The official tropical weather thread 2017

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It's a bit rainy today....anybody up on the GrAnde side could tell me how it looking?

[redmanjp]

some epic devastation in Texas. 1000 people had to be rescued last night alone due to flooding

[info-maniac]

satellite imagery of this monster is epic

Just saw a live NASA feed of Harvey, looks beautiful. Hard to imagine that it's so dangerous on the ground level judging by just it's appearance from above.

It's like the cleanest white I ever saw, beautiful and smooth from its eye to its edges

here is a link for people who to lazy to look

What I saw was full colour. Just saying, that's no where near as beautiful as the original live stream

[redmanjp]

Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
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Hurricane Harvey, the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States in more than a decade, made landfall on the Texas coast late Friday, as a Category 4 storm, destroying homes, overturning vehicles and sinking boats, severing power lines and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. As Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical storm, lingers over Texas, record amounts of rain are predicted, which could spawn even more destruction in the form of catastrophic flooding.
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A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles damaged in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, on August 26, 2017, in Taft, Texas. #


A traffic signal toppled by the winds of Hurricane Harvey lies in an intersection of downtown Corpus Christi, Texas, on August 26, 2017. #

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A destroyed building and vehicles at Rockport Airport after heavy damage when Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017


A helicopter flies over a destroyed apartment complex after Hurricane Harvey passed through on August 26, 2017 in Rockport, Texas.


Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham tells her she will help her out of the window after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the apartment on August 26, 2017 in Rockport, Texas. Donna was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in by the winds of Hurricane Harvey.


A passing motorist stops to look at a flipped truck in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 26, 2017, north of Victoria, Texas


Steve Culver cries with his dog Otis as he talks about what he said was the, "most terrifying event in his life," when Hurricane Harvey blew in and destroyed most of his home while he and his wife took shelter there on August 26, 2017 in Rockport, Texas


A badly-damaged airplane in its hanger at Rockport Airport after heavy damage when Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017.


Barbara Koster stands on her front door as she surveys her property which was left devastated by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas, on August 26, 2017


A Rockport firefighter goes door to door on a search and rescue mission as he looks for people that may need help after Hurricane Harvey passed through on August 26, 2017 in Rockport, Texas.


Damage to a store after Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017


Aaron Tobias who said he lost everything stands in what is left of his home after Hurricane Harvey blew in and destroyed most of the house on August 26, 2017 in Rockport, Texas. Mr. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived but he stayed there and rode it out.


Lisa Rehr holds her four-year old son Maximus, after they lost their home to Hurricane Harvey, as they wait to be evacuated with their belongings from Rockport, Texas, on August 26, 2017.

All that from a Cat 4. storm and 20 inches of rain- and the worrying thing is- this thing is going to last another 3 days!!


hmm, maybe that 'Great American Eclipse' was a bad omen

[maj. tom]

This is a clear demonstration how warm the Gulf of Mexico waters were for the system to gather all that energy in those 2 or 3 days to become a Cat 4 Hurricane... that still hasn't dissipated after being over land for 2 days.

[RedVEVO]

^^^
Any info on the Bush Family .
They live in Texas.

[hindian]

Looking at these pictures, it's really quite frightening to think that we really not ready for anything like that far less a little tropical storm...

[X_Factor]

^and yet quite a few ppl call for it to get some excitement

[jahs0ldi3r]

They need to take of those vr headsets and light a spliff...And stop drifting from reality

[K74T]

^and yet quite a few ppl call for it to get some excitement

How ironic was that the main jackarse who called for it, his area was one of the most affected.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

there is no way we could ever survive a direct cat 4 like that...

[BUSHMASTER]

^and yet quite a few ppl call for it to get some excitement

How ironic was that the main jackarse who called for it, his area was one of the most affected.

lol for real

[maj. tom]

Harvey going back out to sea to pick up more rage! What the hell going on with that devil storm!!

[redmanjp]

^ dats why i say d eclipse was a bad omen. Harvey aint no normal hurricane, a normal one would do damage and leave in a few hours
This one did catastrophic damage, stuck around to do more via rain, going out to sea to regain strength to come back with even more damage and potentially a lot of deaths

[matr1x]

We still running with omens ?

[maj. tom]

Eclipse omen? Do you really serious believe that?

Or maybe it's just the effects of global warming, and a warmer Gulf of Mexico energy reserve for the storm to draw power from.
I expect that the effects and destruction of Harvey will be rivaling or greater than those of 2005 Katrina in the end. And in the next hundred years there will be an increase of such storms.

[X_Factor]

100 years?,
u all saw how the pacific was looking this season?...sometimes 3 and 4 TS
monsoons in india, Bangladesh, pakistan
its just we ont on that side of the world so we are not sensitive to it

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

100 years?,
u all saw how the pacific was looking this season?...sometimes 3 and 4 TS
monsoons in india, Bangladesh, pakistan
its just we ont on that side of the world so we are not sensitive to it

yup, this is last month in the Pacific, 8 storms at once

[crazybalhead]

Got out of Houston Friday night yes. Driving during the day was OK, but it had not REALLY started.

[redmanjp]

We still running with omens ?

Genesis 1:14:
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs..."

[eitech]

We still running with omens ?

Genesis 1:14:
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs..."

*whispers* dude, he's an atheist.

[matr1x]

I said..woe! For chickens fell from the sky!


Clear skies in Trinidad

[matr1x]

Oh, and Google Joel Osteen and the flooding. Yup, thousands displaced and the mega church is locked up tight.

[redmanjp]

We still running with omens ?

Genesis 1:14:
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs..."

*whispers* dude, he's an atheist.

Yeah i figured. I'm not saying all eclipses are signs nor am i saying it caused the hurricane (that would be astrology)

But it CAN be a sign of events to come. The last total eclipse that crossed the US almost the same way was in 1918. That year the Spanish Flu killed half a million people in the US.

[Chimera]

i read that they are usually prepared for a 1 in a 100 year disaster/storm event

this hurricane was a 1 in 800 year event

by tmr they say 51 feet high water could break their levees

https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews?ref_ ... r%5Eauthor


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JUST IN: Brazoria Co., Texas, says levee at Colombia Lakes has breached due to #Harvey flooding: "Get out now!"
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[Chimera]

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DEVELOPING: Houston's Addicks Dam is overflowing for first time in its history due to #Harvey.

[brickman]

Tonight

[Drea]

Got out of Houston Friday night yes. Driving during the day was OK, but it had not REALLY started.

Know a couple of people who are stuck in Houston right now, and the airports saying they closed till Thursday as of now until further notice. One friend missed a chance home the Saturday because of a delayed flight in Chicago.

[Chimera]

they getting good jam in the us yes

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/30/us/ha ... index.html

'Whole city' now underwater as Harvey makes another landfall

(CNN)While countless Houstonians are still waiting for rescue, Tropical Storm Harvey has now swallowed another Texas city.

"Our whole city is underwater right now but we are coming!" Port Arthur Mayor Derrick Freeman posted Wednesday morning on Facebook. "If you called, we are coming. Please get to higher ground if you can, but please try stay out of attics."
Port Arthur -- about 90 miles east of the devastated Houston area -- is so deluged that floodwater has overwhelmed an evacuation center. Murky brown water nearly reached the top of cots at the shelter.

[redmanjp]

Heads up. Irma has formed towards the East and projected to become a hurricane before affecting the Windward or Leeward Islands