September 19, 2019
Rain
Last time Houston got anything like this much rain Ubu Roi nearly got washed away.
Stay dry Ubu.
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I'm good. Work (and play) kind of got interrupted, and I got partially cut off by an overflowing bayou, but at least I didn't get hit by a barge.
Posted by: Ubu at Fri Sep 20 19:02:24 2019 (UlsdO)
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Oh good. From what's been on the news it looks absolutely horrid.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Fri Sep 20 23:27:56 2019 (YUAc9)
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Except for the I-10 bridge getting taken out, it's barely Harvey Jr. in Houston. The area of 40" rain from Harvey was bigger by 2x than 20" from Imelda. West side got off very light. Not that 20" (30+" actually) is to be sneezed at. Beaumont got hammered.
But damn, that I-10 bridge. If you haven't seen the pics; there's nothing left of one column but a few chunks and rebar. It's the lowest bridge over a major waterway that I've ever seen, too narrow at rush hour, and needs to be replaced with a proper navigable waterway span, i.e.: tall and no supports in the river itself. Second time it's gotten hit in 18 months.
Posted by: Ubu at Sat Sep 21 04:40:26 2019 (UlsdO)
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The damage does not look severe enough to warrant a replacement of the bridge (perhaps unfortunately).
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at Sat Sep 21 22:43:42 2019 (LZ7Bg)
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September 08, 2019
Dustbury Has Passed.
Charles G. Hill, better known as the writer at Dustbury, passed away today due to injuries received in a recent car accident.
I did not know him personally, though he occasionally did me the great compliment of commenting here.
I know very little about him other than that he served in the army for six years in the mid '70s and he'd
been entertaining the world with his blogging for the past 23 years. Yes, he started before blogging was even a word.
His site was eclectic, silly and literate. Through it Mr. Hill brought smiles to a great many faces.
The world is a bit less quirky tonight.
He will be sorely missed.
UPDATE:
There's more
here.
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Oh no. I saw the earlier story and hoped he was recovering. My condolences to his family and friends.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Sun Sep 8 21:25:35 2019 (PiXy!)
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September 04, 2019
A Note to Our Canadian Readers
Those of you in Newfoundland and the Maritimes are probably looking at the wind speeds of a category 1 or 2 Hurricane and thinking "we get Nor'easters as bad as a that, no big deal!"
Well these are much different sorts of cyclones. They are wetter, dropping insane amounts of rain when they hit land, and they have significantly more storm surge than a North Atlantic storm of comparable wind speed. This thing looks like it will be Category 1 or 2 when it hits Canada. If so, it will surprise you.
Unpleasantly.
Please. Take it seriously. If Dorian follows this track, it is going to be a bad time in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland early next week.
On a personal note. A hurricane eye is slated to pass right over my parents house again for the second time in 10 months. They'd JUST finished repairs on the barn.
more...
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" eye is slated to pass right over my parents house again"
Ugh. Hope it doesn't damage them. Alternatively it might be time to move into a cave.
Posted by: Rick C at Wed Sep 4 19:33:47 2019 (Iwkd4)
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