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Posted on 5/17/24 at 6:47 am to BabyTac
Power went out around 7 last night. Still not on.
Driving home during the worst of it I guess and the truck was a rocking.
Driving home during the worst of it I guess and the truck was a rocking.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 7:27 am to CR4090
I made it home just before it got bad. I live in a high rise near the med center. I for sure thought we were about to get hit with a tornado.
Luckily, never lost power
Luckily, never lost power
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:18 am to CR4090
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Still not on
It's not coming back on for weeks in the Cypress area. By early June it'll be hotter than a hoochie-coochie.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:25 am to tarzana
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It's not coming back on for weeks i
How do you know?
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:28 am to tarzana
I imagine most populated areas will be back in 48 hours.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:33 am to BabyTac
Power back in The Heights area north of 21st around midnight last night.
Still a disaster area out there though.
Still a disaster area out there though.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:36 am to SW2SCLA
The area near the Hyatt Hotel had a ton of broken windows. Glass and debris all over the streets. But most of downtown seems to be fine. There were a couple of closed streets near Lamar and Louisiana.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:47 am to notiger1997
Did you see the images of the dozen or so transmission towers knocked to the ground at the nearby substation?
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:53 am to tarzana
Lazybrook/Timbergrove/heights got wrecked. That was the strongest wind I’ve been in.
No cell service over there. Lots of trees down.
No cell service over there. Lots of trees down.
This post was edited on 5/17/24 at 10:54 am
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:55 am to BabyTac
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most populated areas will be back in 48 hours
Probably most, but certainly not all. In previous high wind events (Ike in 2008 and Alicia in 1983) large areas were without power for up to three weeks.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:59 am to Dire Wolf
Winds as high as 110 mph were clocked-- stronger than Hurricanes Ike and Alicia.
Last night's storm just came in out of nowhere-- and it was terrifying! At least with the hurricanes we had time to prepare, for better or worse, in some cases.
Last night's storm just came in out of nowhere-- and it was terrifying! At least with the hurricanes we had time to prepare, for better or worse, in some cases.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:00 am to tarzana
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Winds as high as 110 mph were clocked
Where?
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:03 am to LegendInMyMind
Near downtown Houston. The downtown looks like a war zone this morning
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:04 am to tarzana
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Near downtown Houston. The downtown looks like a war zone this morning
Where is the reading? You said 110mph was clocked? Where was it clocked, as in which weather station clocked it?
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:07 am to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:10 am to Dire Wolf
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Last night's storm just came in out of nowhere
Bad weather was expected all day in that window. They had been talking about it since Sunday/Monday.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:11 am to tarzana
A lot of subdivisions have underground electric so they used to get priorities over older neighborhoods because get electric to the portal and they all come back.
But that was when the big transmission towers were untouched.
This may be more comparable to the ice storm that took out many, many transmission towers in Quebec and the power generation was untouched, but the transmission severed.
Once upon a time, there was comparable glass breakage after a hurricane in downtown Houston. That breakage was from gravel picked up off of some older buildings' roofs (?rooves). I don't remember whole panes blowing out then, not like Katrina and downtown NOLA.
But that was when the big transmission towers were untouched.
This may be more comparable to the ice storm that took out many, many transmission towers in Quebec and the power generation was untouched, but the transmission severed.
Once upon a time, there was comparable glass breakage after a hurricane in downtown Houston. That breakage was from gravel picked up off of some older buildings' roofs (?rooves). I don't remember whole panes blowing out then, not like Katrina and downtown NOLA.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:12 am to Dire Wolf
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Lazybrook/Timbergrove/heights got wrecked. That was the strongest wind I’ve been in.
Damn. I'm in Shady Acres and we got crazy winds but my block came out alright considering.
Had to unclog the drains at the end of the street last night as the ditches were backing up.
Tree down onto Ella on the southbound lane caused a clusterfrick but that got cleared this morning.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 11:13 am to Dire Wolf
I'm looking for ground truth, not radar at 1,200+ feet off the ground.
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