Harvey headed to south texas

[icepac]

Harvey has experienced the quickening.

[BBQsam]

Where is the center supposed to hit?

[Volron]

It won't get to San Antonio.  Storms avoid this place like it's a giant dog turn.

[Hajo]

Shuffler is in Houston I believe.  Also a couple squad mates Vudu15 and Hand live in Texas.  Anyway, I wish the best of luck to those who live along the Gulf in every state that will be affected.

And...........don't do anything stupid.  If city and state officials tell you to leave............leave.

[Volron]

Yeah, if I were in Corpus, I'd be in San Antonio or Austin already.

[Skuzzy]

My folks live in Corpus Christi.  They are all boarded up and ready.  Corpus is one of the few cities which is well prepared for hurricanes.  110MPH winds are really not worrying them too much.  If it gets over 150MPH, then they sweat it.

I grew up there and went through three of those big monsters.  The surfing was always great then.   Now, if you live on the island, you better get out of there, even if it is a small hurricane.

What they do worry about are the tornadoes which follow a hurricane.  This one looks like it is going to be a light one, in that regard.

[MiloMorai]

Didn't Corpus Christi almost get wiped off the map about 100 years ago from a hurricane?

[Skuzzy]

I have no idea about that.  A lot changed in the last 100 years, if that is the case.  The worst one I went through was Celia in 1970.  It caught everyone flat footed as it was only a mild storm (about 90MPH winds) but then did something no other hurricane has ever done.

After crossing Padre Island it underwent an intensification no other hurricane has done and shot to 135MPH sustained winds with micro bursts over 190MPH in the trailing western edge of the storm.  It was devastating.

One of a kind.  I was braced against a glass sliding door with a mattress behind me for 14 hours to keep the door from blowing in.  I watched our neighbors house, quite literally, explode.  In seconds there was nothing there, but a concrete slab and I was 50 miles inland at a lake house at the time.

Our home in Corpus was destroyed.  No one was hurt as we had a storm cellar everyone got into.

[pwooly]

Center is supposed to hit at Rockport, TX just a bit north of Corpus Christi, TX. The worse of the rain bands are expected to hit Houston, which is where I live along with some others here in the game. The storm then goes back out along the coast and hits Houston as a tropical storm. Houston is expecting 30 plus inches of rain over the weekend and early next week. It's a category 2 hurricane, expected to be a category 4 by landfall. Godspeed and stay safe to everyone effected.

[Maverick]

I'm now up NW of San Antonio so since 200 miles inland not expecting much but rain. Sat out Isaac in Louisiana in our RV. Since we were on the west side of the eye all we got was some moderate winds (45-55 MPH) and a ton of rain even though the eye passed about 15 miles to the east. Biggest problem was losing power, no AC for 3 days and it was freaking hot. My little generator couldn't handle the AC unit.

[Mister Fork]

Looks like it's suppose to slam into Corpus Christi? It's a Cat 3 now? Second landfall if it swoops back out?

[Traveler]

Was wondering where the HTC Server farm was located???  Power outages can be very wide spread.  Wish everyone luck.

[Skuzzy]

We are 400 miles North of Corpus Christi.

[ghi]

Should be visible on ISS live cameras in about one hour, next orbit passes over Texas/ Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.n2yo.com/space-station/

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/International_Space_Station/Where_is_the_International_Space_Station

[Arlo]

My folks live in Corpus Christi.  They are all boarded up and ready.  Corpus is one of the few cities which is well prepared for hurricanes.  110MPH winds are really not worrying them too much.  If it gets over 150MPH, then they sweat it.

I grew up there and went through three of those big monsters.  The surfing was always great then.   Now, if you live on the island, you better get out of there, even if it is a small hurricane.

What they do worry about are the tornadoes which follow a hurricane.  This one looks like it is going to be a light one, in that regard.

Spent some of my childhood on the base there. Weathered Celia back in `70. Seemed fun to 8 yr old me. We stayed in the armory (on base) during te storm. Celia took out the newer officer and chief family housing. We lived in the older asbestos shingled duplexes. The rug tiles (remember those?) got soaked and most needed replacing. We lost out TV antenna and screen door. The SA5 soap mom and dad (they tried Amway distribution) stored in my room did o foam job on that room and the little hallway. This was three months or so after the Lubbock tornado hit (missing relatives there).