Excellent point, Jeff. We're used to tracking these storms for days across the Atlantic and the Caribbean, yet we have this enormous warm pond, right off our coast, that can breed them almost overnight. Pretty trippy!
Probably because it read your "I have no fear of hurricanes" post, and just decided that making landfall in Fatty Fat's home base was a bad idea - you might totally vandalize its myspace page.
While reading Berger's update on Chron.com I noticed his mentioning of TD #8. Any cause for concern? http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/203525.shtml?5day?large#contents
All the models are predicting it will move stay in the Atlantic north of the Caribbean islands. It is pretty rare for storms that do that to make it back into the Gulf. It is likely a greater threat to the US east coast, but that won't be for 10 days or so.
Weak...doesn't even look like Houston will get rain at all...thanks for teasing me you stupid storm...got my hopes up that I wouldn't have to work tomorrow.
I'm new here, but this fatty fat character sounds like a true tough guy, I'll stay away from him, I don't want any trouble.
Hmmm, Humberto strengthens to a Hurricane just as it is about to make landfall. However the difference between a strong Tropical storm and a minimal hurricane is not that much. But it's quite interesting that it intensifies right before comming inland.
During Rita, I evacuated all the way up to Nacogdoches. Even that far inland, when Rita passed over the house we were staying in, it was pretty scary, like a jet engine was revving directly over the house. Luckily, the house had very narrow windows, so the debris we could hear pelting the side of the house never broke any of the windows. So all this time, based on that, I've been under the impression that Rita must've been a Cat 2 or even a 3 by the time it hit Nacogdoches. Like I said, the roar was like a jet engine. But just now, I look it up online, and find out that it was only a Cat 1 by that time. Crapola. I'm in Beaumont, directly in the path of this Humberto character. I'm a little worried. Our windows here aren't nearly as narrow.
I wish you the best. But hopefully Humberto will weaken back down to a strong Tropical Strom by the time it reaches Beaumont. Expect the worst of the weather to occure in about 3-5 hours. That makes it right before sun rise locally... It'll be interesting to see what the storm has done when I wake up tomorrow morning.
I just saw that Humberto made landfall as a weak hurricane. Good luck to anyone out there in its path.
We are so lucky in Beaumont- Port Arthur-from this morning Beaumont enterprise newspaper: 30 am: Humberto's eye passes through Port Arthur, Mid-County; residents to stay in place By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE, The Enterprise 09/13/2007 Updated 09/13/2007 06:02:55 AM CDT Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly By 5 a.m., the eye of Hurricane Humberto was pummeling Port Arthur and Mid-County areas Thursday morning with rain and winds up to 85 mph and heading north east. Advertisement Both Port Arthur and Nederland police departments reported flooded streets, downed trees and power outages throughout the area. The best thing for people to do is stay in place, Nederland Police Chief Darrell Bush said by phone as he was patrolling the city. School in both Port Neches-Groves and Nederland has been canceled, he added. Texas 87 to Sabine Pass has water on the roadway near the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge, according to Port Arthur police dispatches. Sheets of rain poured down as Humberto slammed ashore about 5 miles east of High Island at about 2 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center. At about 4 a.m. in Port Neches, the rain stopped and the wind picked up, blowing over small trees and any loose objects. Wind gusts of 84 mph were recorded at the South East Texas Regional Airport, according to the National Weather Service. Inland tropical storm warnings were in effect for Southeast Texas and Central Louisiana as Humberto lumbered north northeast. It was expected to diminish as it is expected to move across Southeast Texas and into west-central Louisiana by mid-morning. My grill was moved and 2 large pots with heavy plantings blew over-more wind than I expected-no power, but I can put things in a cooler. Heavy rain-more wind than I would expect. This could have been bad if this Humberto thing had had more time to intensify-You are right Jeff- preparation is key
I slept like a baby through Humberto last night here in Galveston. A few smaller branches in the street. I wasn't ever worried, but we got lucky that it shifted to the east.
