Reply #22: I don't think they'll have a problem [View All]

[merci_me]

unless 1)their street normally floods and we have a ton of rain come down fast 2)there maybe tornadoes, but you never know where or when, when they aren't hurricane associated anyway or 3)the could lose electricity.


We're in at Westheimer and Beltway 8. We're from up north and never been in a hurricane that came this far, but none of our neighbors seem particularly concerned, except for losing electricity and that seems to happen a lot anyway. Of course, everyone will be putting garbage cans and lawn furniture in the garages. They don't seem to expect the wind to be blowing out windows, like we'll probably see on the east and south sides or downtown. I expect window damage would be lose stuff flying and tree limbs. Depending on how new their neighborhood is, they may not have many big trees. If the Buffalo Bayou gets a surge from the ship channel and overruns it's banks, we could see some flooding around here. If so, some of the engineers who live around here around here say worse case, 2 ft that would drain within a few hours and that's a real stretch, probably just some street flooding, if that.


Oh another thing. Some neighborhoods have a weird power grid. Ours does. When we lose electricity sometimes, the otherside of the street is on and they lose electricity and we still have it. They told us a few hurricanes that came before we lived here, the power outages on our street were like that, but it lasted a few day, so people stretched heavy duty extension cords across the street to keep refrigerators and freezers going. So, just in case, they might want to set a couple out with their candles and matches.


I've bookmarked this thread, to get back to you about the brick.