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Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:15 pm
by Beebs52
Even tho we're 175 miles from Lake Charles and vicinity we're under trop storm warning since wind field enaht. Feeder bands just starting. We're 70 miles inland which is nothing with big storms. So, whaterya gonna do.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:51 pm
by silverscreenselect
Stay dry. Stay safe.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:56 pm
by Beebs52
Thx, there are many peeps in this path for sure. Our neighbor just put a pool in a house in Galveston...Inlaws in Kentucky and friend in Mempho gonna get it, too

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:57 pm
by Beebs52
It's the wind and power issues possibly for us.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:58 pm
by Bob Juch
Beebs52 wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:56 pm
Thx, there are many peeps in this path for sure. Our neighbor just put a pool in a house in Galveston...Inlaws in Kentucky and friend in Mempho gonna get it, too
He's going to have a salt-water pool. :shock:

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:05 pm
by Bob Juch
This looks ominous.

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Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:12 pm
by tlynn78
STAY SAFE!!!

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:59 pm
by Beebs52
I dunno. This may be a non event for us here, like Rita was. We had 2 raindrops, now a little cooler and clouds are not moving at all like hurricaney clouds. Very strange.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:16 pm
by Bob Juch
Beebs52 wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:59 pm
I dunno. This may be a non event for us here, like Rita was. We had 2 raindrops, now a little cooler and clouds are not moving at all like hurricaney clouds. Very strange.
Give it four hours.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:03 pm
by T_Bone0806
Beebs52 wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:59 pm
I dunno. This may be a non event for us here, like Rita was. We had 2 raindrops, now a little cooler and clouds are not moving at all like hurricaney clouds. Very strange.
I certainly hope you are right. Just be safe, my friend.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:07 pm
by T_Bone0806
Bob Juch wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:16 pm
Beebs52 wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:59 pm
I dunno. This may be a non event for us here, like Rita was. We had 2 raindrops, now a little cooler and clouds are not moving at all like hurricaney clouds. Very strange.
Give it four hours.
Not a very supportive response.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:51 am
by mellytu74
How are you guys doing?

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:28 am
by Beebs52
Nada. Zip.Zilxh. We need to turn sprinklers on. I haven't seen news yet but we were lucky for sure.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:37 am
by Beebs52
And by "we" I mean Houston and vicinity.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:47 am
by Bob Juch
Beebs52 wrote:
Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:37 am
And by "we" I mean Houston and vicinity.
Yes, Beaumont wasn't as lucky.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:09 am
by Beebs52
Well.Power just went out. Bright sun and nuthin happening?

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:21 am
by Beebs52
We're on Entergy grid that extends, yes, eastward to, you guessed it.

Re: Laura looms

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:06 pm
by Beebs52
Brownouts until line integrity in south Texas assured otherwise all Texas entergy peeps without power if line failure.