that they are
Allison dumped almost 40 inches of rain on us in 6 days.
http://en.wikipedia....orm_Allison#Texas Compare this http://en.wikipedia....exas_flooding.jpg With this: http://spiceware.org.../Houston/dcp_0249 the houses on the left of both photos are the same, the ones in mine are just partial hidden by the newly installed Traffic Noise Barriers. |
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Wasn't thinking of the flooding.
Florida - particular near the coast (my parents lived just off the Banana River), flooding isn't impossible, but unlikely. (Counterpoint: Storm surge is more likely)
But in my dad's case. The storm literal folded the roof on his porch (flat roof) in half. By itself, that was minor (nothing on the porch to be hurt), but the porch roof went UNDER the regular house roof - so it tore a nice 1' by 1' chunk out of his house roof. That exposed the roof and the rain got in. Destroyed the ceiling and started mold going. (I remember taking 528 out to Merritt Island and seeing sailboats - sunk) And that was Floyd, iirc. We put down tarps and used the sides of packing crates (what we could get) screwed down to prevent leaks and keep the tarps from moving. It was on TIGHT (something like 2 inch screws) That NEXT hurricane literal tore one of those packing crate from the roof. (Luckily only one) 2004 sucked. |
Hey Beep. Look out for Irene.
- (Another Scott)
- (15)
- Aug. 21, 2011, 09:40:27 PM EDT
Saw that..should be interesting when I get home
-NT
- (beepster)
- Aug. 21, 2011, 11:06:24 PM EDT
Didn't Dixie's Midnight Runners sing about this?
-NT
- (folkert)
- (6)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 08:01:59 AM EDT
That's quite a strong earworm, isn't it? Too roy eh?
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 08:17:41 AM EDT
No
- (lincoln)
- (4)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 08:53:31 PM EDT
Details, details. ;-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 09:09:16 PM EDT
real programmers always care about the details ;-)
-NT
- (lincoln)
- (1)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 09:28:56 PM EDT
Re: real programmers always care about the details ;-)
- (pwhysall)
- Aug. 23, 2011, 02:39:08 AM EDT
Ummm Sorry...
- (folkert)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 10:49:39 PM EDT
Projected to be cat 3....at least it's turning east
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (5)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 02:37:17 PM EDT
that they are
- (SpiceWare)
- (1)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 03:38:12 PM EDT
Wasn't thinking of the flooding.
- (S1mon_Jester)
- Aug. 22, 2011, 06:23:32 PM EDT
Expected to be a Cat 4 at 2 am Friday.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Aug. 23, 2011, 08:39:19 AM EDT
Damn, did the pressure drop that much?
- (S1mon_Jester)
- (1)
- Aug. 23, 2011, 11:24:56 AM EDT
It's changing all the time. Max Cat 3 now...
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 23, 2011, 11:27:38 AM EDT
Looks like a near miss now. Phew
-NT
- (beepster)
- Aug. 23, 2011, 01:33:45 PM EDT
