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Jims5543 08-30-2017 05:45 PM

I never saw that screen shot in your video Enzo, did I blink maybe?

pavulon 08-30-2017 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 9720353)
I was wondering about the Porsche carnage in Houston. Lots of Pcars down there. I imagine the older cars can be restored, but can the newer ones with tons of electronics be brought back to reliable service?

Isn't Victory Motors in Houston?

masraum 08-30-2017 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pavulon (Post 9721013)
Isn't Victory Motors in Houston?

Yep

Joe Bob 08-31-2017 04:16 PM

Dickheads in France.....

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/31/charlie-hebdo-cover-portraying-harvey-victims-as-neo-nazis-shocks-twitter-evil/23192506/

onewhippedpuppy 08-31-2017 05:08 PM

Is it possible to surrender to a hurricane?

pavulon 08-31-2017 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 9721029)
Yep

The fall out from that place should be interesting.

red-beard 08-31-2017 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by slow&rusty (Post 9720025)
James where do you live?

East of Eldridge, just of West Little York.

red-beard 08-31-2017 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 9720049)
Anybody know anything about the Missouri City/Stafford area? I have a friend who lives in the New Territory development who was posting about shooting snakes and gators off his back porch on Monday. Nobody has heard from him since. I know there is a bayou about two blocks from his house I guess in normal times that would be a good thing. Now, I do not know.

Initially, that area was hard hit by spin-off tornadoes. Now the water is going downstream and enveloping them. Really bad.

KFC911 09-01-2017 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by red-beard (Post 9722335)
Initially, that area was hard hit by spin-off tornadoes. Now the water is going downstream and enveloping them. Really bad.

If it's like a lot of huge rain events, rivers, creeks, etc. will continue to rise for a while...it ain't over for some. Everyone actually....after the shock of what ocurred...the LONG cleanup, rebuilding begins. I assume it's still summertime there....heat, mold, etc. Best wishes to all of you....

Jolly Amaranto 09-01-2017 04:08 AM

Mosquitos, don't forget the hordes of mosquitos. My son came by the house yesterday to "steal" my van. His car was flooded Saturday night. He could not go in the back yard without getting mobbed.

KFC911 09-01-2017 04:21 AM

^^^^ I didn't forget 'em...skeeters are a given :(.

One other thing....a pic posted earlier had someone wearing no shoes...bad idea. Floods bring out the nasty crap....even a tiny cut can mess you up....BAD! Be safe...and smart....

wdfifteen 09-01-2017 04:25 AM

Learned yesterday that my friends in New Territory were evacuated. Info is sketchy and I don't know where they were evacuated to, but word is they are safe.
Which raises a question, where are all the refugees going to go? They can't stay in shelters for months, and they're saying it will take months or years for homes in Houston to be habitable.

masraum 09-01-2017 04:48 AM

Another problem that we've had before and I'm sure will happen this time is a lot of hack contractors come out of the woodwork whether they are local or from someplace else. They come in and fix things but do a crappy job with no permits and without following code, if they even finish the jobs. Lots of them will ask for money up front and then disappear with the jobs partially done. These guys need to get a serious pimp slappin, but usually they disappear into the wind just as quickly as they arrived.

Jolly Amaranto 09-01-2017 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 9722585)
Learned yesterday that my friends in New Territory were evacuated. Info is sketchy and I don't know where they were evacuated to, but word is they are safe.
Which raises a question, where are all the refugees going to go? They can't stay in shelters for months, and they're saying it will take months or years for homes in Houston to be habitable.

Well, after Katrina a great number of refugees came to Texas and settled. I have no idea where all of Harvey's refugees will end up, but it is likely many will move elsewhere.

And now the newest drama is the run on gasoline. First Dallas, then San Antonio went crazy. Everyone is hoarding gas and the stations are running out.

masraum 09-01-2017 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto (Post 9722620)
Well, after Katrina a great number of refugees came to Texas and settled. I have no idea where all of Harvy's refugees will end up, but it is likely many will move elsewhere.

And now the newest drama is the run on gasoline. First Dallas, then San Antonio went crazy. Everyone is hoarding gas and the stations are running out.

I heard that a station in Dallas was charging 9.99/gal. I have to assume that a big part of the gouging is trying to get people that evacuated and now want to get home or emergency responders/volunteers who are trying to get to Houston. I get supply and demand, but that's a bit much, and they need to be reported (gouging is illegal and they can face stiff fines, I believe)

red-beard 09-01-2017 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 9722700)
I heard that a station in Dallas was charging 9.99/gal. I have to assume that a big part of the gouging is trying to get people that evacuated and now want to get home or emergency responders/volunteers who are trying to get to Houston. I get supply and demand, but that's a bit much, and they need to be reported (gouging is illegal and they can face stiff fines, I believe)

That is illegal in Texas, it is easy to report price gouging in Texas.

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cpd/price-gouging

David 09-01-2017 06:15 AM

The fine for price gouging during a disaster in Texas is $20K unless they do it to someone who is 65 or older then it jumps to $250K.

wdfifteen 09-01-2017 06:23 AM

They are kind of vague about what constitutes "excessive pricing." This can be a slippery slope. The dealer can say the distributor is going to charge him $9.80 a gallon to replace his stock, the distributor is going to say Texas refineries are shut down and he has to get gas from California and they are charging him $8.80 a gallon. Who finally takes the hit?
I would hate to be a retailer and be forced to drain his tanks at $3 a gallon if it's going to cost him twice that to refill them.

Crowbob 09-01-2017 06:27 AM

A retailer refilling his tanks will not tak a hit no matter what he pays.

The consumer will.

Rikao4 09-01-2017 06:57 AM

Mom 'needed' to go to the store...
gas lines everywhere blocking traffic...
one place had a 20 buck limit..
next thing I see is a LEO getting grief from some Bubba in his high rise toy..
as he's going to get as much as he wants or needs..
nope..leave now or leave in my squad car!
he would have diesel smoked the place peeling out..
but all the traffic had him limping away..
every gas station on my way this am..
no gas...

Rika


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