Hurricane Alex

NOAA/NHC ^ | 29 June 2010 | NOAA/NHC

[Rebelbase]

Thanks for the ping!

[SouthTexas]

Raining this morning...duh. LOL

[prairiebreeze]

Thanks, NN. God bless Texas! And all those in the path of the storm.

[Ditter]

I don't know where you live but a Cat 2 hurricane can cause a lot of damage. Galveston and places along the coast were devastated, homes destroyed. Galveston lost all its century + oak trees because salt water covered the roots. Houston is 50 miles from the coast and we were devastated. Huge trees blown down in my yard and all over town. No electricity, traffic lights, gasoline pumps, fresh food/milk in the stores for 2 weeks. Some places electricity was off longer. Ike was a devastating Cat 2 hurricane.

[NautiNurse]

[SouthTexas]

NHC should be quite pleased with their tracking on this one, so far anyway.

Heard on the radio yesterday that 30% of the storms make landfall OUT of the forecasted cone.

[brytlea]

I kind of think they shouldn’t give cute names like Alex to hurricanes.

[dfwgator]

They should use names like Muhammed and Achmed.

[NautiNurse]

I kind of think they shouldn’t give cute names like Alex to hurricanes.

Take it up with Sheila Jackson Lee. She claims discrimination because Shaniqua, Duwayne or Plaxico aren't included in the hurricane name list.

[mstar]

and there she goes.

Anyone on the thread near the area of projected landfall? Will continue to pray.

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Alex sustained winds 80 mph; forecast to strengthen
prior to landfall. Sea surface temp 84.4ºF.
Hurricane force winds extend 60 miles and tropical storm force
winds extend 200 miles from the center.

Pressure oscillating between 958-961 mb. Moving NW at 7 mph. 190 miles
SE of Brownsville.

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[girlscout]

You think it was bad in Ohio - you should have seen it in Houston!

Amen to that! The rebuild of coastal homes in Seabrook [in between Houston and Galveston] still continues today.

[WestCoastGal]

JimCantore

Impressive banding features with Alex coming onshore now means HVY rain wind w/ local flooding and power outages. CAUSEWAY BRIDGE STILL OPEN

[brytlea]

LOL

[brytlea]

I’m going to bite my tongue about Duwayne but Plaxico is a name I could get behind!

[NautiNurse]

LOL!

[NautiNurse]

At 1021 am CDT National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
tornado 9 miles west of Port Isabel... moving southwest at 50 mph.

The tornado will be near...
del Mar Heights.
Brownsville.
Rancho Viejo.

In addition to the tornado... wind gusts near 60 mph will also be
possible.

[Jedidah]

Ditter, I’m a Texan. Of course I know how devastating Ike was. Family members were affected, both my adult children and my siblings.

My point was not to belittle the storm’s impact but rather to point out that “only a Cat 2” can do tremendous damage.

Tropical Storm Allison, not even a hurricane, ruined Houston in 2001. Perhaps you were there?

Sorry if you misunderstood the intent of my remark. Texas weather is NEVER to be taken lightly. :-/

[NautiNurse]

CAUSEWAY BRIDGE STILL OPEN

Bumpy travel over the bridge. At 7:55 this morning:

AWOS station on South Padre Island at heliport near
convention center reported north winds of 34 knots
gusting to 45 knots... 39mph gusting to 52mph.

[WestCoastGal]

Tornado damage reported in Port Isabel. Fence, trees down near Hwy. 100 and Messina St.