Harvey

[Freude am Fahren]

So do we have any members here in the Texas/LA gulf coast area?

Harvey looks to be pretty damn serious. It looks like it's going to just park it's ass over land once it crosses into Texas and drop up to 40" !! of rain. Nevermind the cat2-3 winds, and 12' storm surge. One mayor asked residents who refuse to leave to write their names and SS#'s on their arms to make their remains easier to identify. I applaud him for his candor, even if it was maybe a bit tongue in cheek. Unfortunately, most would probably wash off anyway though.

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[Cam]

Adam, but he's already on his way out.

[Freude am Fahren]

Now a category 4 with winds upwards of 130mph!

[GB]

Not good.

[Rare White Ape]

At least severed arms will be easy to identify, if things get really rough.

[MR2 Fan]

i understand the reporters need to cover the hurricane and want to show how severe it is...but it bothers me how they stand there in 60mph winds and rain

[SkylineObsession]

Harvey may leave a dent then?

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[dodint]

Oof.

[Tom Servo]

Most people I know in Texas are in Austin, which is well inland. They're still looking at 17+ inches of rain over the next few days.

[2ndMoparMan]

God damnit, Barb.

[21Kid]

Adam is still there. His garage was flooding. But I think he was able to move his cars out

[Crazed_Insanity]

Hope he's going to be okay...

[MR2 Fan]

it's storms like these that make me wonder if we'll have to re-draw maps where new lakes are formed and inland areas are now waterfront property

[Rare White Ape]

At least flood water drains away. Permanent lakes are a geological change that takes eons.

What we have now is climate change-driven storms which are stronger and more frequent than they were 100 years ago. If we change any maps, it's to redraw and expand the areas that will be prone to frequent flooding, and from there we will adjust building codes and socioeconomic zones accordingly.

[dodint]

it's storms like these that make me wonder if we'll have to re-draw maps where new lakes are formed and inland areas are now waterfront property

The Outer Banks does this with inlets but it's not nearly the same thing.

[George]

Hurricane Harvey has become a real crisis for those of us in Colorado as well.

Colorado brewery halts beer production to can water to send to Houston (http://www.timescall.com/business/ci_31258728/oskar-blues-halts-beer-production-longmont-can-water) :eek:

[neanderthal]

Read a heart warming story about J. J. Watt seeking donations with a modest goal of $500k that grew to $4 million in something like 2 days. The Tennesse Titans owner kicked in a casual $1million. Chris Paul, newly signed by the Rockets, a half mil.

[G'day Mate]

Here's one they didn't see coming: there's whole colonies of fire ants floating around the place in big, stingy rafts. I read that one expert said "don't touch them or it will ruin your day"

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[dodint]

We were actually taught that in grade school in North Carolina since we had an abundance of fire ants and hurricanes. My sister fell into an ant colony when she was 2 or so, unpleasant day.

One of my earliest memories, when I was 2 or 3, was taking a straw and sticking it into an ant hill and trying to suck it up like a milkshake. Kids are dumb, present company included.

[George]

Those floating colonies of fire ants seem more like an Australia thing than something that would happen here. But, as they say, everything is bigger in Texas. I too became familiar with them (in small quantities) in NC, and I think Cam posted something about them recently from SC.

If anyone wants to hear a very good Old Time Radio drama about ants in large quantities, check out Leiningen Vs The Ants. It's free to stream or download at www.archive.org.

This version from 1948 stars the great voice actor William Conrad: https://ia800501.us.archive.org/16/items/Escape19471948/esca.48.05.23_Leiningen_vs_the_Ants.mp3

[Tom Servo]

But, as they say, everything is bigger in Texas.

They say that, but I had to buy a phone charger at a Best Buy between Houston and Austin once and it fit my phone just fine.

[dodint]

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[Phil_SS]

I thought it was funny.......

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[Rare White Ape]

Those floating colonies of fire ants seem more like an Australia thing than something that would happen here.

We we do have imported fire ants here, but thankfully they were spotted early and are contained fairly well to a small part of the country.

[Drachen596]

I wonder how long one of those fire ant floaters would survive out at sea.

[Phil_SS]

Not very long is my guess. Between fish and waves I think they would be dead fairly quick.

[Drachen596]

Good... lets move them all to open sea then.


Looks like Harvey is finally moving on and hopefully dying.

Estimates i have seen say something like 25 trillion gallons of water fell from the storm.

[Rare White Ape]

Not very long is my guess. Between fish and waves I think they would be dead fairly quick.

Could ruin a fish's day.

[Cam]

Meanwhile, over 1,200 people died from flooding in India recently. :(