We joke about evacuating.... but this storm looks like it could really be one we are still talking about several years from now.
yeah houston has seen a bunch of false alarms come through that didn't hit as hard as they might of projected but theres seems to be that one that leaves its mark every once and awhile
Just sent this to 10 people and told THEM to send it to 10 people. I know it's going to be a lot of work for them to coordinate which 10 people they can jointly send it to but I know it's SUPER IMPORTANT to send this very important INFO on.
Ok Clutchfans, need your input. I live in Clear Lake. My wife is adamant about going to stay with her parents, in Beaumont. They are better prepared than us as far as food/supplies. She's worried we are going to be stranded in our house for 5 days with no access to re-supply (we have a 4 year old). I don't think this is necessary. What do you think?
Depends on if your house looses power regularly...how was it during Ike? Losing power is the main thing I'm worried about (6 month old and 3 year old), but most of our family lives pretty close anyway. So we'd all be without power.
I didn't live here during Ike - lived in The Heights, lost power for 2 weeks. But I haven't seen any indication we'll be dealing with major winds here, which is what kills power.
In Clear Lake here. Not concerned. Told my grandma to ride it out in her shack in Seabrook. Tough old bird. Out.
What's safer a nicer bigger house in a big neighborhood in Sugarland, or a old small house in spring branch? So hard to find clear answers, any way you cut it you're rolling the dice i suppose.
Survived Ike in 2008 in Clear Lake. Lights flickered a bit, which was a little annoying while watching the Star Wars trilogy on DVD.
First keep your politics out of the hangout and second Brock Long is the head of FEMA. He was confirmed 2 months ago. fake news.
As of right now, and I stress "right now", there is no reason to leave if you are not near clear creek or clear lake itself. If you are in an area that floods with 5-7" of rain, then you should probably go to be safe. Per the latest model runs, trends, radar (Brownsville radar is picking up the center of Harvey now), we won't see the hurricane force winds and crazy storm surge like the people down in corpus, port aransas, rockport and up to port O'Conner will see. We will have storm surge down in brazoria and Galveston counties. The water levels will be elevated and there are already mandatory evacuations for the coastal areas of brazoria county and voluntary evacuations for Boliver and low lying areas of Galveston island. Having said that, the water in rivers, creeks and bayous will be high (due to surge) and the rain will have nowhere to go. So that will/could lead to impressive flooding starting as early as Saturday and lasting through Tuesday and Wednesday. The biggest threat for Houston *NOW* is flooding. Anyone in low lying areas, adjacent to water sheds, creeks, bayous, etc. need to be prepared to leave fast in the event of extremely heavy rain. These rain bands will be very tropical in nature (this is a hurricane and it's on its way to a major one at that) and capable of dropping 3"+ an hour and that's concerning for everyone.
