Cat 4 just announced by Weather Channel by Jim Cantore..."Good Luck".

[BigmanPigman]

I hope they open up the Border Checkpoints.

[steve2470]

1. Oh no :/ nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. If one person dies or is arrested because of ICE during this I say

America, all 300 million of us need to be in the streets

If not, then we are not Americans.

Can someone organize this please.

[RandySF]

3. Prayers for Texas

At least Rita dropped to a 3.

[Not Ruth]

4. Al Gore we should have listened

[NightWatcher]

5. That's just mean to damn these people to deportation or death

It's too late now. I hope they can hunker down and ride it out now.

[Horse with no Name]

8. I've been through these checkpoints

they bottleneck into these areas and there isn't any other way out.
I was gobsmacked when I heard they were still open.
Lots of folks will be trapped on those roads with this monster looming.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Ann Coulter will be thrilled...bitch!

[MLAA]

34. I agree with you, well said!

[NightWatcher]

13. Falfurrias and Sarita were two of the big ones I remember.

[Horse with no Name]

14. I was actually thinking of the one specifically in Falfurrias

I seem to remember it going down to a single lane....but it has been many years since I have been down that far south.
I was also thinking of the one in Raymondville--it was a little more open but you can't get out of the valley unless you go through it.
Going through these checkpoints all over Texas....you know they always wave through the white people and detain the brown people.
There are MANY legal brown people down that way but they will be stopped and forced to prove that and that will create a huge bottleneck.

[Miles Archer]

6. "Harvey has become a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph"

Link to tweet

[milestogo]

7. Effects of a Category 4 hurricane

Category 4 hurricanes tend to produce more extensive curtainwall failures, with some complete structural failure on small residences. Heavy, irreparable damage and near complete destruction of gas station canopies and other wide span overhang type structures are common. Mobile and manufactured homes are often flattened. Most trees, except for the heartiest, are uprooted or snapped, isolating many areas. These storms cause extensive beach erosion, while terrain may be flooded far inland. Total and long-lived electrical and water losses are to be expected, possibly for many weeks.

The 1900 Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the United States, peaked at an intensity that corresponds to a modern-day Category 4 storm. Other examples of storms that peaked at Category 4 intensity, and made landfall at that intensity include: Hazel (1954), Gracie (1959), Flora (1963), Cleo (1964), Madeline (1976), Frederic (1979), Joan (1988), Iniki (1992), Luis (1995), Iris (2001), Charley (2004), Dennis (2005), Gustav (2008), Ike (2008) and Joaquin (2015).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale

Comparable to the 1900 Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster to hit the United States.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Was announced early this am that ICE/Border is not gonna ask for ID

due to storm evac. needs.

[renate]

20. I just wish that news had gotten out earlier

It's heartbreaking to think that people might die because of the delay.

[Stonepounder]

33. Nope, wants them to keep checking ID's and detaining

http://reason.com/blog/2017/08/25/border-patrol-will-keep-checkpoints-open

Border Patrol Will Keep Checkpoints Open During Hurricane Harvey

Because the important thing during a hurricane is making sure evacuees aren't undocumented immigrants.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced it will keep open interior border checkpoints in the path of Hurricane Harvey, drawing condemnation from civil liberties and immigration groups.

"Border Patrol checkpoints will not be closed unless there is a danger to the safety of the traveling public and our agents," CBP said in a statement to the Texas Tribune yesterday. "Border Patrol resources, including personnel and transportation, will be deployed on an as needed basis to augment the efforts and capabilities of local-response authorities."

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. Maybe I mis-read

or there is conflicting orders, hopefully.
Cannot believe this shit..it really did not take much for so much inhumanity to arise....

[NastyRiffraff]

11. Thinking of the people in Texas

I wish I could DO something. Please stay safe.

[herding cats]

12. The difference in damage from a Cat 1 - Cat 5 hurricane.

https://m.

We're not just looking at massive damage from flooding and storm surge anymore.

[QED]

15. Thank you for posting this.

[workinclasszero]

25. Lord help those poor people down there

[malaise]

16. Luck won't help here

This one required preparation, paying attention and getting out of harm's way.

[BigmanPigman]

17. Did anyone tell the fake prez that before he made his brilliant statement?

[malaise]

18. who listens to that idiot?

[BigmanPigman]

19. No one with ears or an IQ in the triple digits.

[ellie]

21. Ok, they have to bring

Jim Cantore in now. He is going to end up in the Gulf of Mexico.

[Amaryllis]

22. So I am missing something here...can one of you please explain how Cat 4 relates to opening border

checkpoints?

[BigmanPigman]

23. The flow of traffic and being stranded.

[Amaryllis]

27. You mean people going back and forth to Mexico? Travelers, etc?

[BigmanPigman]

28. Yeah, see post #14 too.

[Amaryllis]

30. Seeing more on it now. Hadn't been online since last night.

Unbelievable what has happened in less than 24 hours.

[Luz]

29. The border checks are about 50? 100? miles inside the border.

Only a few highways come out of south texas, and you must pass one. Fear is that anyone living in texas, but south of the border checks won't chance going thru it.

[GusBob]

36. You know interstates? Ever hear of contralateral?

When a monster storm comes BOTH SIDES of the interstate go one way.

Contra-fucking-lateral

You don't stop traffic for shit getting out

[elmac]

24. feeding off the hot water plus historical high atmospheric moisture

got a bad feeling about this one, its not going to end well.

[Not Ruth]

26. Is this related to Houston discouraging evacuations?

http://abc13.com/weather/officials-to-harris-co-residents-dont-evacuate-yet/2340538/

[BigmanPigman]

45. Do you know if they ever told them to evacuate?

[Not Ruth]

46. They never told them to evacuate, evacuation being more dangerous than the rain in their belief

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/harris-county-top-elected-gop-official-calls-gov-abbott-evacuation-comment-mistake/YRDWw3wGJpLYX15gSLUMqI/

[rocktivity]

31. President Duh Donald will have his very own Hurricane Sandy

Oh, goody...


rocktivity

[BigmanPigman]

32. He'll say he his hurricane was bigger than Obama's.

[BigmanPigman]

40. Stephanie Ruhle is on MSNBC not Fux. She is on in the morning

with Ali Velshi and she is really good and anti-45. You must be thinking of another anchor.

[MLAA]

41. Thanks for the correction, I will try and get to the bottom of it.

[MLAA]

42. FOUND It. It was her, but she was Concerned for the safety of the undocumented.

I was wrong, she was NOT suggesting they shouldn't be allowed. I deleted my erroneous post.

[BigmanPigman]

43. The only reason I noticed is because just last week

I was telling my sister how good she is and she never let's pro-45 people get away with anything ever.

[MLAA]

44. I will look for her. I usually just catch Chris , Rachel and Lawrence 🙂

[rustysgurl]

37. Texas Governor Greg Abbott ...

when asked during a news conference if credentials were going to be checked at evacuation centers, said (and I paraphrase here), No, our main priority is saving lives, not turning people in.

I was very surprised at his response.

[haele]

38. They may not check people seeking shelter...

But I'd bet the State is going to have troopers check people before they leave just before the disaster is over...

Haele