Hurricane Harvey

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Government and lawyers seem to have developed that to the level of fine art.

The weather service had to add more colors to the map today today because the existing only measured to 15 inches..
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... ap-harveys

Daaaang;

looks like god finally decided to put the hose on the sex slave trade that city is hiding.

Its great to see members of the public in Texas helping victims in Houston. Apparently without volunteers the damage and loss of life would have been much Greater.

The middle class residents of New Orleans could learn a thing or two from Houston as almost all of those people ran away from Hurricane Katrina leaving the poor and destitute to fend for themselves in subhuman conditions. Victims in New Orleans had the added danger of being shot by gun crazy shop owners during the floods.

There were evacuation orders for New Orleans and none for Houston. In 2005 just after Katrina, Hurricane Rita threatened Houston and a mandatory evecuation was ordered. The Highway system was unable to handle it and 107 people died and the storm missed. Since 2010 the population of that city has grown 14%. It is a city spread out over a vary large area.

'GET OUT NOW': Levee breached near Houston in Hurricane Harvey aftermath

Tropical Storm Harvey Discussion Number 37
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
1000 AM CDT Tue Aug 29 2017

Heavy rains continue to spread over the Houston area and other
locations in southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana, exacerbating
what is already a catastrophic flood event. Rainfall totals of
nearly 50 inches have been observed at several locations in the
Greater Houston area and southeastern Texas. Storm totals
could reach higher amounts in some locations, which would be
historic for the area.

Harvey consists of a vigorous circulation of low clouds with some
patches of deep convection well to the north of the center and a
cyclonically curved convective band in the eastern semicircle. The
initial intensity is kept at 40 kt until we have a more recent
estimate when the reconnaissance plane checks the area this
afternoon. Strong shear prevails over the cyclone, so no
significant change in intensity is anticipated before landfall. A
gradual weakening is forecast once the circulation moves inland.

The circulation is moving toward the north-northeast or 025 degrees
at 4 kt. Harvey is expected to be steered to the northeast with an
increase in forward speed by the mid-latitude southwesterly
flow ahead of a trough. Most of the guidance is consistent with this
solution, and the NHC forecast is in the middle of the guidance
envelope. Given that the guidance is tightly clustered the
confidence in the track forecast is high.

Key Messages:

1. Ongoing catastrophic and life-threatening flooding will continue
across southeastern Texas. Additional rainfall accumulations of 6
to 12 inches are expected across the upper Texas coast into
southwestern Louisiana, with isolated storm totals as high as 50
inches. Please heed the advice of local officials. Do not attempt
to travel if you are in a safe place, and do not drive into flooded
roadways. Refer to products from your local National Weather
Service office and the NOAA Weather Prediction Center for more
information on the flooding hazard. A summary of rainfall totals
compiled by the Weather Prediction Center can be found at:
http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html

2. The flood threat has spread farther east into Louisiana.
Additional rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches are expected in
southern Louisiana into coastal Mississippi and Alabama. Please
heed the advice of local officials and refer to products from your
local National Weather Service office and the NOAA Weather
Prediction Center for more information on the flooding hazard in
these areas.


FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 29/1500Z 28.4N 94.3W 40 KT 45 MPH
12H 30/0000Z 28.8N 94.0W 40 KT 45 MPH
24H 30/1200Z 29.8N 93.4W 40 KT 45 MPH...INLAND
36H 31/0000Z 30.8N 92.8W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND
48H 31/1200Z 32.0N 92.0W 30 KT 35 MPH...INLAND
72H 01/1200Z 34.5N 89.5W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND
96H 02/1200Z 36.5N 86.0W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND
120H 03/1200Z 38.5N 81.0W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/INLAND

$$

This is Hurricane Katrina all over again.

Is Hurricane Harvey only in one city or the country of Texas?

Hurricane Harvey is affecting a considerable amount of the STATE of Texas. It's probably going to affect some of the STATE of Louisiana, too.

Think about 50 inches of rain.

If we, in NYC, got 5 inches of rain, there would be considerable flooding in certain low-lying areas--and areas near rivers and streams--with millions of dollars in damage.

Tropical Storm Harvey Discussion Number 38
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092017
400 PM CDT Tue Aug 29 2017

Heavy rains continue to spread over southeastern Texas and southern
Louisiana, exacerbating what is already a catastrophic flood event.
Rainfall totals are around 50 inches at some isolated locations in
the Greater Houston area and southeastern Texas.

Convection blossomed a couple of hours ago, and the center jumped a
little northward into the thunderstorm activity. Since that time,
the center is back on track and is moving slower again toward the
north-northeast at about 5 kt.

FACT: The mega-hurricanes will keep happening because Republicans don't care about the environment.

In related news, Millionaire televangelist Joel Osteen (gospel of abundance) shows he dgaf about what Jesus say. People seem surprised.

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurri ... ms-n797036

Apart from the right or wrong of Osteen's actions, what is involved in preparing a place which is not at all designed to be a shelter to become a shelter?
I suppose it would vary with the place.

Wake up America. Wake up and smell the climate change.

We are literally recreating the Permian extinction.

RING-A-DING-DING

Did you hear that? That's your environmental wake-up call.