Emily 125MPH Cat 3, 957 mb. Watch out, Texas!

[Maddy McCall]

Computer models show a possible strike on the coast of Texas.



Don't feel left out, Floridians. There are two tropical depressions developing in Emily's wake. :scared:

[Skink]

1. We need the rain.....

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. Yikes!

I checked the local ABC Houston station's website...they show that it could come here on Tuesday or Wednesday.

[Maddy McCall]

4. I had planned on renting a cabin next week on Pleasure Island...

at Port Arthur. I've already called my aunt to tell them that we may delay our visit until fall.

:hi:

[Not_Giving_Up]

5. Smart move

I don't think now is the time to be there.

[Wapsie B]

3. Good lord.

This seems like an especially bad season for hurricanes.

[flamingyouth]

6. Wow, that looks scary

Both of Fenris's grandmothers live in Port Neches. :scared:

[Maddy McCall]

10. Really? I always knew he was a good person...

The fact that he has relatives in the Port Neches area just proves it!

Tell Fenris to PM me sometime. I bet we know some of the same people!

:hi: FY

[flamingyouth]

28. I definitely will tell him

He just got back from there, in fact. His granddad passed away last weekend so Fen was down there with his family for the services.

He talked about going through a lot of old photos, etc., including pics of his great-grandparents back in the '20s in the area.

[Maddy McCall]

30. OMG! Then I am CERTAIN he knows some of my family.

My family goes back that far in that area, too. Ask him if he knows any Allreds or Pruetts over there.

I had to attend my grandmother's funeral this past spring there. She died in the hospital in Nederland.

[flamingyouth]

31. Yep - Fen's dad is from Nederland, in fact.

Small world! :D

[Maddy McCall]

37. Very cool.

It is a small world. :D

[NawlinsNed]

7. I'm sorta concerned....

... for the western Gulf coast in general, particularly Texas and Louisiana. Every new storm track that comes out places Emily higher and higher into the southern Gulf, and it's highly possible that a trough could suck it up and let it slam right into the Texas/Louisiana border.

[Maddy McCall]

11. Yes, that's my main concern, too.

Got many relatives in that area. Maybe some of them will come ride out the storm with us.

I'm prayin' that she stays far west enough in the gulf that New Orleans isn't affected. I'm due north of NOLA.

[merh]

8. Hey Maddy

I have a friend that is watching Emily and he says the high that is keeping her moving in a westerly direction will move to the east by the time she gets in the Gulf and then she will head our way. :scared:

I told him he should go "f" off. I don't need any predictions like that. :scared:

I don't like this season, too damned busy! :argh:

[Maddy McCall]

12. Keep that plywood up!

Maybe the Hurricane Girls can come visit you when Hurricane Season is over and help you take the plywood down. Between many, many daquiris, of course.

:D

[merh]

14. Hell, we have to keep the storms away to protect

the Hard Rock's Guitar!! It's huge! I still have to take a photo for you.

End of season is the meet up at the Hard Rock, that guitar and the casino must stand! We won't worry about the plywood, I'll paint pumkins on it and use it for my Halloween decorations and then I'll add turkeys and use it for my Thanksgiving decorations. :silly:

[Maddy McCall]

15. LOL! Too funny!

I can just see it now. Put some of those fake spiderwebs on it, maybe paint one or two like tombstones, and voila! Instant Halloween decorations.

Yes, That guitar has to stand! I'm planning on driving through that area next week, IF the shuttle is to be launched. Will look for the guitar. I'm thinking about taking MMjr. to the Stennisphere shuttle viewing next week, if the shuttle is launched next week.

I wonder why the Hard Rock put such an enormous hurricane target out there? That's just asking for something to tear it down, isn't it.

:hi:

[merh]

16. Ummmm,

Where would they store it until they were ready to put it up? :shrug:

I don't think the jolly green giant has room in his garage. :rofl:

If you are going to Stennis, then you won't make it to Biloxi - Stennis is closer to you. Heck, do the shuttle launch thing and then go shopping in downtown Bay St. Louis. I love it there.

