[Black Wolf]

[WeatherOp]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
I'm just amazed. Has Houston ever been struck by a hurricane? It's bloody scary to see how the weather is changing.

Well, I don't know if Houston has ever took a direct hit, but Galvestion has, 1900, 8,000+ dead when a 22 foot storm surge sweept over the island..

[Black Wolf]

Originally posted by Sandwich
I 'like' how the guy writing for the Interdictor, who got trapped in the company's offices (they had generator power, supplies, etc). said that he'd be moving out of New Orleans... either to Florida or California. Wow. Such safe locations.

Well, he is planning on starting a disaster preparedness company. I doubt that'd make much money if he moved to Perth.

[Singh]

****. This is not good

My relatives live down at Houston. Fortunately, some of them are here in Singapore (or were), but I think my aunt is still there.

holy ****!

*goes to make phone calls

[MatthewPapa]

'78 houston took a bad hit, power and water was out for like 2 weeks
'98 tropical storm allison dumped a ****load of water (like at least 18 inches i think) and flooded many areas

fortunately i live on rather high, well drained ground, so theoretically I should be OK but Im leaving for austin tommorow to stay with some relatives just in case. Im also taking my recently built uber-computer with me because I just spent like 1k building it and god forbid anything happen to it.....

bottom line tho, galveston is gona get r4ped in the as(s). Their storm wall (a very innovative form of protection btw) is only like 15-20 feet tall and if the storm surge surpasses that, which it probably will, the whole island will go to hell. you would have to be some kind of retarded to stay in galveston right now.

[WeatherOp]

Originally posted by MatthewPapa
you would have to be some kind of retarded to stay in galveston right now.

People will, I just hope it does't make landfall in Houston as a Cat.5 and in it's north eyewall. I hope all of the evacuees have got out of the Astrodome.

[vyper]

1) If you can, get the **** out
2) if you can't, hang on for god's sake

[aldo_14]

I said it in the other thread, but my cousin lives in (the north, apparently) Houston.  He and his wife work at a hospital (that sent choppers to New Orleans.  Except they were shot at, so they had to go back).  So hopefully they'll be ok, and not see too much extra work.

[achtung]

Good luck to you stealth and matthew.  

Messed up thing is a bunch of katrina refugees were sent there, or were  they, I can't remember.

[Scuddie]

My cousin is part of Salvation Army, and she went to San Antonio just this morning.  I don't envy her right now...  If it isn't Rita that will cause chaos in San Antonio, it will be the refugees from Houston.  This does not look good.

[Corsair]

Originally posted by Swantz
Good luck to you stealth and matthew.  

Messed up thing is a bunch of katrina refugees were sent there, or were  they, I can't remember.

Yeah, that's what I was about to say. Somebody's got a serious vendetta against those folks from New Orleans.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by MatthewPapa
'78 houston took a bad hit, power and water was out for like 2 weeks
'98 tropical storm allison dumped a ****load of water (like at least 18 inches i think) and flooded many areas
 

yeah there was the 1983 hurricane (CAT4 i believe) that hit Houston H-A-R-D... did a bunch of damage.  then Allison in 2001 was just a joke compared to what this is going to be (hurricane >>>> tropical storm).  only thing Allison did was rain a lot.  this isn't even going to compare.  

i'm seriously considering the prospect of losing our house.  i've taken pictures of it already.  we live in a heavily wooded area, and just one tree on the house is all it takes.  of course it's insured, but it'll still never be the same.  it's sad.  i hate change, but i'm almost positive this is going to kill our house

People will, I just hope it does't make landfall in Houston as a Cat.5 and in it's north eyewall. I hope all of the evacuees have got out of the Astrodome.

well once it hits land it'll start weakening... i'm thinking it'll probably be a cat4 by the time it hits us, but still scary.



looking here tonight, it seems like just a regular night.  sky's perfect, weather feels great.

48 hours from now there's going to be trees falling, and 180+ MPH winds.  not looking forward to it

[Stealth]

what the heck Matthew, how come you never talk to me or respond to my PMs nowadays?  is it because i'm not 100% conservative?

[WeatherOp]

Winds will be raised to 175mph on next advisory, if you live in Houston, you need to get out, as Houston looks to take the right front quad, with the strongest winds.

[Janos]

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!

[BlackDove]

God willing.

[Scuddie]

If the winds will be that powerful, I imagine Houston no longer being the smoggiest city in the US...

[redsniper]

Well, I'm heading to San Antonio guys. I may be without internet for a while, but I'll be back. This is redsniper signing off. :arr:

[übermetroid]

lol...  I'm going to San Antonio also, (AF Basic).  Should be a fun time with all the trouble!

[MatthewPapa]

jesus christ, i made it to austin in 7 hours, more than twice as long as it should have taken. man that was crazy, so many cars, people running out of gas. we were one of the lucky ones though because we took mostly backroads. well, at least i made it out....