NHC monitoring now. Not going to be anything much to worry about it looks like, but a good trial run to start the season..
40% chance of developing now.Teddy Perkins said:
These guys - https://spacecityweather.com/
The bottom line is that yes, we realize no one wants to see a tropical blob in the Gulf of Mexico. However, this one likely carries a minimal threat, and we expect the region to really begin to dry out on Sunday. We'll have more in the morning.
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. The National Hurricane Center gives the system a 40 percent chance of becoming a depression before moving into Texas tonight. Even so, we don't think it will change our forecast much. If that changes, we will of course update later today.
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The city of Houston and Harris County won't receive a single cent from $1 billion in federal funds that communities could apply for and use for flood mitigation projects related to Hurricane Harvey.
The Texas General Land Office will make the formal announcement on Friday, but on Thursday it told 13 Investigates it has already met with Houston and Harris County to let them know they were not awarded any funds.
atmtws said:
Good. They've already proven they can't manage these funds after Ike and Harvey. Let the Feds manage these projects. The city is joke with them. They also want to create a "Gulf Coast Protection District".
https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB1160/2021
Do we not recall our water bills doubling to support drainage projects that reached their zenith with the city asking citizens to clean out storm drains by hand?atmtws said:
Good. They've already proven they can't manage these funds after Ike and Harvey. Let the Feds manage these projects. The city is joke with them. They also want to create a "Gulf Coast Protection District".
https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB1160/2021
WHATEVER YOU DO, SAVE THE CARTV8Aggie said:
Whelps guys weekend at the beach house should be interesting.
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Harris County said it was not contacted about the technical errors and thus were not able to correct their application.
Harris County's submittal was poorly done and probably assumed that they would automatically get the money without any trying or effort. The errors caused them to score very low in the formula. The state didn't want to open pandora's box where Houston and Harris get to redo their bids without every community getting another shot. The formula isn't even the states, but the Feds.Quote:
No new applications will be accepted, but the GLO said it will consider changing its scoring formula. The formula has been in place since 2019 and HUD approval will be needed in order to change it.
Exactly. We all have issues with Dora and Sly but the GLO bending over the residents and businesses in Harris County and Houston is all kinds of ****ed up.Diggity said:
No matter how little you think of CoH and Harris County, the area that got the majority of the flood damage getting zero dollars from this pool because of alleged "clerical errors" is pretty silly.
Sounds like it amounts to partisan politics. Big surprise.
A bit better looking this morning with low level center having formed, but a lot of negative factors for development. Regardless if it becomes a TD or weak TS, minimal impacts of rain, wind, and tides expected #houwx #txwx pic.twitter.com/fmgzp43tXX
— Jeff Lindner (@JeffLindner1) May 21, 2021
Teddy Perkins said:Exactly. We all have issues with Dora and Sly but the GLO bending over the residents and businesses in Harris County and Houston is all kinds of ****ed up.Diggity said:
No matter how little you think of CoH and Harris County, the area that got the majority of the flood damage getting zero dollars from this pool because of alleged "clerical errors" is pretty silly.
Sounds like it amounts to partisan politics. Big surprise.
While I agree that common sense would probably be good, there is something to be said for do your job right the first time COH/Harris County. In private business, you have to do it right or you don't get what you want, I'd expect the same for government entitiesDiggity said:
Common sense has to be introduced at some point. Everyone knows that our area got the brunt of the damage so I would expect that when it came up that these "metrics" resulted in zero dollars being allocated to COH/Harris County, I think some discretion could have been used. I know it's asking a lot.
Being capable of doing the job right is pretty far down the list of hiring criteria for the city and county these days. Lots of demographic considerations and political allegiances come in way higher in importance on deciding who to hire.gougler08 said:While I agree that common sense would probably be good, there is something to be said for do your job right the first time COH/Harris County. In private business, you have to do it right or you don't get what you want, I'd expect the same for government entitiesDiggity said:
Common sense has to be introduced at some point. Everyone knows that our area got the brunt of the damage so I would expect that when it came up that these "metrics" resulted in zero dollars being allocated to COH/Harris County, I think some discretion could have been used. I know it's asking a lot.
It got cancelled.Harry Lime said:
What ended up happening with the Kyle Field 100 or whatever they did this year?
Screwing up lots of other plans for outdoor activities this wknd. But WE NEED THE RAIN!!!
No desire for any new district to be created, that just means more government bureaucracy and probably taxes at some point that won't do a damn bit of good.atmtws said:
Good. They've already proven they can't manage these funds after Ike and Harvey. Let the Feds manage these projects. The city is joke with them. They also want to create a "Gulf Coast Protection District".
https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB1160/2021
It's not partisan politics, it's Harris County failing to do what apparently a whole lot of other places were capable of doing - filling out the correct paperwork and providing a submittal that demonstrated the need.Diggity said:
No matter how little you think of CoH and Harris County, the area that got the majority of the flood damage getting zero dollars from this pool because of alleged "clerical errors" is pretty silly.
Sounds like it amounts to partisan politics. Big surprise.
Seabreeze said:
Yep.
Not gonna lie. Probably would.