I remember I used to watch him run around trying to get in the middle of a tornado in his tank of a vehicle, the Dominator, on that storm chasers show on Discovery, I think. Those guys are nuts. You've got to have a certain level of stupid to be doing some of the stuff they do, but then what they do in a lot of cases is helpful, too.
Unless it strengthened, the last I saw, it was just barely below at 150 mph sustained. Crazy. Some poor towns on the Louisiana coast are about to get leveled.
It's right on the border now of cat 5 probably will decrease a bit as it hits shallow water/ nightfall -- it's also out of time obviously -- totally crazy that it's peaking right before coming ashore.
I have family already talking **** on Facebook about no rain and fake news. I will let you guess their feelings on other current events.
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Looks like it’s gonna miss us. A little wind tonight a little rain on Friday from what I gather. There’s probably people in this thread way more capable than I to answer your question with more detail.
Its amazing you came out the way you did, from where you did. Would you consider yourself the black sheep?
My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family tonight. Keep us posted if ya can tomorrow. I'll be thinking about y'all for sure.
Hard to tell, but supposedly less than 40 knot winds. The surge is the biggest threat on the coast, but nothing like in Louisiana. It's not windy yet here. If this thing took a slight western turn we'd be screwed though, since Houstonians didn't evacuate.
The other part of that is water 5 ft high in a storm surge can take out concrete masonry walls. 9 ft high can wash houses away
