Posted on 08/26/2017 4:39:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport TX about 10:00PM CDT Friday night. Top sustained winds were 130mph. Rockport High School sustained heavy damage when a portion of the roof collapsed. A senior housing complex collapsed. The Rockport courthouse sustained major damage with “a cargo trailer halfway in the building.” Multiple tornadoes reported in the Houston/Galveston areas. There are reports of scattered structural fires and a shooting was reported in Corpus Christi. Residents along the San Bernard River were advised to evacuate and most TX Gulf coast counties are under flash flood watches.
Many locations are under a boil-water notice. Power outages are widespread. President Donald Trump promptly granted a Disaster Declaration to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request. More than 700 members of the Texas Army and Air National Guards, Texas State Guard and the Texas Military Department have been activated and are positioning themselves throughout the state ahead of Hurricane Harvey and its anticipated landfall later this week. Ahead of the storm, FEMA sent supplies from its warehouse in Fort Worth to a staging point at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio.
Mash image to find lots of satellite imagery links
Public Advisories
Severe Weather Watches and Warnings TX
NHC Discussions
NHC Local Hurricane Statements Corpus Christi
NHC Local Hurricane Statements Galveston
Buoy Data near Harvey
Thread I: Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Harvey Approaches Texas Gulf Coast
Yep. We've had our cabin booked for months now. Our two youngest boys will be with us, and our daughter may even come with her boyfriend.
All of the kids have firearms they've been itching to shoot.
Here’s a question that maybe the locals can answer: Were exceptions to the shelter in place recommendation made for assisted living and/or skilled nursing facilities. If not, then there’s a really good chance folks there are at risk. Especially if the people running the facilities trusted their local officials.
Tropical Storm Harvey Discussion Number 29
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
1000 AM CDT Sun Aug 27 2017
Harvey continues to meander over southeastern Texas, where it
is producing catastrophic and life-threatening flooding rainfall.
NWS radars show that bands of deep convection continue to develop
over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and train over portions of
southeastern Texas, including the Houston/Galveston metropolitan
area. Rainfall amounts greater than 20-25 inches have already been
reported and flash flood emergencies and warnings have been issued
by local National Weather Service offices for a large portion of
southeastern Texas. Additional rainfall amounts of 15 to 25 inches
are expected over the next several days, and the NOAA Weather
Prediction Center is now forecasting isolated storm total amounts of
50 inches. These historic rainfall amounts will exacerbate the
already dire and life-threatening situation.
Surface observations of winds 30-35 kt within a band of convection
over the western Gulf of Mexico and along the coast of Texas support
an initial intensity of 35 kt. The latest track guidance show
Harvey moving slowly southeastward for the next 24 to 36 hours and
the center is likely to move very close to the coast, or even
offshore, between 24-48 hours. After that time, Harvey is expected
to begin a northward motion which should take it inland over eastern
Texas later in the period. Since a large portion of the circulation
is expected to remain over water during the next several days,
Harvey is maintained as a tropical storm through 72 hours. However,
the strongest winds are likely to occur over the Gulf waters.
I think a hoax too.....there’s a cat there as well...so somethings not right there...will continue to see what I can find out...thus far a date of 2009 is all I got.....
It’s only Americans...Sean Penn just doesn’t GAF.
All those car dealers that are exacerbating the auto bubble should donate cars.
No doubt. The outermost bands are even covering Dallas County, though it's not producing much rain.
Hope you and yours are safe and sound.
After massive flooding—Beware of buying used cars.
That’s crazy! I hope they get taken out of there soon.
Post the twitter link
Good catch.
My first reaction was horror but the patients don’t appear to be very alarmed. I think it’s likely a hoax.
Folks should run the VINs on used cars before purchasing. :-)
On the nursing home/skilled nursing thing, even if not flooded, if power/water/sewer goes for facilities like those, caring for residents will be very problematic.
All!......can you help finding where this source is located? We’re trying to see if a hoax photo or not.....disturbing if its real. I can’t locate anything thus far to support any source....
This is what we’re talking about...
https://i.imgur.com/7IrjP8k.jpg
Absolutely. I'm praying this thing exhausts itself and peters out. They always weaken after coming ashore.
Stay safe.
Blow the breakers or fuses in the main distribution panel of the building.
As soon as the water got high enough to start hitting the electrical outlets everything would short out.
I’m pretty good at finding locations of photos....nothing shows but it’s location here: which is just the photo..leads me to believe it’s a fake...
https://i.imgur.com/7IrjP8k.jpg
New rain has nowhere to go but pile up and therfore higher up.....more to come....It's pouring now (12:00) in Houston...rescues continue....
Many calling for rescues are people in cars.
It is truly irresponsible to post Twitter and Facebook posts which have not been vetted--especially when people are looking for accurate info. The photo should be removed from the thread.
Caww, my eyes are so bad. I see some elderly people gathered in what looks like a lounge or something. I imagine they're sheltering from the storm. Is there some disturbing detail my eyes are missing?
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