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**simplyconnected** · August 26, 2017, 12:03 AM

Robin & I are praying for light damage and for the folks who stayed to 'weather the storm'.

There is a high-pressure area pushing the hurricane back down, which will cause the storm to stay put and 'pinwheel' instead of moving north.

The news reports are telling us that Washington will not make the same 'Katrina' mistakes as they are moving ahead in a proactive stance instead of waiting until the 'smoke clears'. All of our generators from Michigan's box stores have been sent to Texas, in preparation for massive power outages. Local Texas governments are preparing for an orderly and law-abiding recovery. This was the main reason why so many stayed home, to secure their stuff. With God's help, Texas will suffer minimal consequences.

Don't worry about Squarebirds.org, Ray. You take care of yourself and your family. John and I can hold down the fort. - Dave

**YellowRose** · August 26, 2017, 12:14 AM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

Thanks for the comments and prayers. San Antonio has taken in many bus loads of people from the Coast and are putting them up here until this blows over. So far, you would not even know there was a hurricane south of me here.. But over night and the weekend, we will probably start getting dumped on big time, and the winds will kick up to around Tropical Storm or Cat 1 limits they think.. I will let you know how things go as I can and if I need to, I will bail out of here and go to my daughters home in the Hill Country.. about 50 miles further north.

**YellowRose** · August 26, 2017, 01:37 AM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

Still no storm activity here, but the outer bands are getting closer and we should start feeling some effects overnight. It has been downgraded from a Cat 4 to a Cat 3 now, and is expected to downgrade to a Cat 1 eventually. I am calling it a night.

**YellowRose** · August 26, 2017, 08:15 AM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

Morning update! I just got up a few minutes ago. I was not awoken by any heavy rain or storm activity here. Harvey has been downgraded from a Cat 4 to a Cat 1, with wind gusts up to 80mph. Here we have had some rain and the trees are whipping around at 24mph. According to the radar presently, the eye is just south of my youngest son's home in Cuero and headed right for them. They have lost power, and it is raining fairly hard, and blowing and going. However, it appears that they do not have any damage. However, the city of Rockport south of them where the eye came in does. The roof of their high school partially collapsed it is reported and there is damage to a senior center. City officials are just getting out to see how bad it is. I have not seen any reports of deaths yet. Most of the storm bands have been off to the northeast of the eye, hitting the Houston and Austin area, but not effecting us much yet. So far there is no indication that this is going to turn south and head back to the Gulf. It is following a path of Hurricanes of past years, to this point, of going inland and blowing itself out. If you want to get a better picture of what is happening, try clicking on the weather.com link in my first post, or bring up http://www.drudgereport.com.

**Joe Johnston** · August 26, 2017, 08:24 AM

Hope the wind continues to subside. Our daughter lives in San Antonio and we are in constant contact with her. Raining harder here in Naples FL than where she lives - but that will definitely change as the storm slowly moves.

Stay safe and hopefully dry in the garage!

**Dan Leavens** · August 26, 2017, 09:06 AM

Ray. Marg and I pray that the the hurricane moves out to sea and that there is no serious damage done inland. Our thoughts are with you and all squarebird families that may be affected . Stay safe.

**YellowRose** · August 26, 2017, 03:12 PM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

Update: At the moment, we are getting little rain and not much wind. An occasional band comes through with winds up around 25-35mph. Not much to this so far, for us. Harvey has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm now. My youngest son and family weathered through the storm and the eye of it, with little damage. However, there is some damage in Cuero. The damage in Rockport is pretty extensive from what I am seeing, with one death there being reported. My family was planning on going to Rockport over Labor Day to go fishing. I doubt that will happen now... Harvey seems to be taking a NNW turn slightly, so perhaps it is going to do that U'ie and head south again. However, it has gone much further north then they expected it to, but it still might turn south. The eye is much closer to me now then it was, but we are still on the western side of it and not getting much in the way of effects from it. No tornado alerts, hail, heavy rain, or very high winds so far....

