How's it going in Houston now James?

I'm not James, but I do play one in my own mind.

It's not raining just this second at my place. We have had rain off and on all day, but nothing crazy yet. Outside of my window diagonally across the intersection there are three four-story homes being built. The crews showed up this morning and are still there taking down the scaffolding that's around all 3 homes.

I don't think Houston is going to start getting hammered until tonight. (well, I'm sure some folks have started already...) It the folks south of Houston that are probably getting it now.

My little sister in law lives in Houston, she and her new husband are supposed to be flying to Greece today on their honeymoon. She's still hoping to get out of IAH, their plan B would be to drive to DFW. The only catch, she said that the drive from Houston to Dallas is currently about 22 hours because of evacuations.:eek:

1.5 Olympic pools per acre? --Yikes!

Quick, every one in Houston put up above ground pools and let them fill. Or build an arc. Sheesh.

Sorry, I knew that didn't look right but trusted my HP41... SmileWavy

The eye is calm....many times they follow the gulf stream up the east coast with the GS fueling it the whole way, and the most devastating part of the storm is over landfall even though the eye may stay offshore. Stupid rule :)

Don't EVEN try to tell the folks up north that Sandy didn't hit the mainland....did I say it was a stupid rule :)?

Sandy was not a hurricane.

Say what....must've been "fake news" :)

It didn't go through SmileWavy

Sandy wasn't even a tropical storm when it had landfall! SmileWavy

Flights are taking off just fine. The issue has been cancellations from other areas. international flights are fine.

Storm is going to be hard to predict past landfall. There are almost no steering currents and so each model gloms onto some slight aspect. The issue everyone agrees, the storm stalls for several days southwest of Houston, which will pump lots of moisture in here. If you are in a flood prone area, you will flood.

She sure was a hurricane in the south Atlantic...now technically, you guys may be right....but that's like saying last year's Hurricane Matthew didn't hit NC 'cause the eye was offshore....damn pit knickers :)

I know one thing for sure....the technical definitions don't matter if you're in the middle of one....they're freakin' hurricanes in my world :)

Sandy was a post-tropical cyclone, it has dropped below Tropical Storm status before it crossed into New Jersey.

Harvey, making landfall right now, is a CAT 4, which is stronger than Katrina, which was a CAT 3.

Comparisons are being made to IKE, which hit Houston in 2008. While IKE was a CAT 2 from winds, it was the 3rd largest on record at the time. The NWS was considering changing the "CAT" system to an energy model because of IKE.

I was in Houston for Alicia in 1983, which spring up out of the Gulf, with virtually no warning. It was a CAT 3.

Harvey is bad for Houston, since we are on the North-East side of the storm, which is where the wind and water are the worst.

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Hey James, I'm James too, apparently my PM did not go through. Was a bit panicked earlier about what to do w my 930 in case of rising water. All is well with the car, a dealer of collector cars near my house helped me out and found a place to put it upstairs at his place. I'm near I10 and the BW off of Briar Forest and although water has never been an issue, this storm is different. Lost of areas around me flood, I've been lucky in the 14 years I've been in this house but not too sure about this time around.

Anyway hope all is well and hope that we all dodge a bullet. Stay safe.

Actually, we're close by. West of the BW at West Little York. Glad you found a place. I would say ANY of the above ground parking garages would be OK.

Might be a good time to visit the NW.

I have an office off loop 8 and 59 - its been flooded twice in as many years, at least 2 feet of water each time. I don't keep anything of value there. Hay, the upside is another new desk and chair!

So far. We've had about 10% of the prediction. The majority of the rain is supposed to be Sunday-Tuesday.