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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is not good - Harvey heading out to sea to return to land
The question is it will return to Houston, somewhere else in Texas or head for Lousiana?
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/mammoth-flood-disaster-houston-more-rain-yet-come
LisaL
(44,974 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)This is not good and I still have a sinking feeling about this one.
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)I didn't like it the first time.
malaise
(269,157 posts)NHC will be initiating advisories at 5 PM EDT on Potential Tropical Cyclone Ten, located off the southeast U.S. coast.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)ornotna
(10,806 posts)they're saying. It's not going to be good.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)davekriss
(4,627 posts)...60 inches, then it's a once in a million year event.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Because weather records for the last million years must have some gaps.
davekriss
(4,627 posts)I don't know how to obtain a URL from a tweet, but this: a Propublica tweet made at
3:52 PM today: ah, just figured it out (its in the Washington Post article):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/27/texas-flood-disaster-harvey-has-unloaded-9-trillion-tons-of-water/
Some spots may get 50+ inches.
Many textbooks have the 60-inch mark as a once-in-a-million-year event.
washingtonpost.com/news/capital-w
Just repeating, not vouching for accuracy (as I said in my post, "just read" .
Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)over land? Plenty of rain, for sure, but hurricanes generally lose strength traveling over land
malaise
(269,157 posts)and models vary re Texas or Louisiana.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Thanks for all your hard work for us
malaise
(269,157 posts)for those who pay attention. Remember Harvey was South of my island before he weakened in Central America.
By the way NHC will be initiating advisories at 5 PM EDT on Potential Tropical Cyclone Ten, located off the southeast U.S. coast. And another one rolls off Africa tomorrow,
This is going to be a wild season.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)We're both amateurs but, seriously, I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates your work.
malaise
(269,157 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)They did get it right this time. The next "every 1,000 years natural weather disaster" should be coming next year sometime.
malaise
(269,157 posts)and yes climate change is having a say
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)as global warming continues to pump more heat into the oceans.
malaise
(269,157 posts)underpants
(182,870 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)20 inches of rain