**YellowRose** · August 27, 2017, 01:31 AM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

Latest Update: We are still getting some rain and wind here off and on. Most of the more severe activity is to the east of us, off towards the Houston area, which is having a lot of flooding. Tropical Storm Harvey's eye is sitting around Gonzales, just south of the I-10 interstate between here and Houston. It is just sitting there and spinning. It has yet to make that turn to the south that has been predicted that it would. It is dumping half the Gulf on the area it is covering now and they predict it will do that for the next few days, unless it moves south and out into the Gulf again. If it does that, they think it will move eastward and really clobber the Houston or New Orleans area. So that is where this stands now. Here is the weather radar for my area to give you an idea of what it looks like.

https://weather.com/weather/radar/in...icspeed&zoom=9

**YellowRose** · August 27, 2017, 08:45 AM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

Morning Update: We continue to get some rain and wind off and on. A rain and wind band just whipped through us. It is nothing like Houston, Galveston, and points east and northeast of us are getting. Check out www.drudgereport or FoxNews for updates on that area. Harvey just seems to be sitting there, spinning and not moving at all. It looks to be in about the same location it was yesterday evening. There does not seem to be any indication of it doing a U'ie, and heading south. If anything, it looks like it might be backing up a bit and turning to the south southeast slightly... Last I heard my son in Cuero was still without power, as is much of the area along the coast. There have been 5 deaths reported so far, and over 1,000 rescued from what I just read.

**Dan Leavens** · August 27, 2017, 09:04 AM

Ray:

Just saw news pics of Rockfort and the flooding, devastation. It is a miracle that there has not been more fatalities. Stay safe.

**simplyconnected** · August 27, 2017, 01:19 PM

We have been following it too. 500,000 without power, many under water, ~1,000 rescued but the death toll is down to a minimum for a 500-year catastrophe. Thank God Trump is ahead of the game and well prepared, unlike past presidents. This team is the best we have ever seen. - Dave

**YellowRose** · August 27, 2017, 11:00 PM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

Tonights Update: Tropical Storm Harvey has backed up, back over the Cuero area (last I heard, my son still is without power but is okay) and according to my local weather the eye is now sitting nearly back on the coastline somewhere around Port Lavaca, or Port O'Connor. It packs winds of about 45mph now, and expected to go back into the Gulf for about 24 hours, and then move back in across the coastline again moving to the northeast and go by Houston on the EAST side of the city. That means that Baytown, and New Orleans and the Louisiana area are going to get more of it, but still at Tropical Storm levels. Rainfall in my part of the city has only been 1 inch, as we have been pretty well out of the range of this storm. In fact, we spent part of the day in the sun, and it was cool enough not to even run the AC the last few days. On the eastern side, 3 inches, but areas to the northeast of us have had 23 inches of rain and Houston 22 inches to this point. For a lot more details on this storm check out the Drudge Report. www.drudgereport.com. We have rain in our forecast for the entire coming week, higher forecasts the first few days but then tapering off as this system finally moves out of our area to attack other parts of the country...

**Dan Leavens** · August 28, 2017, 07:31 AM

Ray glad to hear that the tropical storm has " Rainfall in my part of the city has only been 1 inch, as we have been pretty well out of the range of this storm"

Our thoughts and prayers are with the areas hit when Harvey comes back inland.

**YellowRose** · August 28, 2017, 12:04 PM

Me & A Cat 4 Hurricane Harvey....

This mornings Update: Tropical Storm Harvey is back on the coastline with about 40mph winds. It will move back into the Gulf for a day or so, and then move back into the Texas coastline, is the prediction. This time, it may go back in around Galveston, or just east of it or Houston. That is good if it does because it puts them on the LEFT side of the storm where less damage occurs. It is bad news for far east Texas, and Louisiana and other areas east of that, because they will be catching the east side storm bands instead.. As for my son, his power is back on, and they were out looking for a restaurant to eat breakfast at... He said he has not gotten much sleep since Thursday....

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