Spaceland vs Hurricane Rita

[gemini 0]

Although I don't want to wish the storm on anyone else, I would rather it hit further down the coast where it is less populated and open ranch land.

If it hits Matagorda my brothers and mother are in for a rough time!

Here's the current list of recommended supplies & stuff to protect:

May 26, 2004, 3:01PM

Emergency supplies
From staff reports

Gather the following supplies now, and take them with you wherever you go if you evacuate.

A change of clothing, rain gear and sturdy shoes.

Blankets or sleeping bags.

A first-aid kit and prescription medications.

An extra pair of eyeglasses.

A battery-operated radio, flashlights and plenty of extra batteries.

Credit cards and cash.

An extra set of car keys.

Games or toys for children, and books for adults.

A list of family physicians.

A list of important family information, such as the style and serial numbers of medical devices, such as pacemakers.

Special items for infants, elderly or disabled family members.

A supply of water (one gallon per person per day). Store water in sealed, unbreakable containers. Identify the storage date, and replace every six months. Non-perishable packaged or canned food for snacks.

Keep important family documents in a waterproof, portable container: Wills, insurance policies, contracts, deeds, stocks and bonds.

Passports, Social Security cards, immunization records.

Bank account numbers.

Credit card account numbers and companies.

Inventory of valuable household goods.

Important telephone numbers.

Family records (birth, marriage, death certificates).
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Hurricane evacuation tips:
Some tips in case you need to evacuate your home for a storm:

-- Stay alert to storm advisories. Evacuate if told to do so.

-- Map out your route, using roads specified by local authorities.

-- Do not get on the road without a place to go.

-- Fill your car with gasoline.

-- Before a storm threatens, contact your veterinarian or local humane society for information on preparing your pets for an emergency.

-- Secure your home before leaving. Board up windows and glass doors, anchor loose yard objects or bring them inside and lock your doors.

-- Get cash. After a hurricane, banks and ATMs may be temporarily closed.

-- If possible, evacuate to the home of either friends or family in a non-vulnerable area within your county.

-- Next try a motel or hotel and as a last resort go to a public shelter. Remember, shelters are not designed for comfort and do not usually accept pets.
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Source: Florida Division of Emergency Management; American Red Cross

Blue skies,

Jim

[Amanduh 0]

You can come stay with me, Shari.

[Beerlight 0]

Great list, thanks..... It along with my NASA evac plan will top it off.....

A friend of mine said we could ride out the storm at his place in Missouri City... Do you think that would be a good location, or should we move further.....?

[Rebecca 0]

Gulf Coast, prepare to be pounded.

Again.

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[gemini 0]

Most of the current projections are showing landfall Southwest of Houston near Matagorda (within 150 miles). Going to Missouri City is moving toward the Southwest of Houston. I would go North or Northeast.

Blue skies,

Jim

[scaryshari 0]

thanks Amanduh.

I'm sending my kiddo off to North Texas in the morning with two of my dogs. I will make a decision to leave by no later than Thursday. Otherwise the roads will be be chaos.

is

[skydivermom 0]

I live in Baytown (about 30 m east of Houston). We are surrounded by water, hence the name Baytown. The last major hurricane was Alicia in '83. I don't know yet if we are leaving Baytown, but we are certainly not staying in this house.

My husband did mention this morning that the path of the hurricane may have been changed to Corpus, but I don't know. Has anyone else heard this?

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[Brains 2]

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I live in Baytown (about 30 m east of Houston).

Even with the rain bands, you could get a HUGE amount of rain there, did your place flood back in the early 90's when the rest of Baytown flooded?

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.

[gemini 0]

As of 6 AM this morning, more of the models are showing a strike between Matagorda (SW of Spaceland) and Corpus Christi, and 3 are showing the Brownsville area/Northern Mexico now.

Another strange item to note from the predictions are the hard right turn (North) some of the models are showing after approaching Northern Mexico. Guess this is predicated on the high pressure currently over Houston to quickly slip to the East as the Pacific lows approach from the West.

One renegade is still showing Florida panhandle into Alabama.

Blue skies,

Jim

[Slappie 9]

Jim I'm not a weatherman and I can make pretty lines with different colors. That picture just shows they have no f'n clue this far out.

I am taking more a wait an see attitude. Let it get in the Gulf, see where the high pressure ridge is moving. Then make my decisions tomorrow afternoon and stick to them good or bad.

As for you an the DZ you guys don't have the luxury us up here in H-Town have. You guys need to get prepared. Best of luck.

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[StreetScooby 5]

Where are you finding the model tracks?

We are all engines of karma

[gemini 0]

http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/

Blue skies,

Jim

[pwln 0]

What to do..

I am scheduled to fly into Houston on Thursday, Work until Sunday and fly home. I think I'll be in Sugar Land, TX.
Oh, And right before the last storm I was going to Hurley, MS (North of Moss Point, MS)

[Rebecca 0]

So, we've got a hurricane potentially heading directly our way, we're tracking it, preparing to move to higher ground, yadda yadda yadda, and no one's asked:

Where's the party?

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[StreetScooby 5]

Thanks!

We are all engines of karma

[gemini 0]

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Where's the party?

Hopefully in Austin or College Station so we can still jump!

Blue skies,

Jim

[mnealtx 0]

Damn...that looks like almost exactly the path that Gilbert took back in the late 80's.... y'all be careful!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[skydivermom 0]

***did your place flood back in the early 90's when the rest of Baytown flooded?

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Don't know. We've only been here since 2000.


(btw, please say hello to Eric B., Douva and Jason; I've jumped with all of them)

Mrs. WaltAppel

All things work together for good to them that love God...Romans 8:28

[Channman 2]

Make sure you fill it with water to drink and don't pee in it.

[polarglitch 0]

Galveston has issued a Mandatory evac as of noon Tuesday, 20 Sept.

I dont have official records of this, but my friends in Texas A&M Galveston just informed me.

When you come close to losing your life, you learn to value it.
I jumped, I survived, I learnt.

[scaryshari 0]

Oh thank you so much for the advice!!

I bought a purifier...I think I can recycle if I need to.

is

[Beerlight 0]

GALVESTON - Hurricane Rita's most likely Gulf Coast target has shifted ever so slightly south, but Galveston remains well within the danger zone and the city has begun a voluntary evacuation.

City officials said this morning they are considering calling a mandatory evacuation at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center's latest official forecast names the stretch of coast just north of Matagorda Island as Rita's most likely target instead of Galveston, but with landfall on the Gulf Coast not expected until Friday night, meteorologists caution that predictions remain unreliable.

[Yoshi 0]

looks like its time to grab the surf board and head to galveston...

give me some arm floaties and Ill be ffine...

actually if worse comes to worst ill be headed to dallas or austin to meet up with some family...

-yoshi

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this space for rent.

[Rebecca 0]

She's been upgraded to Cat. 2, in case y'all hadn't heard.

Thinking about stocking up now... beer, ice, water, beer, canned food, snacks, beer, and ice outta do it...

Maybe a little more beer...

you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk?

[Brains 2]

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Maybe a little more beer...

Did you think about beer??

You guys be careful down there.

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.