Ever so slight, but damn, if this thing doesn't....sure hope they are right. Haven't really heard anything doubting the path in a long time.Seabreeze said:
Looks like the Northern turn has started looking at radar
https://media.wspa.com/nxs-wspatv-media-us-east-1/wp/weather/radar/WSI/full-screen-radar-12.html
I live in a one of the few houses that survived these two storms in Indianola and the house was then moved when the town shut down because of these two hurricanes.plain_o_llama said:CoachRTM said:
It's times like these you realize that our way back ancestors didn't have access to technology and understand that a storm like this was coming. I mean, look at the video posted above - looks like a normal day and we're 12 hours from devastation.
Could you imagine a 12-foot storm surge and then this mammoth storm that seemingly came out of nowhere with no warning? It kills all of your cattle, drowns your crops, and half of your friends. You can kind of understand why they thought it was God punishing them, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianola,_Texas
Indianola is a ghost town located on Matagorda Bay in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. The community, once the county seat of Calhoun County, is a part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1875, the city had a population of 5,000, but on September 15 of that year, a powerful hurricane struck, killing between 150 and 300 and almost entirely destroying the town. Indianola was rebuilt, only to be wiped out on August 19, 1886, by another intense hurricane, which was followed by a fire.
Louis L'amour's book Matagorda is set around the time of the 1875 storm.
Sazerac said:
Do they ever turn west like that crossing the TX-LA border? Seems they always go N-NE once in that part of the gulf.
That is a great author. I have many of his books. I do not have and have not read Matagorda however.plain_o_llama said:CoachRTM said:
Louis L'amour's book Matagorda is set around the time of the 1875 storm.
missed your post, and can never remember the name of that book.TXTransplant said:Diggity said:
His book on Churchill is also great.
That one is The Splendid and the Vile that I mentioned above.
I love WWII history, and that one is from a totally different perspective than anything else I've read. Lots of interesting stories and tidbits of info that I'd never heard about, too.
Appears to be a very noticeable turn North to me as well.Seabreeze said:
Looks like the Northern turn has started looking at radar
https://media.wspa.com/nxs-wspatv-media-us-east-1/wp/weather/radar/WSI/full-screen-radar-12.html
Diggity said:missed your post, and can never remember the name of that book.TXTransplant said:Diggity said:
His book on Churchill is also great.
That one is The Splendid and the Vile that I mentioned above.
I love WWII history, and that one is from a totally different perspective than anything else I've read. Lots of interesting stories and tidbits of info that I'd never heard about, too.
Here is an interactive storm surge mapping tool. Some might find it useful.htxag09 said:
Yeah not sure they're overplaying it. Predicting flooding from storm surge 20 miles inland where this thing is making landfall. Don't even want to know what a 15' storm surge would do to Houston.
Two houses that I know of that survived were moved to Victoria and they sit back to back to each other.jswags said:
Where was the house moved?
LostInLA07 said:
Dang. Hopefully it doesn't strengthen too much more before landfall.
Head of tide for Buffalo Bayou is Shepard Drive, or there abouts. A rain event plus storm surge would be no bueno.LostInLA07 said:
The Galveston sea wall protects up to 17'.
I thought Ike brought a 22' storm surge so I guess it wouldn't be as bad as Ike?
Cromagnum said:
That first rain band looks rough. This thing better do a 90 degree turn soon.
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