Just saw a satellite - looks like it's getting close, Tex... hold on! And I saw the Tornado Watch.

 

Just for Southsider, WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHEEEEERRRRREEEEEEEEE IIIIIISSSSSS IIIIITTTTT?

Just saw a satellite - looks like it's getting close, Tex... hold on!  And I saw the Tornado Watch.

 

Just for Southsider, WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHEEEEERRRRREEEEEEEEE IIIIIISSSSSS IIIIITTTTT?

 

EVERYBODY OUTSIDE!!!!

Boooooooooooring

Funny, currently the skies as bright blue with just a few high flying cirrus clouds. Hard to imagine that in about 14-18 hours we could be in for a major storm.

 

Exactly like it was here a week ago Saturday before Dennis came through. It will be pretty nice right after the hurricane passes as well.

 

The worst part about a hurricane is the wait. Knowing that it is coming at you, but not knowing exactly what it will do. Last year with Ivan, I was without power for about 7 hours. A friend of mine never lost power. Another friend 10 miles out of town lost it for two freakin weeks!

 

People buy up all the batteries, flashlights, candles, non-perishable food, ice, etc. Wal Mart looks like a bomb went off with empty shelves and a mess all over. The day before Dennis came there were no D cell batteries to be found in the whole city.

 

When a hurricane passes it is really depressing. Rain and wind just pounds on you all day long with no respite. Dennis, which turned out to be much weaker than Ivan last year, provided a steady hard rain for about 14 hours straight. It just kept coming and coming and coming.

As of 10:03 pm Central time........

It didn't even wake me up last night. Now it appears we will have a ten day rain.

It didn't even wake me up last night. Now it appears we will have a ten day rain.

 

Just a little rain, about an inch last night in quiet ol' Luling too. It's just cloudy and a little dark outside here at work in SA, but not much else. How are you doing today Texsox?

Just a little rain, about an inch last night in quiet ol' Luling too.  It's just cloudy and a little dark outside here at work in SA, but not much else.  How are you doing today Texsox?

 

Tornado warning, bunch of rain, very windy.

Tornado warning, bunch of rain, very windy.

 

More details! What are the winds like? How much rain have you guys got? Do most people have power around your area? What is it like in Brownsville?

very localized power outages, nothing more than what would happen during a thunderstorm. No touchdowns. Basically we are escaping basically unscathed. So far. Knock on wood.

very localized power outages, nothing more than what would happen during a thunderstorm. No touchdowns. Basically we are escaping basically unscathed. So far. Knock on wood.

 

Good for you guys. You got the rain, without the pain. Stay safe

Some localized flooding. Nothing too major. That will probably begin shanging overthe next 24-48 hours as irrigations ditches and storm systems fill. The cotton guys are singing the blues. The crops are ready and if they didn't get them in, they will be unable to harvest for days or weeks, by then it could be too late.

 

Citrus and our salad crops are happy.

We keep getting these isolated t-storm arms of Emily. And these crazy rain bands of clouds. I'm tellin' ya, growin' up in Chicago didn't prepare me for seeing hurricane remnants.

 

Don't float away, Tex.

We are even seeing the high cirrus blowing off of Emily clear up here. The clouds from hurricanes are a lot different then your typical summertime clouds.

it's getting nastier here. Winds have picked up and the tornado warnings are coming about every :30. Thankfully, no tornados

Hopefully you get out of this with just the rain.