Hurricane post

[nocfn]

Hey gang, wanted to let the community know where Houston is related to the latest storm, Laura (sorry Honch, that's her name)

Houston is 1 hour south and west from Beaumont, and 2 hours away from Lake Charles, 3 hours to Lafayette, 4 hours to Baton Rouge and 5 hours to New Orleans. Texas is almost as big as Europe.

So in NE Houston (largest county by square miles in the country, Harris) we will get 20-35 mph Wind gusts for about 2-4 Hours and about 1-2 inches of rain. Think of a clock. Lake Charles is the 12 on the clock. Those areas 12-3 basically get the brunt of the highest winds, most tidal surge and the most rain. Those like Houston area, may get some coastal waves that are pretty high, (its an hour south of the city to get to the coast) but Houston area will get gusty winds, perhaps some thunderstorms but not the ugly flooding that those who are 12-3 relation to the eye of the storm.

So right now, we are good here in Houston, those 50 miles east and west of Lake Charles will get pummeled and flooded sadly. This is a fast storm that will ravage large swatch of land going north thru Arkansas, Missouri and on to Tennessee.

 

[gerryvz]

Don't miss the Texas hurricanes. I believe today is three years -- to the day -- when Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, and then came on to flood some 80% of Harris County. I was living on the Harris/Montgomery County line (preparing to move to Maryland) and came damn close to getting flooded out.

 

[nocfn]

I had my E in the garage 40" up on the lift, but it isnt a rising water threat anymore so she comes down if we lose power and I need to drive it.

 

[Bogeyman]

Cal native here so please excuse me...

Harris County = 1,777 sq/mi
San Bernardino County = 20,105 sq/mi

I won't comment on the comparison between Europe and Texas...

 

[gerryvz]

Europe = 3.931 million mi²
Texas = 268,597 mi²

(Maryland = 12,407 mi²)

 

[Trae]

Hopefully the worst will be East of you Louie!

 

[nocfn]

Sorry. bogeyman, I had my facts wrong. Must be because we don’t pay income taxes stickpole:

 

[Gatorblue92]

I hate it for all the folks in the path of this storm. I lived on the Mississippi gulf coast during Katrina and this storm is really looking pretty similar.

 

[TX Benz Driver]

I live in Orange County, Texas and placed the M5 on the lift and hauled butt to Baytown on Wednesday, returning Thursday morning to very little damage to my house and the Generac happily purring away. Got power back on Monday evening.

A lot of people were not as fortunate and Lake Charles, where several employees live, damage there was horrific and power may not be restored for several more weeks.

Interestingly, many of the restaurants in Baytown (just east of Houston with 20 MPH winds predicted) closed down because of the hurricane.

 

[nocfn]

It was because the mandatory evac order was called very early to get 2-3m people moving. Glad it was not needed