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Hey Old-Colts, and other Texas members
Beeramid
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I hope you're getting everything secured ahead of Harvey. I think Texas is going to get hammered.[B)]
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I hope it doesn't do a full right turn and head your way! I was in Baton Rouge last weekend and my BIL took me around and showed me the most heavily damaged areas from last year's storm. There's still a lot of homes that are under restoration, abandoned, or folks just finishing the restoration and moving back in.
Thanks for the well wishes!!!!!!
Update: Just watched the local 5 o'clock weather and the current models show Harvey hitting around Corpus Christi as a Category 3 Hurricane and hooking right along the coast line towards Louisiana. Deep East Texas could get 6-8 inches of rain and those of us up in North East Texas might see .6 to 1 inch. Subject to change of course!
It looks like those along the coastline and coastal areas could get up to 20 inches of rain.
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
Yep, the models have been all over the place from .6 inches to 6+ up here in East Texas, but I haven't seen the latest predictions.
I hope it doesn't do a full right turn and head your way! I was in Baton Rouge last weekend and my BIL took me around and showed me the most heavily damaged areas from last year's storm. There's still a lot of homes that are under restoration, abandoned, or folks just finishing the restoration and moving back in.
Thanks for the well wishes!!!!!!
Update: Just watched the local 5 o'clock weather and the current models show Harvey hitting around Corpus Christi as a Category 3 Hurricane and hooking right along the coast line towards Louisiana. Deep East Texas could get 6-8 inches of rain and those of us up in North East Texas might see .6 to 1 inch. Subject to change of course!
It looks like those along the coastline and coastal areas could get up to 20 inches of rain.
Wow,that's gonna be catastrophic for a lot of areas if it holds true.
The crap usually hits the fan around Labor Day,...I hate this time of year![V]
The politicians have not protected the subdivisions here in This Area and 100's of thousands could be displaced draining the catastrophe funds for Texas. The government there just panders to the new found illegals with freebies and overloads the infrastructures with no limits in sight! it's a disaster waiting to happen!
I hope the mayor gets the boot soon! You get no representation from his administration unless your black of brown.
serf
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/16/texas-flooding-houston-climate-change-disaster
Houston is situated in a low-lying coastal area with poorly draining soils and is subject to heavy rainfall events and storm surge events, which makes it very prone to flooding. And the climate is changing. In Galveston Bay the sea level is rising. We know the area is experiencing more heavy downpours,? Brody said.
?It pales in comparison with the other driving force, which is the built environment. If you?re going to put 4 million people in this flood-vulnerable area in a way which involves ubiquitous application of impervious surfaces, you?re going to get flooding.?
In other words: there is a lot of concrete in Houston. In 2000, 4.7 million people lived in the Houston metropolitan area. Now the population is about 6.5 million. While efforts are under way to densify and improve public transport in the urban core, much of the growth has been suburban, where houses are big and cheap and commuters drive long distances on some of the world?s widest freeways. The city keeps loosening its belt: a third ring-road cuts through exurbs some 30 miles from downtown, spurring more expansion.
Severe flooding in the Houston area.
To the west, idyllically named middle-class subdivisions sprout on former farmland, served by new retail complexes and multi-lane roads. Here, 3,500 sq ft homes can be bought for less than $400,000, helping to explain the region?s population explosion. But it may be coming at a price ? one paid downstream.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/04/study-70-of-texas-illegal-immigrant-families-receive-welfare/
The welfare programs analyzed include Supplemental Security Income for low income elderly and disabled, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Women, Infants and Children food program, free/reduced school lunch, food stamps, Medicaid, public housing and rent subsidies. In fiscal year 2008, these programs totaled $517 billion. But these programs are also partially funded by individual state governments, especially Medicaid.
Illegal immigrants with children primarily use food assistance programs and Medicaid, with little or no cash or housing assistance. In contrast, legal immigrants have high usage rates for every type of program.
From a policy standpoint, barring immigrants from the welfare system, especially the non-cash programs, is administratively, historically, politically and practically hard to do, Camarota said.
?Say the name, (for example) ?Women, Infants and Children food program,? are politicians really going to cut this?? Camarota said.
