Weatherbell Daily update

WeatherBell ^ | August 24,2017 | Joe Bastardi

[Hojczyk]

Daily Update

[Hojczyk]

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[Ron/GA]

Weatherbell only gives a daily update on their Facebook page:
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[Rebelbase]

Negative.

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[Rebelbase]

The water is boiling between the current position of this storm and the TX coast which has the possibility for rapid, Camille like intensification.

A Cat 3 is possible, IMO. The effects of lingering around TX for five days will will be catastrophic.

[Ron/GA]

I stand corrected.
When they went to this new website design a year or so ago, I could only find it on Facebook. Probably user error.

[BlueDragon]

Looks like somebody we know may have to break out the lawn de-watering shovels again.

On the bright side, lawn camping fees have possibly been reduced?

What am I talking about?..gunner never charged a fee for camping in his yard in the past, why, he even stocks his fridge with beer, for everybody.

Rafts not included with campsites, Aug. 26 - 30. Bring your own water wings.

Ain't that right, gunner? Gunner? Hello?

Ok everybody -- he must have gone to the store for more beer. Again. He'll be back. Let's all drink what's left in the fridge to make sure there's plenty of room for the replacements.

[Sequoyah101]

I was waiting for this post. Don’t live there anymore but have good friends in harms way so still interested to see what the forecast is and what happens.

Looks like Joe is moderating his expectations for Galveston Bay Basin some from earlier this week. Not a lot but some certainty has been reduced and he has reduced rainfall expectations from that high of 32.5 inches! 17 or so was Allison so a 20 is awfully bad enough.

Thanks.

[humblegunner]

Meh.
Hurricane Ike landed smack on top of my barn.. and wrecked it..
but the house survived. I reckon the yard might flood but hell,
that’s three or four times a year anyway.

Sittin’ on the steps shooting at any snakes that try to come and sit with
me and drink up my beer has become a tradition around here.

I might even have hit one once, who knows...

[BlueDragon]

I was thinking you may have to get a bigger truck to carry the beer the campers will be drinking.

Maybe I should ask -- you do have a boat, don't you? It would really suck to be stuck there in tents floating on rafts -- with no beer.

Could you bring us some ice too? Nobody likes floating around in a tent on raft drinking warm beer.

[humblegunner]

Boat’s too small for everybody, but them trash bags
full of empty cans float pretty good for thirty or
forty minutes or so.

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

Pardon my ignorance but is there some way I’m suppose to see/use information on this site????? This is the 3rd (or more) post about weather something or other but when I go there there is nothing. :<(((((

[BlueDragon]

Boat’s too small for everybody, but them trash bags full of empty cans float pretty good for thirty or forty minutes or so.

I didn't think of that. Actually I was thinking about you going to the store in your little boat -- for more beer. It only has to be big enough to carry plenty of beer. That's what I was thinking...anyhow...but you point out a pretty good possibility. You're a handy guy to have around -- you know that? The kind who effortlessly thinks about the possibilities...

But now you got me to thinking.

How far away is the nearest beer store? One that has good prices. I like beer, but don't like spending money I don't have to. I mean, we know you'll always be bringing plenty for everybody whenever you come back from wherever it is you go when you leave home, but waiting around for more beer to arrive a guy can get powerful thirsty.

We campers, when you're away at work, or wherever it is you go, could float all the way there (to a beer store) and back, if I could get somebody to help me row that barge?

If downwind on the coming-back tack, that would be helpful. Blue tarps can work as downwinders, you know? Tyvek HoweWrap works even better, temporarily. Don't ask me how I know this, it's one of those sailor's secrets kind of things...

Downwind on the way back to the campground puddles would be good for crew morale too, I would think. Sit back, drink a couple, or a few on the way back (myself drink a couple, or a few anyhow, the crew ---they'd be holding up corners of the tarp, following my orders, of course). I could steer with an oar off the stern. That would be the back part of the beer-can trash-bag raft/barge, for those of you Rio Linda...

It's too bad beer doesn't come in resealable plastic bottles though. If it did, we could widen the area covered in search of more beer (at better prices!).

Add a couple of oarlocks, step a mast for sailing, and we could have ourselves a fine 'ol time. We could even stop by a Walmart on the way back (if their parking lot was flooded enough, or there was a creek next to it) and pick up a new mailbox for you. Maybe a few mailboxes... so we could shoot, and blow up some of them too ---like we're going to do with the old one so that we can sell commemorative t-shirts in honor of the event, and participants (and get more Beer money).

Ah -- ammo! a little more ammo is always good too! Glad I thought of that...

[BlueDragon]

If you had to evacuate (or will soon) be sure to stock up on beer for the looters. Lootin’ is thirsty work. Ask any pirate.