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Tropical Storm Edouard churns toward Galveston Island
Galveston Daily News Texas' Oldest Newspaper: Since 1842 ^ | Published August 3, 2008 | By TJ Aulds

Posted on 08/03/2008 6:26:11 PM PDT by BellStar

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To: Texas Songwriter
When Rita came through I stayed here. Almost evacuated toward your direction. Glad I did not. I was surprised at the massive damage from Rita. Hope the Boardwalk makes it! I make my living off the visitors who come here to Kemah and come to my Kemah website first. Mr. Fertitta has been a blessing to many of us. The Boardwalk is great too. I always stay in all the storms to get the pictures.
41 posted on 08/03/2008 10:40:09 PM PDT by BellStar (Human Beings are proof...God has a sense of humor!)
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To: BellStar
Tropical Storm EDOUARD
2km Storm Relative IR Imagery with BD Enhancement Curve
Getting a little bigger and more organized it would appear. NOAA Satellite.
42 posted on 08/03/2008 11:03:19 PM PDT by BellStar (Human Beings are proof...God has a sense of humor!)
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To: BellStar
HEY!! Maybe all the Katrina "victims" can move the h#ll back to Louisiana and get out of the Houston area.....dang Bush/Rove weather machine.....I can't wait till 10-20 years have passed and they're still whining about how they got "devastated".

Losers...

43 posted on 08/03/2008 11:50:20 PM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: Dick Vomer

"10-20 years have passed and they're still whining about how they got "devastated".

Whining not withstanding, you don't think that people were devastated? People who evacuated and had to wait for a month to come back, who were lucky enough to have still have jobs and homes to which to return ,who cleaned up and rebuilt and went on with their lives, even they were devastated. I can only imagine what it was like to have to leave your hometown knowing you had lost what little you had. I have no sympathy for the ingrates among the Katrina victims, I do however feel real compassion for those cast adrift by circumstances beyond their control.

44 posted on 08/04/2008 4:04:47 AM PDT by Mila
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To: humblegunner; Eaker; TheMom; eastforker; pax_et_bonum; thackney; Xenalyte

Y’all need the rain anyway, right?


45 posted on 08/04/2008 4:07:50 AM PDT by Allegra (Goodness me, goodness me, industrial disease...)
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To: BellStar

Stay safe my FRiend, keep us update if you can.....


46 posted on 08/04/2008 4:11:59 AM PDT by rockabyebaby (PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR INFIDEL STEPHENJOHNBANKER)
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To: Mila
I do however feel real compassion for those cast adrift by circumstances beyond their control.....

I lived in Corpus Christi Texas while my dad was recovering at the Naval Air Station during Buelah and went swimming down the street and in the back yard.

A couple of years ago I lived in Punta Gorda and Hurricane Charley destroyed our house......

My family and I did the same thing our family did in Texas........ we picked up, rebuilt and moved on.

It's life, deal with it. My kids kept looking at the tv when Katrina hit and afterwards made comments about "what are they doing?" and "why didn't they pick up all the stuff." " I told them that some people pick up for themselves and others wait around and are lazy in order for others to pick up........ just like real life. Some people are lazy and some aren't. Make sure that your not one of the lazy ones. That's what family and friends are for."

47 posted on 08/04/2008 5:23:22 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: Allegra; humblegunner; Eaker; TheMom; eastforker; thackney; Xenalyte

The rain will be nice but getting ready for this stupid storm is a pain.


48 posted on 08/04/2008 6:11:03 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (That midget hates it when I do that.)
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To: Dysart

“Hurricane Dance”...sounds like a good idea. I think I can get several of my neighbors here in Austin to join me.

Settle down, Eddie...leave all that damaging wind out in the Gulf and bring us the rain!!


49 posted on 08/04/2008 9:48:02 AM PDT by CarolTX (Onward through the fog)
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To: pax_et_bonum

Are you in an area that typically floods when it rains?


