Texas Declares Disaster Areas Ahead of
Hurricane Beryl Landfall
Breitbart,
by
Randy Clark
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
7/7/2024 12:38:39 AM
Texas officials added 81 additional counties to the state’s disaster declaration in preparation for Hurricane Beryl’s arrival. The storm’s forecasted path shifted the expected landfall to the north and east of previous projections. The latest addition to the disaster declaration list brings the total number of Texas counties to 121.
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is sitting in for Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The governor is traveling in East Asia on an economic development project. Patrick will be at the helm as acting governor when Beryl strikes the Texas coast on Monday. Governor Patrick urged Texans to make final preparations for Hurricane Beryl’s landfall; warning time was winding down
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
petrichor 7/7/2024 7:06:40 AM (No. 1751438)
I'm curious that they never announce the hurricane category level. Based on wind speed and pressure I'm sure it qualifies as at least a Category 1.
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It has not been a hurricane since it was in south Mexico. Why is much needed residual rain a disaster?
Honestly I see weathermen as drama queens in search of attention and clicks. Their "chicken little" methods have caused people to ignore them all together.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Calamity Kate 7/7/2024 7:48:59 AM (No. 1751470)
Search for Space City Weather or The Eyewall for hype-free Texas weather updates. Two meteorologists who work for the energy companies so provide non-hysteria assessments of coming events. They've been my go-to since Harvey. Turn off the drama queens on TV. They just want the clicks.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 7/7/2024 7:51:31 AM (No. 1751472)
Soon every county in the country will continuously be designated a disaster area just in case something happens.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 7/7/2024 8:30:57 AM (No. 1751499)
Having owned houses on Texas beaches for decades, I can testify that even a Cat1 storm can be hell for anyone left behind:
- 80 mph sustained winds (think: blowing as hard as a very strong thunderstorm, only for 15 to 20 hrs with no let up)...that will knock a lot of stuff loose...the debris can break windows, strip roofing, topple trees and branches, down power lines
- heavy rain, blowing sideways, for the same time, through all the holes created by the wind and the debris it loosens, as well as every crack and door seam...such rain will even push thru weather stripping that you thought was good enough (think, pressure washer, sprayed right at seam in door or window)
- 4 to 6' storm surge (think, water, 6' deep under your house, with 4' waves on top, for 10 to 20 hours)...all cars and trucks are flooded...dfor 15 to 20 hrs, you're stranded wherever you took refuge...hope you chose well.
- all utilities (electricity, water, internet, etc) disrupted for at least days, usually weeks
- the clean up, when it's over, can take many months...think, your car got flooded, Home Depot sells out of everything, no power to run tools
- the mental stress created by that kind of destruction and disruption, that, unlike a tornado, lasts for 15 to 20 hours...non-stop...all that force, for so long, can mess with your mind...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 7/7/2024 9:35:13 AM (No. 1751522)
#1 It is now a tropical storm, but they have to keep the panic going. Problem is that when we have a real one, nobody will believe them.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 7/7/2024 9:36:05 AM (No. 1751523)
Our local weather crews mentioned the Category level 1 early in Beryl notices; but mentioned that for our particular section of the northward path, we'd only see lots of rain and not much wind. I live in the tornado belt now, but I used to live in hurricane alley. As Roseanne Roseanna Dana said, "It just goes to show ya. It's always something. If it's not one thing, it's another." Meteorology is like used car sales; win some, lose some.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
kono 7/7/2024 12:27:56 PM (No. 1751596)
Slamming the Yucatan took Beryl below hurricane strength. Its max sustained winds right now are 65 mph. The National Hurricane Center predicts it will regain hurricane status soon and make landfall as a Category 1 storm.
Anticipatory disaster declarations are largely justified by experience, with the high likelihood of flash floods. #2 might have noticed that much-needed rain can come too much, too quickly, to be absorbed immediately. And the runoff overflows creeks, rivers, and sewage systems.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 7/7/2024 12:42:58 PM (No. 1751614)
FAKE NEWS.
This tropical storm is not a hurricane. Looks lije the other government us going a but overboard on this for a tropical.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 7/7/2024 2:03:47 PM (No. 1751667)
Darn I hate posting on a tablet!
In post #9, I had actually typed....
"Looks like the Lt Gov is going a bit overboard on this for a tropical storm."
But.....Lt Gov got "corrected" to 'local government' by the idiot programming in the tablet.
It's a tropical storm, NOT a hurricane, so even Breitbart is hyping this, and this seems a good bit overblown for a tropical storm.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Safari Man 7/7/2024 3:10:15 PM (No. 1751704)
Here in The Woodlands it’s been so hot and dry we’re looking forward to the rain. (Assuming they don’t flood us again with poor dam management)
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 7/7/2024 8:49:09 PM (No. 1751949)
The storm will not stall and meander around like Harvey. So the impact should not be catastrophic. There may be greater damage inland if areas around Dallas get very heavy rain.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Aubreyesque 7/7/2024 11:22:34 PM (No. 1752001)
Apparently certain posters were never around Houston when TS Allison came through. And have forgotten that Harvey the Hurricane was NOT a hurricane when it dumped rain on the Houston area for 4 days.
It wont take much for Beryl to become a Cat 1 and as pointed out by another poster, even Cat1's can hurt ya. Its no hype to remind the public of the danger of assuming that just because it isnt Katrina levels of storm drama doesn't mean it wont cause issues. Some of those weathermen DO know what theyre talking about.
One thing a native Texan will tell you about hurricanes is never underestimate them. As a native Texan I DID underestimate Harvey. I was sufficiently humiliated. I ain't taking the weather news for granted when a hurricane bears down on us.
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