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#1 Postby wxcrazytwo » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:04 am

I have my favorite uncle in brownsville along with my 4 nephews. I do not have any information as to what is going on down there. All I am hearing is tornadoes and roofs being caved in or ripped off. Can somenoe please inform me as to what is happening down there...
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#2 Postby Pebbles » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:07 am

They are experiencing tropical storm winds ... http://www.krgv.com/ may have more info for you. Prayers for your family. I know times like this can be stressful, specially when you are hearing damage reports. Hopefully your family is just fine and will be in touch with you soon. Most area's still have power! That a positive note to keep in mind. The damage reports are far and few between.
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#3 Postby wxcrazytwo » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:17 am

THANKS PEBS.
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#4 Postby vbhoutex » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:19 am

The highest wind reports our local ocm's and reporters have sent back from there is sustained in the 40's and 50's and some hurricane force gusts, but no real heavy damage. There may have been a few tornados but I haven't heard of any widespread damage.
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#5 Postby Pebbles » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:23 am

wxcrazytwo wrote:THANKS PEBS.
Anytime! *huggers*
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#6 Postby Brent » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:40 am

Unless there was a tornado, structures are fine. 50-60 mph gusts are no worse than a bad thunderstorm.
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#7 Postby wxcrazytwo » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:44 am

Brent wrote:Unless there was a tornado, structures are fine. 50-60 mph gusts are no worse than a bad thunderstorm.


Brent, I don't understand you sometimes. You tend to under minimize a good majority of storms that have passed. When Dennis hit pensacola, we here in Tampa got TS winds, but you know what Brandon, which is farther east got the same thing but they received damage to structures while Tampa received minimal. So don't tell me 50-60 is nothing. :roll:
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#8 Postby Brent » Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:46 am

wxcrazytwo wrote:
Brent wrote:Unless there was a tornado, structures are fine. 50-60 mph gusts are no worse than a bad thunderstorm.


Brent, I don't understand you sometimes. You tend to under minimize a good majority of storms that have passed. When Dennis hit pensacola, we here in Tampa got TS winds, but you know what Brandon, which is farther east got the same thing but they received damage to structures while Tampa received minimal. So don't tell me 50-60 is nothing. :roll:


No I don't. This was a major hurricane in Northeast Mexico. What I am saying is, it's not that huge of a deal. They got very lucky to only have that. I agree, 50-60 mph gusts(GUSTS, not sustained winds), are nothing to sneeze at, but if that was all I got from this storm, I'd be very glad.
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#9 Postby Shoshana » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:18 pm

http://www.team4news.com/

Another Brownsville tv news site. No live feed, but they have news reports and archived video. Hope they're doin just fine!

'shana
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#10 Postby Hurricaneman » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:19 pm

Just a few tornado reports
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