Tropical Storm Coming To The Gulf Coast, Followed by Hurricane Followed By...

fmdog44

fmdog44

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Tropical Storm Hanna will hit probably the Corpus Christi area this weekend 10-12 inches of rain expected with hurricane headed "Gonzalo" westward behind it and yet another "development" headed in our direction behind Gonzalo (that is what they label as "areas of concern" to develop to something worse[hurricane].) Remember the song "In The Good Old Summer Time"? We hate that song in the Gulf area! :giggle:
 

Hurricane season is just starting, and with the unusually warm waters in the Gulf and Caribbean....temps of nearly 90 degrees....this could be a rather active season of storms. Anyone living within these storm prone areas would be wise to have an evacuation plan in place. At least. with hurricanes, people can usually get a few days notice of what is coming.
 

Sorry to hear that fmdog44.

I do so appreciate New Hampshire's benign natural environment. Any threat from hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes is negligible. Major flooding and forest fires are very rare. Even a decent thunderstorm here is enough to make the nightly news. We have zero poisonous insects and the one tiny isolated population of poisonous snakes in the state is protected and its location kept secret by the Fish and Wildlife department. I'd say our worst natural threats are the occasional ice storm and Lyme disease bearing ticks.

Central New Hampshire is blessed with vast woodlands. beautiful mountains, dozens of picturesque lakes, and four glorious seasons. I thank God daily for His many kindnesses.
 
CarolfromTX said:
FMdog, your glass is perpetually half empty. Texans will survive this storm as they have many others.
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Carol, you are so right. We've been through two hurricanes in Texas - Alicia and Ike. We went through the eye of Alicia...it came right over our house. We enjoy thinking back to that day we jogged down the street and then looked up and seen this big ball of cloud coming at us, the wind twisting in the opposite direction from what it had been the first couple hours. Remember it was clear as a bell and sunny inside that eye. We learned what it really meant " to be in the eye of the storm" literally.

We are tough storm folks and know how to keep on keeping on. The ones I feel for are the northerners that move down here and don't know what to expect. They are so frightened and apt to get out on the highways and run out of gas like when that storm Rita came to the east of us a few years ago.

Then there are the southerners that move up north and are scared to death to drive on the snow. When we lived up north, we so dreaded the long brutally cold winters and when the power would go out, we'd sit and listen to the house "crack" in the freezing cold, hoping the pipes wouldn't burst. Son came down last year and had a pipe burst and flood his basement, which was carpeted.

Everyplace has its "pros and cons" as mom used to say...pick your poison...lol. And enjoy it if you can, especially then things are good. Nice to have the fond memories to fall back on when the days get dark.
 
Liberty said:
Carol, you are so right. We've been through two hurricanes in Texas - Alicia and Ike. We went through the eye of Alicia...it came right over our house. We enjoy thinking back to that day we jogged down the street and then looked up and seen this big ball of cloud coming at us, the wind twisting in the opposite direction from what it had been the first couple hours. Remember it was clear as a bell and sunny inside that eye. We learned what it really meant " to be in the eye of the storm" literally.

We are tough storm folks and know how to keep on keeping on. The ones I feel for are the northerners that move down here and don't know what to expect. They are so frightened and apt to get out on the highways and run out of gas like when that storm Rita came to the east of us a few years ago.

Then there are the southerners that move up north and are scared to death to drive on the snow. When we lived up north, we so dreaded the long brutally cold winters and when the power would go out, we'd sit and listen to the house "crack" in the freezing cold, hoping the pipes wouldn't burst. Son came down last year and had a pipe burst and flood his basement, which was carpeted.

Everyplace has its "pros and cons" as mom used to say...pick your poison...lol. And enjoy it if you can, especially then things are good. Nice to have the fond memories to fall back on when the days get dark.
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You fail to mention the hundreds of thousands of people that have lost everything and are ruined financially by hurricanes. Homes and businesses destroyed. Texans are no tougher than any peoples throughout the world and suffer fewer natural disaster than most regions of the world so park your boots & hat and open a Lone Star, he world's worst beer.
 
Hundreds of thousands? Um, really? This coming storm is, so far, a category one. And we may not get the hurricane here, but we get the fallout, like tornadoes and torrential rain. You are such a pessimist.
 
Tommy said:
Sorry to hear that fmdog44.

I do so appreciate New Hampshire's benign natural environment. Any threat from hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes is negligible. Major flooding and forest fires are very rare. Even a decent thunderstorm here is enough to make the nightly news. We have zero poisonous insects and the one tiny isolated population of poisonous snakes in the state is protected and its location kept secret by the Fish and Wildlife department. I'd say our worst natural threats are the occasional ice storm and Lyme disease bearing ticks.

Central New Hampshire is blessed with vast woodlands. beautiful mountains, dozens of picturesque lakes, and four glorious seasons. I thank God daily for His many kindnesses.
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" one tiny isolated population of poisonous snakes in the state is protected and its location kept secret by the Fish and Wildlife department. "

Why in the world would they protect them? ....... I vote for eradicating them.
 
