Hurricane Harvey

[rockhillmanor]

Hope all of our forum members that live in this area or have an RV parked down there are hunkered down safe somewhere away from the storm.

Our prayers go out to everyone in the path of Hurricane Harvey. :C




Craig "Cajun" Uggen, 57, nearly floods his truck as Hurricane Harvey
comes ashore in Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 25, 2017.

[rockhillmanor]

Our RV is at Texas Custom Coach in Pipe Creek for an update. Hope it's under cover. The travel trailer is as secure as we could make it. The motorcycle trailer is on its own...

Brought Mom up from San Antonio, where the rainfall and flooding is far more likely. Sister, who lives in a low lying area west of SA, came with nephew, two dogs and two cats. Our cat is not terribly happy about the invasion, but it's been relatively peaceful so far.

Great that you could get all your family to safety at your house.
Hope all works out well for you and that they don't sustain any damage to their homes or your RV. :C

You, your family and all the critters will be in our prayers tonite.

[Wanderlost]

Heaviest rain is in Gonzales County, east of San Antonio. We're north of San Antonio and getting the outer rain bands and wind. Not too bad right now, but supposed to get worse this afternoon and evening. One and a half inches rain measured so far, with much more inbound.

We live on a hillside, way above the lake and Guadalupe River, so we're in zero flood danger. We have a generator if we lose power, rainwater collection, and lots and lots of food, so we're in really good shape, should floodwaters trap us here (has only happened once, for a couple hours, but it's possible).

Our RV is at Texas Custom Coach in Pipe Creek for an update. Hope it's under cover. The travel trailer is as secure as we could make it. The motorcycle trailer is on its own...

Brought Mom up from San Antonio, where the rainfall and flooding is far more likely. Sister, who lives in a low lying area west of SA, came with nephew, two dogs and two cats. Our cat is not terribly happy about the invasion, but it's been relatively peaceful so far.

[Tripalot]

Does anyone know the story behind why this truck camper was parked at that location. It kind of looks like it was on the beach ?
If so, definitely not a smart idea. Our local Toronto TV stations keep showing this same picture.

I just read that shortly after the picture was taken, the camper was blown off the truck. Were there people inside or had it been abandoned.
The camper and truck do not look like a very good match to start with and so probably more vulnerable to the conditions.

Hope the owners are OK and somewhere safe now.

[DiskDoctr]

Sorry to hear of his bad fortune 😞

Prayers for those already affected by the storm and those in the path for the next few days.

Here in the Northeast, 2" of rain is bad because it runs off the mountains into the valleys and causes flooding. Flat might be better, but then again, we have the tops of the mountains as bugout spots.

Texas has...further north in Texas. Godspeed to you all!

[rockhillmanor]

Clarryhill wrote:
Newspaper up here in the Northeast, said that "Cajun's" truck camper was blown off the truck a few minutes after that pic was taken!!!

How sad. Hope they were ok and still managed to get out of the path of the storm.

[Clarryhill]

Newspaper up here in the Northeast, said that "Cajun's" truck camper was blown off the truck a few minutes after that pic was taken!!!

[Tvov]

Those possible rainfall totals are what is blowing my mind. Up here, we think a thunderstorm with 2 inches of rain to be a lot!

In Vermont, with Hurricane Sandy, they had about 15 inches of rain and the state was wiped out. In Texas they are talking about possibility of over double that!

Stay safe!

[pawpaw47]

Thank you for thinking about us.

[filrupmark]

Thank you for your prayers and thoughts. MarknPat

[rockhillmanor]

Just upgraded to a Cat 4 Hurricane. 😞
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-harvey-strengthens-category-storm-130-mph-winds/story?id=49412285

[Mortimer_Brewst]

The eye isn't even supposed to approach Houston until next Wednesday. The rainfall totals for the next week are going to be incredible along the coast. Hopefully people in low areas were smart and got out.

[Johno02]

X2!!