Hoping all OSO Texas people are safe. It looks like a very nasty storm.

Padraig

Bolivar Beach / High Island on Thursday. Buddy was down, said he saw six total.

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Damn I hate a hurricane .
I really feel for the folks in Texas with Harvey. Forecasts are showing it to still be a viable system right over them as far off as 5 days from now . I can't recall ever seeing something like that before with a storm that actually makes landfall in the US . Normally they become extratropical and dissipate after making landfall .
There's going to be people who loose everything .
People who will be hard pressed to figure out if they can even afford their cleanup and salvage .
And the 'lucky ones' will still suffer loss from being without power for maybe even weeks.

They're going to need a lot of help after this one is over and my heart goes out to all of them .

I was called in to work at the hospital and to bring 3 days clothes. I may be soon blocked off from Houston by the rapidly rising Brazos River. My 35 is hoisted up as high as possible in the sling and tied at 4 corners but if the storm surge breaks 6 feet it'll float. The 42 is in the shed. The 23 is behind the house. It's raining incredible hard. Traffic on the Interstate is going about 10 mph and the cars all have flashers on.

Be safe. Hoping your boats and home are OK.

Padraig

The good news is Harvey went into a fairly low population density part of Texas only one confirmed death from a house fire. The people down there in Cotton and Rice country are very self sufficient. It could have been so much worse.

Looks like there is severe flooding in the Houston area and getting worse.

Also saw pics of one marina with severely damaged rack storage.

Padraig

That was Rockport, nothing but center console fishing boats from the look of it. Houston is sinking

All the rivers and lakes are on track to set record levels. Hard to comprehend how much damage we have already seen and it's going to get worse.

Our nearest county flood gauge shows 28.16" of rain in the last few days

The more I watch this coverage (starting 3 days before landfall) the more I feel officials were reckless in not evacuating inland flood prone areas. Some residents don't need to be told to leave but like the TX officials others were overly optimistic only the best will happen. Now they're all in a very sad situation that may have been avoided with pre-planning, unfortunately efforts are only made after the fact now a days.

I hear Houston area residents calling radio talk show's stating friends houses were just rebuilt from the "tax day" flood and 8 years before that they flooded too. All know the issues, saw forecasts of 5"-36"+ of rain, yet all officials keep whining about the difficulties of pre-storm evacuation. So......this post-storm evacuation in chest deep water is the easy way out huh?

Here I thought our civil servants learned from Katrina, sadly they did not. Think for yourselves in these situations folks as you cannot rely on those supposedly in the know to provide you with potentially life saving information.

And yes I did do something to support the recovery effort.

Keith