@fmdog44 ... I live up FM1960 from you, and as far as Hanna is concerned, I am enjoying the cool breezy rainy day here. .. It feels good for a change. .. And I'm managing to walk my dog, and also go over to my daughter's house and let her dogs out between rain bands while they are on vacation.

Sorry for people down the coast getting flooded. Probably a different story in Corpus Christi ...
 
fmdog44 said:
You fail to mention the hundreds of thousands of people that have lost everything and are ruined financially by hurricanes. Homes and businesses destroyed. Texans are no tougher than any peoples throughout the world and suffer fewer natural disaster than most regions of the world so park your boots & hat and open a Lone Star, he world's worst beer.
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If you truly feel that way and insist on seeing only the negative, you know I - 10 runs east and west and I-45 runs north and south guy...hook 'em up and move 'em out!
 
fmdog44 said:
Tropical Storm Hanna will hit probably the Corpus Christi area this weekend 10-12 inches of rain expected with hurricane headed "Gonzalo" westward behind it and yet another "development" headed in our direction behind Gonzalo (that is what they label as "areas of concern" to develop to something worse[hurricane].) Remember the song "In The Good Old Summer Time"? We hate that song in the Gulf area! :giggle:
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I understand the feeling very well, having lived in Miami, FL for many years, then moving to the SW coast of FL. We've gone through any number of hurricanes, with Andrew in 1992 being the worst-virtually destroyed our house-, then Katrina and Wilma (not as bad in terms of destruction to us), followed by Irma in 2017) and survived every one, with all but Andrew being pretty much just a nuisance..
So you prepare for the season, get what you need to weather the storm and get through the aftermath, and you keep an eye on the weather. And you hope nothing comes your way. Most years nothing does, but you never know. So next year come June, you rinse, repeat.

Currently I see that there is a hurricane (Douglas) heading for the Hawaiian islands, this is a rare event for them. My sister and her husband live on the Big Island, and though with any luck it'll skirt the Big Island to the north, I'm sure they will experience some winds from the hurricane. They tend to be prepared for things, and are nothing if not self-sufficient, so I think they will be ok.

I worry more about people who live in an area that's not prone to such weather events getting hit with a hurricane. They may live on properties not built to withstand hurricane force winds, and may not even be aware of what they need to be prepared for such storms and their aftermaths.

But out there along the Gulf Coast, I know y'all are veterans of hurricanes and are as prepared as possible. While no one wants a category 3, 4, or 5 hurricane coming their way, it looks like Hanna won't be anyway close to that, possibly becoming a Cat 1 hurricane just before landfall and weakening after that.
Anyway, best of luck! šŸ˜Ž
 
As I understand it, hurricanes are caused by heat coming off the southern oceans. Supposedly, there's a conveyer belt mechanism, which whisks these storms westward. But due to global warming that mechanism is moving north at a slow rate. Previously, the storms were deposited in the middle of the Caribbean. Now, increasingly, the storms are being deposited way north. so that are aimed at the Gulf & Florida, the Carolinas.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
As I understand it, hurricanes are caused by heat coming off the southern oceans. Supposedly, there's a conveyer belt mechanism, which whisks these storms westward. But due to global warming that mechanism is moving north at a slow rate. Previously, the storms were deposited in the middle of the Caribbean. Now, increasingly, the storms are being deposited way north. so that are aimed at the Gulf & Florida, the Carolinas.
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The last 150 years of tracking has had these storms go all over ... nothing has changed in that regard. Global warming, due to warmer waters, can help intensify, not direct the hurricanes.

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Liberty said:
If you truly feel that way and insist on seeing only the negative, you know I - 10 runs east and west and I-45 runs north and south guy...hook 'em up and move 'em out!
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Obviously you cannot distinguish fact from opinion. I posted Hanna is coming : FACT / I posted Gonzalo is headed westward. :FACT / I posted there is a development behind Gonzala :FACT Now genius explain to me how those are as you posted, "seeing only the negative". Perhaps you would prefer the National Hurricane Center website post cartoons. Idiot.
 
rgp said:
Why in the world would they protect them? ....... I vote for eradicating them.
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I agree with you rgp but I'm just an observer. The "snakes are people too" crowd would get excited, and I think the F&W people find the idea somewhat exotic. They wouldn't want to see the timber rattlesnake "become extinct in New Hampshire". :rolleyes:
 
The storm, a category one hurricane with winds approaching a category 2 (90mph )has moved to the deep south of Texas and headed to Mexico. 100,000 people in Mission., TX area have no power and flooding is there. The COVID19 numbers now is a huge concern. This season is rated as a high number of storms/hurricanes with one now moving toward Hawaii and another on the eastern part of the U.S. The hurricane season ends in November. Water damage is more depressing than fire because you have to smell it for a vary long time and the smell is horrible and you have to try to rationalize saving what you can. Fire on the other hand just destroys and leaves no doubt.
 

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