It got really hectic here in Port Arthur around 3 am last night. Woke up at that time, and couldnt sleep again till the wind died down at around 6. I was thinking to myself, all this for a tropical storm? Didnt know it was a category 1 hurricane till I got to work and read the news.
Don't be surprised if the remnants of Humberto eventually make it back into the Gulf and reform into a depression or TS. A couple of the models are predicting just that.
I can't believe it turned into a hurricane so quickly. Wow. Sunday night they were saying, "it might be a depression by tomorrow morning." Instead, it turned into a hurricane within about 24 hours.
Posting from my Treo: My neighborhood was hit pretty hard, but I missed most of it. I lost one piece of siding and some limbs. My neighbor across the cross-street had a huge pecan tree uprooted and it landed across a power-line and the drop line to my house. Across the corner, a powerline broke at the top. Another neighbor had a tree break toward his house,but I couldn't tell if it was hit. I'm at work now, but probably not for long. I'll post pictures when I get better access.
No kidding? Wow. If I am not mistaken, wouldn't it keep the same name if it reformed? Or would it get a new name? DD
Yes. Looks like he's wanting another piece of Texas. He's trying to sneak back in through the back door.
[movie guy voice]On September 12, he came ashore and brought wind, rain, and total chaos. Power lines, trees, and aluminum siding were no match for his destructive terror. After he left, the Gulf Coast was safe once again......or so they thought. Days later, as the sleepy coast returns to normalcy, he's back! This time, he brings MORE rain, MORE wind, and more chaos than you ever thought possible. If you thought Humberto was bad before, then get ready. As the pressure drops, the destruction rises. Humberto, Part Two!! This time, it's personal.... [/movie guy voice]
We live! So in the wee hours I'm wakened when the wind/rain starts howling like crazy outside, so I stick my head in the sand (meaning, I put in my earplugs), and sleep like a baby the rest of the night. I wake up and see and we made out unscathed, didn't even lose power, though from watching the news I'm seeing that a lot of people in the area weren't so lucky.
I can't remember the rule for this. I'm not sure if it would or not. I think if it drops below depression status before returning to the Gulf, they would rename it because the NHC would close out the file on Humberto at that point, but I'm not certain about that.
Saw this on the NHC discussion... TO PUT THIS DEVELOPMENT IN PERSPECTIVE...NO TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE HISTORICAL RECORD HAS EVER REACHED THIS INTENSITY AT A FASTER RATE NEAR LANDFALL.
you know....it's almost like from about July to November every freaking year we all become ducks in a big ass shooting gallery.
Groves Entergy is fast. The tree that was across my powerline was gone before I went home at noon. I still don't have power, but my parents do, and I'm staying with them. Entergy expects our power to be back on Sunday. I'm going to try to get out of as much work as possible today because I now own a chainsaw and need/want to use it. All in all, this wasn't a bad hurricane, as far as hurricanes go. (I'm beginning to feel like an expert.) I'd post my pics, but my company blocks photo hosting sites.
We had about 1 inch of rain and my weather station recorded max winds at 24 mph. The weather station about 15 miles away recorded 55 mph max winds. We also only had 0.92" of rain. Where the other station had about 4". It was wierd that I am less than 10 miles from Beaumont and had very little effect from this thing. I had 2 very small limbs (calling them limbs is generous) laying in my front yard and no water in my ditch. A much different situation than Rita. We didn't lose power at all.
Keep an eye on the Gulf this week. Most of the major models are predicting a couple of tropical storms in the Gulf this week, one forming in the Caribbean and moving into Florida, another forming in the central Gulf and moving into Texas. We saw how quickly these storms can intensify with the last one, so keep an eye out.