You know the history of the railroad bridge, don't you?

[Maddy McCall]

17. No, I haven't heard that legend....would love to hear it.

We just might end up in Philadelphia next week. I'm itchin' to go back to the Golden Moon. I love it up there. :D

[merh]

19. Do you remember the Robert Redfort/Natalie Wood movie

"This Property is Condemned"? It was made in Bay St. Louis and that railroad bridge over the Bay is a big part of the scenery.




Look at what I found on the internet! Don't you just love the internet?



http://www.hardrockbiloxi.com/construction_cam.php

[Maddy McCall]

22. Wow! They've done a lot of work on it since I was down there in....

March. When we were there this spring, it was nothing but scaffolding--iron beams, nothing closed in. It's come along nicely.

That guitar IS huge...look at the cars below it. Gives you perspective.

Unfuckingbelievable! Well, at least the guitar is on the backside of the casino, gulfwise. Eh?

[merh]

23. That is the parking gargage that will give it the most protection.

Keep the link, if the hurricane blows in, you can watch us while the cam lasts!!!

[Maddy McCall]

27. Will do.

I don't mean to say anything upsetting, but as fast as the Atlantic is spinning out hurricanes, it's only a matter of time for the Mississippi coast. :scared:

[merh]

29. Not as long as I keep my plywood up!

If I take it down, then we are out of luck!

As least that is what I am going to believe until it comes, then I'll know I am wrong. :scared: It is a very busy season, damned global warming that is a figment of our imagination! :nuke:

[merh]

36. On more link.

http://www.wlox.com/Global/category.asp?C=22529

This cam is either on the Hancock Bank or the Imperial Palace. They shift between images.

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

39. Added these to my favorites...

I have a "Hurricane" favorites folder...just added these.

Goodnight. :hi:

[Bouncy Ball]

9. I'm too far inland in TX to worry.

But stay safe down there on the coast, guys!

[BikeWriter]

13. Uh oh!

[Not_Giving_Up]

18. My thoughts exactly

Do you have a high ground place to go to?

[BikeWriter]

20. One of my Sons is north of Houston. That's a possibility, if...

a big storm comes in on top of us.

[Not_Giving_Up]

21. We'll hit either the in-laws or my folks

Not about to ride one out in a trailer!

[BikeWriter]

24. Nope, I call them tornado magnets. It's best to leave them.

[Not_Giving_Up]

26. For sure

No way would I stay here. Plus, this park floods ugly.

[BikeWriter]

32. That really sucks, too. I've had water up to my steps...

but I'm on the high end of the street.

[Not_Giving_Up]

34. I've been flooded in a couple of times

The front of the park turns into a lake. Nothing close to my house though.

Yeah, I can imagine water all over the place where you are!

[BikeWriter]

35. We launched a flatbottom boat in the driveway after one storm...

I had an electric motor on it. We cruised up and down these other streets. Water was going through and between houses at the low wnd of my street.

[Maddy McCall]

25. UPDATE: NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR TEXAS COAST

Computer models continue to shift Emily's track toward the Texas Coastline. Even Louisiana coast residents should be keeping an eye on Emily:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT05/refresh/AL0505W5_sm2+gif/031924W_sm.gif

[BikeWriter]

33. I don't think I'll be going to Brownsville anytime soon...

[Bzzzz]

43. My grandbabies...

are there. I will be worried to death.

[Maddy McCall]

38. UPDATE: EMILY NOW CAT 4, 952 MB, 135 MPH, MOVING WNW...

AT 20 MPH.

Tracking for south Texas, but may track farther north. Landfall expected Tuesday evening in south Texas, according to many the latest models:



Models continue to shift northward. NHC is slowly following suit.

[deadparrot]

40. Good luck to those in the storm's path.

Stay safe! :hi:

With that, I'm off to bed. Night, all. :)

[Maddy McCall]

41. 'Night, Dead Parrot.

[Maddy McCall]

42. Check out this image. Sat image that will be updated....

showing Emily as she moves toward the Yucatan Channel.

Right now, you can see part of Emily in the lower right of the Sat image.