcome to bring your audio gear and music collection for safekeeping. :D

Scotch and cigars optional, but encouraged.
 
I am charging batteries and stocking up on botteled water. I can't swim but I am staying!
 
They are boarding up Galveston today.. :sigh:
Gonna be windy here, not sure what to do yet, stay and hold on to a tree or leave.. :scratch2:
 
Its probably still a bit early to predict with any real certainty, but the NOAA web site data seems to suggest that Rita will make landfall in Texas sometime Friday.

If I am interpreting the charts correctly it looks like it could be a fairly strong hurricane when it blows ashore.

Anybody in the Houston/Galveston area that pays closer attention to this kind of storm tracking data have more details? I have family living in Lake Jackson, Texas, which is south of Houston, and just a few miles inland of the gulf. It looks like they may be in for some rough weather!
 
It's getting serious here. No water, bread, flashlights...left at most stores. Haven't found vacancies within 120 north of Houston, so probably heading to Dallas on Friday morning. Several school systems already announced closings, and we're 60 miles inland. Kids and grandkids are going to follow us north if the situation doesn't change. They're expecting 75 mile per hour steady winds at my house out here in farm country! Better start taking pictures of my gear for Allstate :yes: There are so many people in this part of the state from Louisiana, that there's no place left to hide.
 
Watching the local news, it seems the latest computer models forecast Rita's eye to just brush the east edge of Austin, which will put it directly over my house. Forecast also calls for 70 mph winds here Saturday. Guess I'll spend the next two days cutting dead tree branches on the property. And it is supposed to hit 100 degrees here tomorrow.

My wife bought 20 gallons of drinking water on her way home from work. I drove into town and bought a quart of 12-year-old bourbon and some good cigars. Might invite a few friends over and ride this one out.
 
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We'll be thinking bout ya'll. I am way tired of these things myself (I'm in western NC, so we got three here last year - Big wind - much water), so I know the coastal folks are fed up. KC, Vintage, Photo, take care brothers, hope all stays well with you and yours.
 
It doesn't look good, helped my neighbor board up his house earlier today, time to get water and food ready tomorrow, this sucks.. :worried:
I hope this will not be the same as New Orleans.
 
Even if Rita hits as a CAT 4 it won't hurt Galveston/Houston as bad as Katrina hurt New Orleans. Most of New Orleans is below sea level to begin with. I'm not saying anyone should take this hurricane lightly. Rita is building into a major storm and will cause major damage, but it is unlikely to flood an entire city.

Still, the winds, rain, and tornadoes will be dangerous. I'm starting to get a little edgy myself, and might head for the hills instead of riding this one out at home.
 
Had to go to 3 gas stations. First 2 were dry. 4 cars at every pump. Cell phones won't work because the network is too busy. It's gone bonkers here. :nutz:

If you're not familiar with the Houston area, every bit of water drains into the Ship channel. A twenty foot storm surge pushed directly up the Houston ship channel would go up every bayou, river and creek in the area. There are at least 8 refineries along the channel which could be under water. We have no levee's, While not as low lying as N.O., it is low nonetheless. Houston is no more prepared for a cat 5 than N.O. was in a lot of ways.
At least Galveston is mandatorily evacuating now.
Oh yeah. Here's another reason to buy a boat. The most costly tropical storm in US history was Allison, which flooded large parts of Houston a few years back.
 
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You know, I'm not sure which is worse, watching a hurricane home in on your homes like you guys are getting, or getting hit with no warning like we do in earth quake land, or the twisters in the Midwest.

I have something close 50 gallons of water stored and a weeks worth of food in my tent trailer 7/24. 20 gallons of the water is in the TT in 2.5 gal containers. Plus emergency clothing. Flashlights, I have quite a few LED flashlights, and keep batteries on hand, My fanny pack light will go for around 80 hours on a film capsule full of AAA’s (7) and the one in the little sucker. Also keep an LED light with lithium bats in each car. (10 year shelf life)

I said this once before, I’m surprised more folks out there don’t have precut plywood stored for the certainty that a storm will hit someday…

Best of luck to all out there in the path of this sucker.
 
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A twenty foot storm surge pushed directly up the Houston ship channel would go up every bayou, river and creek in the area. There are at least 8 refineries along the channel which could be under water. We have no levee's, While not as low lying as N.O., it is low nonetheless. Houston is no more prepared for a cat 5 than N.O. was in a lot of ways.
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Glad I filled the tank in my van today. Prolly top it off Thursday.

I'd forgotten about the ship channel being the major drainage in Houston. If Rita floods those refineries gas might hit $4/gal. soon.

At least more people are getting out of the path of this storm. Can you imagine what this country's economy will look like if Rita hits Galveston/Houston as hard as it hit New Orleans/Gulfport?
 
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