He further questioned if schools were really going to not feed hungry children of immigrants through the reduced-lunch programs. Likewise Camarota highlighted it also means hospitals will be treating more uninsured people. The report showed illegal immigrants primarily use food assistance and Medicaid with little cash or housing assistance, contrasting legal immigrants who use every program at high rates.
The only thing I thought Reagan Made a mistake on.
It said that if you signed for some one you would be responsible for them!!
Not sure but I think it also sated they could not have Govt assistance,
The ones southof the border were and are still getting assistance
(I know not all but 2 damn many are)
The Vietnames made their way.
Why cant the LATINOS?[:(][:(]
Yep, the models have been all over the place from .6 inches to 6+ up here in East Texas, but I haven't seen the latest predictions.
I hope it doesn't do a full right turn and head your way! I was in Baton Rouge last weekend and my BIL took me around and showed me the most heavily damaged areas from last year's storm. There's still a lot of homes that are under restoration, abandoned, or folks just finishing the restoration and moving back in.
Thanks for the well wishes!!!!!!
Update: Just watched the local 5 o'clock weather and the current models show Harvey hitting around Corpus Christi as a Category 3 Hurricane and hooking right along the coast line towards Louisiana. Deep East Texas could get 6-8 inches of rain and those of us up in North East Texas might see .6 to 1 inch. Subject to change of course!
It looks like those along the coastline and coastal areas could get up to 20 inches of rain.
The European model shows it making a loop, and then heading right for Louisiana. My sister and her family live in Lake Charles, they're sandbagging tonight. We're keeping an eye on it here south of Lafayette.
My brother and his family flooded last year in Denham Springs, they just moved back in the house about a month ago.
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
Yep, the models have been all over the place from .6 inches to 6+ up here in East Texas, but I haven't seen the latest predictions.
I hope it doesn't do a full right turn and head your way! I was in Baton Rouge last weekend and my BIL took me around and showed me the most heavily damaged areas from last year's storm. There's still a lot of homes that are under restoration, abandoned, or folks just finishing the restoration and moving back in.
Thanks for the well wishes!!!!!!
Update: Just watched the local 5 o'clock weather and the current models show Harvey hitting around Corpus Christi as a Category 3 Hurricane and hooking right along the coast line towards Louisiana. Deep East Texas could get 6-8 inches of rain and those of us up in North East Texas might see .6 to 1 inch. Subject to change of course!
It looks like those along the coastline and coastal areas could get up to 20 inches of rain.The European model shows it making a loop, and then heading right for Louisiana. My sister and her family live in Lake Charles, they're sandbagging tonight. We're keeping an eye on it here south of Lafayette.
My brother and his family flooded last year in Denham Springs, they just moved back in the house about a month ago.Matt, you and your family as well as all that are in the path of this storm are in our prayers!
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
quote:Originally posted by Beeramid
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
Yep, the models have been all over the place from .6 inches to 6+ up here in East Texas, but I haven't seen the latest predictions.
I hope it doesn't do a full right turn and head your way! I was in Baton Rouge last weekend and my BIL took me around and showed me the most heavily damaged areas from last year's storm. There's still a lot of homes that are under restoration, abandoned, or folks just finishing the restoration and moving back in.
Thanks for the well wishes!!!!!!
Update: Just watched the local 5 o'clock weather and the current models show Harvey hitting around Corpus Christi as a Category 3 Hurricane and hooking right along the coast line towards Louisiana. Deep East Texas could get 6-8 inches of rain and those of us up in North East Texas might see .6 to 1 inch. Subject to change of course!
It looks like those along the coastline and coastal areas could get up to 20 inches of rain.The European model shows it making a loop, and then heading right for Louisiana. My sister and her family live in Lake Charles, they're sandbagging tonight. We're keeping an eye on it here south of Lafayette.
My brother and his family flooded last year in Denham Springs, they just moved back in the house about a month ago.Matt, you and your family as well as all that are in the path of this storm are in our prayers!
Thanks, we certainly appreciate it, currently it looks like Houston will be in Harvey's sights in a couple of days. I don't know where in east Tx you are, I hope it isn't too bad there.
It looks like "The Cajun Navy" is preparing to roll into TX if the need for water rescues arises. They were asking for boat counts earlier and getting their mapping apps ready.