Batman, if you need me to sit with your cats to keep them company, I'd be more than happy to do so. Just tell me where you live and have a key left under the doormat.
I'm seeing a more NW turn. More N of High Island direct hit. I hope you're right though cause I want some damn rain!
well according to that map right there its hitting just ever so slightly south of fort bend county. sugar land should get some rain. more than rita dumped definitely.
This is all much ado about nothing, once again. Edouardo has just taken an obvious turn northward. This thing is going to hit east of Beaumont. I'd be surprised if Houston gets much rain, if any, tomorrow. If your work has already closed tomorrow, have fun. Tomorrow will be a great day to shop.
New SciGuy Blog: http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2008/08/is_edouard_turn.html Edouard getting organized. Is it turning? Tropical Storm Edouard remains a 45-mph tropical storm as of the National Hurricane Center's 4 p.m. update. The intensity forecast also remains the same, with forecasters calling for a strong tropical storm or a weak hurricane by tomorrow's landfall around noon. Now that the system is finally getting organized, some strengthening seems quite plausible. What has become more interesting this afternoon is the location of the landfall, although the official forecast still calls for a direct hit on Galveston Island. But there have been some hints today about Edouard possibly taking a northwest turn before making a Texas landfall, which would bring the system closer to the Texas-Louisiana border than to Galveston. So far the computer models don't reflect this possibility. However, in their discussion the forecasters do note it, saying the high pressure ridge to the north of Edouard, which is steering the storm toward Houston, may weaken during the next day. If so this would allow the storm to turn toward the northwest. Finally getting organized, not much time to strengthen. This means there are now a couple of scenarios in play for the Houston area. Edouard strikes Galveston Island: If this happens then conditions tomorrow should be pretty much be as I describe below . It will be very wet and very windy, a day to avoid being outside if possible. Expect rainfall totals of 3 to 5 inches across the Houston region, with isolated totals of 8 inches. This remains the official forecast. Edouard turns toward the Texas-Louisiana border: Such a scenario is possible and Jeff Masters, of The Weather Underground, believes this will happen . He's usually a reliable source. If this plays out the Houston metro area won't get much wind, and we'll probably get less rain than the 3 to 5 inches currently being forecast. And tomorrow people will be saying, "Where's that storm the media promised us?" I'll update late tonight on the storm's position, likely track and talk more about what kind of rainfall we might expect to receive from the system. A northwestward turn would be a bad thing for the state's drought .
Unless you live really close to the coast or adjacent to a flood prone bayou there is really no need for you to worry, since most of the damages coming from a hurricane of that scale comes from flooding.
so... driving down I-45 all the sign things say: "Hurricane forming in Gulf" "fill up tanks now" what a ****ing joke.