50 posted on 08/04/2008 9:49:18 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

No, but I’ve learned from growing up on the east side of Houston in the Burnett Bay/San Jacinto River area that we get near-maximum winds when a storm comes in at the Houston/Galveston area. As far as winds go, being even a few miles inland makes a big difference.

Also, the bay is our backyard and this house has lots of glass so I’m bringing in everything which could be a projectile.

Not boarding up or anything like that, but it would be silly not to be prepared for high winds and the possibllity of no electricity for a while.


51 posted on 08/04/2008 9:55:50 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (That midget hates it when I do that.)
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To: pax_et_bonum

I’m not as familiar with the area on the east side but I see where it floods so easily in certain parts of Houston. Glad you aren’t in that area but yes, even in Fort Bend County, I’m planning to move my grill and remove anything that might fly toward a window!


52 posted on 08/04/2008 9:58:27 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (It's the Vast Wright Wing Conspiracy - labeling all whites as racist.)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Let’s try not to work too hard in this heat!

Hopefully, we’ll be finished with these preparations and back here visiting tonight!

:-)


53 posted on 08/04/2008 10:03:23 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (That midget hates it when I do that.)
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To: BellStar

Sorry about that - I’m old and details get out of focus sometimes but you knew what I was talking about. It’s an awesome ride anyway, fish or foul, Boss or Beast! Thank you!


54 posted on 08/04/2008 12:02:03 PM PDT by Grams A
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To: BellStar

Watch the storm and the waves come in on the Galveston beach and wave cams.

http://www.galveston.com/webcams/


55 posted on 08/04/2008 12:50:49 PM PDT by avacado
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To: avacado

It looks like a beautiful, calm day in Galveston. Calm before the storm I guess. Ed better hurry up if he’s going to arrive by morning...


56 posted on 08/04/2008 1:42:41 PM PDT by 38special (I mean come on.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Thanx, were used to tropical storms here in Houston. This is a tiny storm in comparison.

Ya never know though, it could always stall before making landfall and strengthen or stall over land and rain twenty inches.

Last tropical storm here was Allison, it came through, then circled back around and came back.

Rained 33 inches in 24 hours, flooded the Houston area.....real bad.

Thanx again.

57 posted on 08/04/2008 1:48:39 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: TheBattman

“Also - as close as it developed to the coast, it seems rather odd that it is strengthening so much”

It’s very much like Alicia in 1983.That one formed quickly and came through quickly also. It didn’t linger and drop huge amounts of rain. Lots of wind damage from 100 mph winds and numerous tornadoes spawned. We were spared the flooding from rain for the most part


58 posted on 08/04/2008 3:22:52 PM PDT by Figment ("A communist is someone who reads Marx.An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx" R Reagan)
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To: servantboy777; GulfBreeze

I hope we do not get a repeat of that...I’ll settle for a nice gusty night with some rain in the morning...

For all intents and purposes, it looks like its going to move slowly through the area and deposit some moisture on us...

I stood outside this evening in the front yard, walked down to the Beamer drainage ditch 2 blocks over, and took it all in...

The ground is dry, it’ll take a lot of water to saturate us into a situation that may give us a little problem...

What I don;t get is the fact that you can voice your concern, based upon experience with your employer, and they look at you like your an idiot...

Why do you need to stay at home??? WE got all this work for you that needs to be done...

blah blah blah...I’ll take a day of vacation then...Not like I want to get paid for a little wind and rain...Geesh, if they only knew the history and what we went thru in June 2001...

I’ll check back in tomorrow...Ya’ll be cool...


59 posted on 08/04/2008 6:06:38 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: avacado
I am a photojournalist. I will be at the Boardwalk and on the Kemah waterfront clicking away. Hope others will watch that link. Great post.
60 posted on 08/04/2008 6:21:50 PM PDT by BellStar (Human Beings are proof...God has a sense of humor!)
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