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On 7/23/2020 at 11:14 AM, Dnaguy said:

 

A thick 1"?

It’s like a tuna can 

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Looks like the cattle on the King Ranch need to go find shelter.  
 

I wonder if they will shut down the Border Patrol checkpoint at Sarita?  

Looks like I won a night with South Austin’s mom. Good?

35 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

Looks like I won a night with South Austin’s mom. Good?

Not yet, keemosabe.

Great chance today of passing showers (they're already on the radar).  Certainly not the drenching rains that could have come, but we will see a few periods of rain around here.  Bet is that measurable rain has to fall anywhere in TravCo associated with this storm (basically today through Sunday, I'll even toss out Monday because I'm such a nice guy)- that counts.  I'm lubing up as we speak (and putting on my hazmat suit now).

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Hanna going apeshit on the coast right now, if it had another day it would probably landfall as a major.

Well, I guess I'll have to go water my plants. 

Pretty amazing to watch this thing ramp up like it did.  Everyone stay safe, keep at least 6' away from any hurricanes. 

NHC saying this has another 10-12 hours over water, fuck

4 minutes ago, Calihorn said:

NHC saying this has another 10-12 hours over water, fuck

Just saw that. Not good.  It can’t make a cat2 can?   
 

I guess the positive is that it didn’t stall over land and pull a Harvey. 

6 minutes ago, Xian said:

Just saw that. Not good.  It can’t make a cat2 can?   
 

I guess the positive is that it didn’t stall over land and pull a Harvey. 

It can now

I’m pretty impressed. 16 years of living in Port A and this is about as bad as I’ve seen (other than Harvey obviously). Center is way offshore and south of us but we are getting some pretty strong bands already. I bet it makes cat2 by landfall.

15 hours ago, Paco said:

I'm here. My hurricane correspondent career starts tomorrow. Yay.

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Post your Periscope link after you tie yourself to a pole.

Rgv seems very very quiet right now for that eye being so close.

We are down in Port A for the weekend. Came down on Thursday before things started to get bad. Not too bad so far. Drove down to the marina about 30 min ago and the boat ramps are still accessible.

armstrong ranch going to get hammered, more cattle than people in that county 

look forward to dove and quail hunts out there. they usually get these rains the day before dove season opens 

So now the rain hurts.

3 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Not yet, keemosabe.

Great chance today of passing showers (they're already on the radar).  Certainly not the drenching rains that could have come, but we will see a few periods of rain around here.  Bet is that measurable rain has to fall anywhere in TravCo associated with this storm (basically today through Sunday, I'll even toss out Monday because I'm such a nice guy)- that counts.  I'm lubing up as we speak (and putting on my hazmat suit now).

Get ready, South Austin's mom!
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(another bigger band coming in today, maybe 1 tomorrow, and we're done).

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2 hours ago, 1978horn said:

We are down in Port A for the weekend. Came down on Thursday before things started to get bad. Not too bad so far. Drove down to the marina about 30 min ago and the boat ramps are still accessible.

Keep us up to date.  I'm tentatively headed down there on Monday (Sea Gull).

2 hours ago, 1978horn said:

We are down in Port A for the weekend. Came down on Thursday before things started to get bad. Not too bad so far. Drove down to the marina about 30 min ago and the boat ramps are still accessible.

Any high water on the Gulf side?  Around 11th and 12th streets?  Was there any noticeable storm surge?

Water was way up against the dunes and took out some of the lower portions of the boardwalks, but no it’s nowhere near 11th or 12th. Marina parking lots around Virginia’s flooded pretty good but no real damage. Got a few more hours to go but looks like there’s almost no lasting damage from wind or water.

Winds are not too bad on my side of town.   Kind of reminds of a strong cold front during he winter months.   Based on the radar trends I expect the worse later this evening.  

Keep us up to date.  I'm tentatively headed down there on Monday (Sea Gull).


Power went out about 2 hours ago. The ferry’s are still running. The water was up to the dunes, but from what I saw last it hasn’t gotten past that.

4 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Get ready, South Austin's mom!
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(another bigger band coming in today, maybe 1 tomorrow, and we're done).

Ha. I’m going to stand outside with a cup as this band passes. We’ll see if I catch anything. Now you might from South Austin’s mom

Hope everyone is doing okay down there, bigger storm than what was expected, hoping it didnt catch many off-guard. 

Still not a big deal in Port A where I’m at. Power came back on after a few hours and we are grilling fajitas in the wind!

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Power went off again around 7:30 for us. Still off and a street a couple blocks away flooded pretty good, but seems to have receded now. Had a tornado warning, but mostly just a shit ton of wind and no rain.

 

1 hour ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Posted on the Port A thread, apparently Bob Hall Pier couldn’t take the length.  The T at the end is gone.

 

4 hours ago, 1978horn said:

Still not a big deal in Port A where I’m at. Power came back on after a few hours and we are grilling fajitas in the wind!

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Ha. Hopefully you weren’t still grilling when that last band came in. I’ve got good video but not enough internet to upload it yet.

Considering Port A is about 90 miles away from landfall, that was a pretty strong cat 1, at least around lunchtime and then late evening. Surprised me.

Lost power on NPI around midnight. Made through that whole damn day and that bitch whipped her ass end and fucked shit up on her way out.

Power still out in Port A. We just left and had no issues getting back to mainland via 361. Although we stopped at the first whataburger that had power and the line is onto the access road, but we need food before the kids start eating each other.

Had our trampoline catapult our 8 foot cedar fence and end up in our front yard in McAllen. Also had a section of our driveway gate get blown out.  Lucky that trampoline didn’t do any damage. 

20 minutes ago, Calihorn said:

Hawaii about to be hit by a hurricane

So chances it hits Alabama...strong to moderately strong?  

That's crazy, that Douglas would be only the third hurricane to directly hit Hawaii's islands since at least WWII, possibly earlier than that.  

1 minute ago, Lobo said:

So chances it hits Alabama...strong to moderately strong?  

That's crazy, that Douglas would be only the third hurricane to directly hit Hawaii's islands since at least WWII, possibly earlier than that.  

Most of the time they're falling apart by the time they even reach Hawaii. Douglas managed to hang on some how

Andy went to pieces?  

My manhood being questioned since I don't have any desire to go to Port A for R&R tomorrow morning.  So therefore, now I have to go.

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So the relocation of the center southward makes a possible run at the gulf more likely?

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On 7/26/2020 at 1:50 PM, Lobo said:

 

That's crazy, that Douglas would be only the third hurricane to directly hit Hawaii's islands since at least WWII, possibly earlier than that.  

Well, yeah, but none of those other years were...2020.

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