Texas?

[skysummit]

Down here, evacuations will begin at 60mph.

[george_r_1961]

We had MILLIONS without power here in Virginia after Isabel. Crews came in from as far as Canada to help restore power. And we had crews from LA here as well. It had been a wet spring and the ground was soaked. So when the winds hit about 40 mph trees started falling on power lines. There was no ice to be found at least in my area, no gas stations open due to loss of power, the local landline phones only worked intermittently due to Verizon not having enough generators to keep their batteries charged . Had better luck with my wireless phone although we were asked beforehand to keep non emergency calls to a minimum. Power was out at my job for 2 weeks..at home for 4 days.. and for the only time in my life I applied for assistance and did get enough to keep my bills current.

All this for a storm that was BARELY a Cat 1 here in Virginia.

Gotta hand it to u folks on the Gulf Coast..y'all have your acts together a lot better than we do here.

[SouthFloridawx]

Southerngale... so you live in Northeast Texas then?

[southerngale]

Southerngale... so you live in Northeast Texas then?

[SouthFloridawx]

Southerngale... so you live in Northeast Texas then?

[southerngale]

Southerngale... so you live in Northeast Texas then?

Not talking, hitting. Ok ok, I'll be nice. *one more whack and hands you some Tylenol*


Back on topic...

[AL Chili Pepper]

hey Kelly, the outlook released from Independent today actually has a good writeup on Texas. The reasoning in their article makes sense. Based on the parameters they are looking at, they expect a protecting ridge to be located over the NE/NC Gulf Coast which would, in theory anyway, tend to steer storms more towards the west to Texas/Mexico. But take it with a grain of salt. This is exactly the setup we had for Rita but she turned when the shortwave up north picked her up.

I'm not a pro met, but I do take these type of predictions with a large grain of salt so early in the season. Last season's predictions were virtually identical to this season's (if I remember right, East Coast twice as likely to see hurricane activity, with the Gulf around 38%), and it seemed as though everything on the radar screen made a bee-line for the Gulf. Also, there's a cold front supposed to drop down to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend.

I'm not convinced of anything yet.

[Regit]

Southerngale... so you live in Northeast Texas then?

Not talking, hitting. Ok ok, I'll be nice. *one more whack and hands you some Tylenol*


Back on topic...

I suppose I could be annoying and call it East Central Texas, or the Northeast Coast of Texas, but I won't.

[cajungal]

Accuweather called Houston southwest Texas today on CNN

[BayouVenteux]

Southerngale... so you live in Northeast Texas then?

I suppose I could be annoying and call it East Central Texas, or the Northeast Coast of Texas, but I won't.

Considering the number of good Cajun folk who call the Golden Triangle area home, you could say it's the extreme western Louisiana Gulf Coast.

[southerngale]

Southerngale... so you live in Northeast Texas then?

I suppose I could be annoying and call it East Central Texas, or the Northeast Coast of Texas, but I won't.

Considering the number of good Cajun folk who call the Golden Triangle area home, you could say it's the extreme western Louisiana Gulf Coast.

And I bet that most people on here have no idea what you mean by Golden Triangle.

Oh and Regit...East Central Texas would be like the Nacogdoches area. Northeast coast of Texas? I see what you wrote but non comprendez!
No matter how many people want to change it, it's Southeast Texas and that's that. There's even a local song called "Southeast Texas" that Tracy Byrd sings, so I guess that settles it. hehehe

[southerngale]

Southerngale, I agree that every forecast for the area you live in thinks they will get hit. Here is our forecast from our governor...

According to the governor, the 2006 hurricane season is being predicted as very active in which Puerto Rico could be slammed by an atmospheric phenomenon in the categories of 4 or 5.

The island has not received the battering of a hurricane of these categories since the 1930s.



Doesn't sound real pleasant, huh....

I didn't say that. These predictions are from people and organizations nationwide and don't only mention Texas but mention several high risk areas.

Sorry about the prediction for PR though. Hope you don't see one!

[Rainband]

My area hasn't been hit since the 20's. It really doesn't mean too much