90,000 NOT evacuating Galveston area?

[newshutr]

Geraldo just got pegged in the side of the face with some flying debris..

And no, it wasn't a chair..

[asdf2231]

Geraldo just got pegged in the side of the face with some flying debris..

And no, it wasn't a chair..

Well at least SOME good came of all this. :D

[newshutr]

If you've got Direct TV, Channel 361 has live storm coverage from KHOU Channel 11 in Houston.

They're up to the minute and not losing signal like FOX is..

[SarasotaRepub]

Boy the news crews are like vultures, they can't wait to get
on Galveston. Hopefully all the predictions of "imminent death"
were just that.

[LibraryLady]

90,000 in 3 counties.

I just found out that my ex MIL is at my ex(but beloved) SIL's house in Humble, Texas). They are in Northern Harris county.

Haven't been able to reach them today, guess electric and phones are out.

[Bubba Dawg]

90,000 in 3 counties.

I just found out that my ex MIL is at my ex(but beloved) SIL's house in Humble, Texas). They are in Northern Harris county.

I hope they make it through okay.

And I'm sorry, can't help it....there's a Humble Texas?

[LibraryLady]

I hope they make it through okay.

And I'm sorry, can't help it....there's a Humble Texas?

Humble, Texas

Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.

The proper pronunciation of the city is "umble" (the "H" being silent), as the city's founder (see below) pronounced his last name in that manner. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 14,579. The city shares a zip code with the small Houston neighborhood of Bordersville, although people who live in Bordersville still have Humble addresses.

Petroleum has been the basis of Humble's economy since its beginning. Loch Energy is headquartered in Humble; the city was the namesake for Humble Oil and Refining Company, which later merged with the Exxon corporation.

The city got its name from one of the original founders/settlers, a successful wildcatter originally from England named Pleasant Smith "Plez" Humble, who opened the first post office in his home and later served as justice of the peace.

[asdf2231]

Thank God this sucker seems to have come ashore gentle enough that the casualties are going to be MUCH less than they could have been. :)

Property damage is gonna be horrific but the life and limb factor seems to have been minimized summat.

[SarasotaRepub]

Whew! Our power just came back on...Yay! :D

It went out around 7:30am central time, came on around 1:30.

We had more of our big silver maple come crashing down on the house
but it looks like it just busted some of the gutter. Came too close to hitting
a few windows. That tree is gonna have to go I think. The sun is
just staring to come out again.

Now we have to take all the food out of the ice chests and get it back
into the freezers. :D

[Zeus]

They were predicting high winds and 2+ inches of rain here. Didn't get either of them. Lived here for going on 20 yrs and as far as power outages go it has never been out more than maybe 15 minutes. Usually when the power goes out around here by the time you can say "Crap,the powers out" it's back on.