If I were in South Texas or anywhere in the GOM

[malaise]

I'd be paying serious attention to Harvey. There is also talk about another storm heading in the direction of Florida.

Oh and by the way, today is the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew the devastating.

[MineralMan]

1. Oh, yes. The Gulf Coast of Texas is about to have another

natural inundation event. Smart people are making preparations. Others, well, will be surprised and dismayed.

[malaise]

2. Yep and President Duncified the great has not appointed

a FEMA director and I think I read that preparation money was cut.

[MineralMan]

3. Sauve qui peut. I believe that is Trump's plan.

[malaise]

4. I think that's his world view and he's very good at the personal

level.

[B2G]

7. Brock Long was confirmed in June.

William B. “Brock” Long
Administrator FEMA
Brock Long was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and began his service as the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in June 2017. Mr. Long has more than 16 years of experience assisting and supporting local, state, and Federal Governments with building robust emergency management and public health preparedness programs. Full Biography

https://www.fema.gov/leadership

[malaise]

11. Thanks- had not seen this

Here's a useful graphic from the Weather underground comments

[brush]

32. GOM means what?

[malaise]

33. Gulf of Mexico

[NCjack]

5. A near future conversation.

[Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)]: "Mr. President -- may I call you Donald?"

[#45]: "No."

[Sen. Ted]: "Mr. President, I'm calling you because the Texas Governor's office gets no answer to its calls into FEMA.

[#45]: chuckle, snort. (hang up noise).

[Stallion]

6. Cruising Further South Near Cozumel Right Now-But We Disembark on Sunday in Galveston

my concern is the Houston area highway system that tends flood. Should we an interesting arrival

[malaise]

8. The experts say expect about five days of serious rain

Are you sure you're disembarking in Galveston on Sunday?

The nearest I would be to water then is the shower or my kitchen sink

[Not Ruth]

9. Remember when Forrest Gump caught all those shrimp in the hurricane?

Yum

[malaise]

10. Hehehehehehhee

But he was in a movie

[herding cats]

42. My in laws are on the Breeze due to port in Galveston on Sunday.

I've been keeping up with this since they're out there. The port of Galveston is currently closed. You may be spending a few more days at sea before you can safely port.

[Stallion]

43. I Know About 10 People on Tthat Cruise Too

I generally cruise with them but had to be back in Dallas for College Football season. They are old friends from a website known as Ccruisecritic.com where you can meet people online who are on your cruise. Oh well it could be worse-headed for Cozumel tomorrow. May main concern is my car in Galveston although I have (somewhat) elevated parking

[Not Ruth]

12. Texas is going to end the debate on climate change

As they join Atlantis.

[hamsterjill]

13. I'm in San Antonio

And I'm preparing and WE aren't even going to get anywhere near the worst of it. I am usually very intuitive and I have a very bad feeling about this one. I would love to be wrong. I have many good friends in Corpus, Brownsville and Houston.

I hope people are heeding the warnings and taking proper precautions. This is not a time for anyone to try to be a hero. Mother Nature always wins.

Everyone, please be safe!!!

[malaise]

17. Watch and listen to this

[hamsterjill]

21. Thanks, malaise

I've listened to most of this and will come back and listen to it in full. (At work right now.) I've got the weather.gov website and will check it frequently.

[malaise]

20. Yep I had a bad feeling about Harvey since he set out in the Caribbean

Stay safe folks - get out of harms way

[MoonRiver]

14. I have warned my family in Central TX. So scary.

[malaise]

15. From NOAA - HARVEY QUICKLY STRENGTHENING AND FORECAST TO BE A MAJOR HURRICANE WHEN IT APPROACHES THE

MIDDLE TEXAS COAST... ...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND FRESHWATER FLOODING EXPECTED...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?atlc

This is really serious

[maryellen99]

16. And with trump in charge...

[malaise]

18. This should frighten even the Con

[hamsterjill]

22. This certainly adds to the stress, doesn't it?

Geez, Louise!

[FLPanhandle]

19. Water in the Gulf is hot

Probably hotter than normal.

This thing will have a lot of heat & moisture to grow on.

[Grammy23]

25. It is also between two Highs so it will move slowly, inching along

in some of the warmest water near the US coast. Plenty of time to fuel this storm into a cat. 3 storm. Please pay attention to the warnings and orders to evacuate! This is not a drill. Some place along the Texas Gulf Coast is going to have a big problem very soon. Find out if you're in its path and act accordingly.

[eleny]

30. This water temp map looks current for 10 A.M. - ABC news station in Houston, TX

http://abc13.com/weather/gulf-of-mexico-water-temperature/75772/

[malaise]

34. Scary indeed

Get out or batten down folks

[Ilsa]

40. I heard that water temps were sitting around 88.

Ridiculously warm. "Why bother going to the beach?" warm.

[MoonRiver]

26. Yes, I want them all up north, safe with me!

[spanone]

23. K&R...Tropical Storm Harvey projected to become Category 3 hurricane

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/us/tropical-storm-harvey/index.html

[B2G]

24. It could go higher than that.

Unfortunately, this has escalated incredibly quickly. Not much time for evacuations now. I think this has caught everyone off guard.

[Not Ruth]

29. I am in a few RV boards

There are still locals deciding whether or not to get out. RVs have wheels. Hurricanes hate RVs.

[malaise]

38. Show them this

[bathroommonkey76]

27. Katrina's anniversary is also a few days away-

The company I was working with at the time was there a couple of days after it hit MS and LA- It was the worse devastation I had ever seen from a hurricane. The memory of that will never leave my mind was the landfill for all of the dead animals. And the smell off I-10 was that of rotting flesh for months.

Btw I live in NC and we have had our share of catastrophic storms.

[maryellen99]

28. Today is the 25th anniversary of hurricane andrew nt

[malaise]

31. Gilbert was our Katrina

back in '88

[mcar]

35. I'll never forget Andrew

We were in south Florida.

[marlakay]

36. My daughter in san antonio doesn't seem worried

But when i asked she had crappy day at work...

They store their trailer in corpus cristi she said its insured.

[malaise]

37. They're not far from the expected action

I'd have food and water stored

[Ilsa]

39. Victoria has a mandatory evacuation order.

I hear that the highways are jammed. I hope the troopers have reversed the southbound lanes and turned them into northbound lanes.

[malaise]

41. I was reading comments at Weather Underground

look like chaos on the highways