When I lived there, 92-94, I was in Friendswood. My brother still lives down there near Norchester. He's been down there for 35 or 40 years I think.
The Random Weather Thread
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My ex-wife and I looked at homes in Norchester when we moved back to the Houston area. I am literally 2 minutes down Grant rd from him, lol…
Wow! Small world. He loves it there, but it's far too hot and humid for me.
Politicians are not to be trusted.
Snow is coming down pretty hard right now.
Just took this photo from my balcony. That tree snapped from the heavy winds. Fortunately, it fell in the direction it did.
I-80 IL - IA will be a gong show on Sat.
Mother Nature decided that snow and wind wasn't enough today so now it is hailing. She can be a cruel mistress.
It was low sixties here today. Perfect weather for starting the installation of new speakers and an amp in my 99 Crew Cab. Nights are high thirties.
Models have been hanging onto a nasty ice storm for a couple of runs middle of DEC. Check your generators if your close to path.
Same picture 12 hours later. I love that look of the gray fog over the lake in the morning.
Weather has been outstanding the last couple of weeks. Everyday I thank God I live down here. I take nothing for granted.
Edit with a more foggy one.
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Had record low temps the other night. 6 degrees. Been unseasonably snowy and cold the past few weeks. The forecast:
Yup, thick as pea soup over here, about 500'
Today’s high is 85 with some humidity. Just the way I like it in December. Feels like Christmas.
My buddy down the street. Another former MassHole. Set up his Christmas display with a Corona beer display. I will snap a pic if I remember to.
It's been non-stop heavy rain and wind all day today. It's raining in a way we don't see very often, like maybe once ever 5-10years, and the river behind my apartment is rising really fast. They rolled a flood barrier out today but haven't inflated it yet, but if I had to guess we may see the banks of the river breached by morning. Since I got home from work about 2hrs ago now it's risen about 2ft from what I can tell and has another 3-4ft to go. I've seen it breach the banks a few times throughout the years but never get past the secondary berms.
I'm on the top floor so I'm okay, but between my Bronco and my Escape I'm leaving my Escape and driving my Bronco out if it comes to it because the cars would be vulnerable. If it breaches the banks there is still a 2-3ft berm that's next before it starts to flood into the bottom floor of my building unit so a little bit of time until it can breach that. The inflatable berm is there to add to where there isn't a berm on the buildings next to mine. Will tell my downstairs neighbors that I can store anything that they can't get out if it does get to that point.
This is what is over us right now. Pretty much 99% chance of rain until Wednesday!
I'm on the top floor so I'm okay, but between my Bronco and my Escape I'm leaving my Escape and driving my Bronco out if it comes to it because the cars would be vulnerable. If it breaches the banks there is still a 2-3ft berm that's next before it starts to flood into the bottom floor of my building unit so a little bit of time until it can breach that. The inflatable berm is there to add to where there isn't a berm on the buildings next to mine. Will tell my downstairs neighbors that I can store anything that they can't get out if it does get to that point.
This is what is over us right now. Pretty much 99% chance of rain until Wednesday!
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Lots of photos but just trying to compare. Just took King out for his last walk of the night and the water is high and moving fast! Large masses of 50+ft trees with their trunks from up river are being swept down river and you can hear loud bangs from them banging against the rocks below. We had a huge tree get beached on the shore about a year and a half ago and it withstood a lot of rising water, but as if today it is long gone now. I always just find it amazing seeing how powerful water is in real time. It's a no-brainer as to why, but seeing it happen never gets old.
Yup, we're getting pissed on bigly. I'm more worried about trees coming down around here.
If it floods enough, our small town becomes an island and we'll be stuck until the water recedes.
If it floods enough, our small town becomes an island and we'll be stuck until the water recedes.
Now we don't want THAT to happen. Be safe!
The river is almost there. It stopped raining for now but that doesn't mean shit if it's still raining south of me. It's a couple more feet from cresting the last berm and flooding the lower units. That could only be 2-3hrs from now if it's still rising. What I don't understand is no one has filled the flood barrier so it's just sitting there about to be washed away.
My unit is the top floor light in the 2nd to last photo.
My dad is telling me this atmospheric river stretches across the Pacific to the Phillipines!
Holy crap, you are right next to it! I'd move. 
In all seriousness, the flood forecast I read says the waters will recede slightly today and then increase tonight. We'll see. A lot of water is still coming down from the mountains.
Politicians are not to be trusted.
In all seriousness, the flood forecast I read says the waters will recede slightly today and then increase tonight. We'll see. A lot of water is still coming down from the mountains.
Politicians are not to be trusted.
