I forgot that you were at TAMU. Glad you are safe and did not take the brunt of the storm. Though please continue to be careful as the storm is forecast to go back in the gulf then turn north.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > These past few days, we've been watching (and bracing for) the hurricane > Harvey. The past 2 nights brought several emergency alerts on our cell > phones (flash flood, tornado, etc. warnings), but everything seems to be > fine. > We are lucky that the eye of the hurricane went south of us. > We've received torrents of practically non-stop downpour since early > Saturday morning and through this (Monday) morning. Parks, fields around the > city, some local roads, and low underpasses are all full of water, but all > major roads are in good driving condition. > Fortunately for us, our town is not on bayous, as Houston is. So, we don't > have as devastating situation as that in Houston. > Some people here are reporting some localized outages (someone said they > don't have water but have electricity and internet), but, luckily, nothing > catastrophic. I've seen a photo of some people riding a small flat-bottom > boat in a large parking lot of the local natural science and history museum. > > All events in town are canceled since Saturday. All schools around and even > the university (Texas A&M) are closed at least for today, and some - for > tomorrow (TAMU). > > On Sunday, we've made a day-trip to Austin (it's 2-hours each way in normal > driving conditions). > Strong gusts in the morning were very unpleasant, but manageable. > The roads were full of water from all sides, and the traction control in the > car was engaging a few times, so, in some areas I had to drive 15-25 mph > under the speed limit. Also, there were some areas of the highway where I > had to drive in the left lane to avoid going through deep puddles in the > right lane, and a few low areas where I had to watch carefully for the > flooded spots. > But we canceled a part of that trip in South Austin as driving there would > have been worse, through stronger rain and flooded areas, and went through > the path to the north, where conditions were much better (or rather less > worse). > Overall, driving took some 30% longer and required much more concentration > then usually. > Austin had some electric outages and some flooded areas and closed streets, > but nothing close to what is happening in Rockport, Houston, etc. > > > The rain slowed down here by about 8am today, and at the moment (Monday late > morning) it paused (or mostly paused). But the hourly forecast still shows > alternating "rain" and "showers" for the rest of the day, and at least till > Wednesday. > > This morning we've been looking at some photos from Houston, - the situation > there is devastating. My daughter has said what I was thinking as well: > "It's good that we do not live in Houston!". > > > I am thinking again about a different Nature with more frequent full > eclipses (with all 7 moons), adding no hurricanes and other disasters to the > "specs". > ;-) > (If you missed the reference, see my earlier posting: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg757863.html ) > > > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
