Hurricane Harvey!!!

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Heads Up!

https://www.circa.com/story/2017/09/...tegory-4-storm

Why do I get a bad feeling...

Local news having a field day with that one right now. Too early to figure out direction yet but hope for the best / prepare for the worst. On my to do list to start the generator this weekend anyway.

[nyalpine90]

better stock up

[gonzo]

Not to pull urgency of helping Texans, but the wind speed projections for Irma are off the charts. According to several meteorologists anyway.
Again; heads up.

Harvey victims need our help now.
I'm down north of Houston for an event and it's a bit creepy here. Army planes and helicopters flying over. I 45 had flatbeds of huge generators heading south. Fire trucks, ambulances, dump trucks and third wheel campers too.
Horrible situation but they appear to be getting some serious help.

[XutvJet]

It's amazing to me to see groups like the Cajun Navy come to the rescue and arguably with a better and more efficient approach to help people than the federal and state agencies. It's great to see so many people rise up and help others.

It will be interesting to see how Harvey works it's way into Washington in the coming weeks and months regarding the execution of the response, the funds needed for recovery and where that's going to come from, the climate change evidence, etc. I'll leave it at that.

The sad thing is this disaster could have largely been avoided if the Texas governments would not allowed for overbuilding and development of areas that were originally capable of managing storm run off. Houston has grown and grown over the decades with a focus on being "business friendly", but the various state, city and county governments did very little to design its infrastructure to handle excessive storm events. It's Houston after all, is subject to hurricanes and massive rain fall. The water has to go somewhere and the governments did a terrible job planning for it. What weren't flood plains are now flooded massively. This is almost entirely due to the overbuilding and lack of storm management infrastructure. Since many of these people did not live in designated flood plains, they weren't required to maintain flood insurance on their homes. So we, the US federal taxpayer, will get to pay that bill to help these people rebuild, not the Texas governments. And these homes will likely be rebuilt in the same areas and little will be done to improve the flood potential situation. Think about that.

[gonzo]

Zoning. Oh wait, Houston has none.

[JTK24]

Just FYI - paypal has a portal set up nicely to donate easily through your paypal account. they let you choose from a large list of charities. Just sign into your paypal account and near the top there is a button for Hurrican Harvey. Nice and easy, just did mine.

[nyalpine90]

a shot in the air, may sound stupid but is it possible to collect this water?
of course it must go thru intense purification, cleansing etc...
20 trillions of gallons is estimated. (yahoo article)

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by nyalpine90

a shot in the air, may sound stupid but is it possible to collect this water?
of course it must go thru intense purification, cleansing etc...
20 trillions of gallons is estimated. (yahoo article)

Us in Cali has been eyeing all that water for sure!

[The Choosey begger]

Looks like 1MOREMOD is out helping.

[positiveions]

Originally Posted by anglo

Looks like 1MOREMOD is out helping.

God bless these people. I know if I was around I wouldn't hesitate to help.

[aozer]

had to fill up on 87 the other day because that is all that i can find here in dallas. oh well, i guess i should consider myself lucky if this is the worst of my problems.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by anglo

Looks like 1MOREMOD is out helping.

I see no beer . That's not him.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

I see no beer . That's not him.

Nor fruit-flavored alcohol

[BimmerAg]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

The sad thing is this disaster could have largely been avoided if the Texas governments would not allowed for overbuilding and development of areas that were originally capable of managing storm run off. Houston has grown and grown over the decades with a focus on being "business friendly", but the various state, city and county governments did very little to design its infrastructure to handle excessive storm events. It's Houston after all, is subject to hurricanes and massive rain fall. The water has to go somewhere and the governments did a terrible job planning for it. What weren't flood plains are now flooded massively. This is almost entirely due to the overbuilding and lack of storm management infrastructure. Since many of these people did not live in designated flood plains, they weren't required to maintain flood insurance on their homes. So we, the US federal taxpayer, will get to pay that bill to help these people rebuild, not the Texas governments. And these homes will likely be rebuilt in the same areas and little will be done to improve the flood potential situation. Think about that.

This was literally the largest amount of flooding rain ever experienced in the history of the United States...sorry, but that's not really something you can plan for. I don't think any city in the country, or even the world, would be prepared for a once-in-a-millennium disastrous event

[OG Shark]

Couple pics of the boat dry storage near Rockport...



Got that skylight always dreamed about...

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by jktx

Couple pics of the boat dry storage near Rockport...



Got that skylight always dreamed about...

Nice beam work brotha! - not sure where you're going with that paint scheme but hey, i'm sure it'll all pull together

[shockin330i]

Originally Posted by jktx

Couple pics of the boat dry storage near Rockport...



Got that skylight always dreamed about...

Passed by there yesterday.
Is that your home?

[OG Shark]

Originally Posted by infinitekid2002

Nice beam work brotha! - not sure where you're going with that paint scheme but hey, i'm sure it'll all pull together

Thanks - going for the windblown look. Wanted it to match the rest of the place

Originally Posted by shockin330i

Passed by there yesterday.
Is that your home?

Yeah that's our condo. Fortunate that its not our primary - can't imagine what the locals are going through. Haven't been back since a couple of Mondays ago - how did it look down there? How are they coming along on power? Did you happen to notice if they still have some central staging areas or donation centers that we can bring supplies to when we come back? Thanks!

Also want to add to anybody that helped out in Houston/Rockport - anywhere that needed it - you guys rock. God bless you for all that you've done to help these people out!

[shockin330i]

Originally Posted by jktx

Thanks - going for the windblown look. Wanted it to match the rest of the place




Yeah that's our condo. Fortunate that its not our primary - can't imagine what the locals are going through. Haven't been back since a couple of Mondays ago - how did it look down there? How are they coming along on power? Did you happen to notice if they still have some central staging areas or donation centers that we can bring supplies to when we come back? Thanks!

Also want to add to anybody that helped out in Houston/Rockport - anywhere that needed it - you guys rock. God bless you for all that you've done to help these people out!

It looked pretty bad. Power was still down but they were fixing the lines. I'll be back Tuesday, in the roofing business so we're gonna be busy for the next few months. We can go tarp your place of you need.
There were still tons of donation centers and lots of people giving away food since nothing was open. Best sausage on a stick I've had in awhile lol

[wren57]

Get in there and rip all that sheetrock out ASAP. The last thing you want is a mold infestation.

[OG Shark]

Originally Posted by shockin330i

It looked pretty bad. Power was still down but they were fixing the lines. I'll be back Tuesday, in the roofing business so we're gonna be busy for the next few months. We can go tarp your place of you need.
There were still tons of donation centers and lots of people giving away food since nothing was open. Best sausage on a stick I've had in awhile lol

Yeah you are going to be busy for awhile. Appreciate the offer but was able to get it covered up. Coming back soon to check up on the place and bring some supplies. Sounds like warm meals might be welcome. Thanks!

Originally Posted by wren57

Get in there and rip all that sheetrock out ASAP. The last thing you want is a mold infestation.

Yeah good call - pics were from a couple of weeks ago & got what we could after. Didn't want to hang around in there too long with the few cracked beams. Other side had a couple as well. Sounds like going to be a tear down at this point.