Anyone Else Affected By Tropical Storm Hermine?

[tex]

That sucker dropped over 10 inches of rain on us yesterday and early this morning - 10.71 inches to be exact. The creeks and rivers around here were the highest they've been in probably 40 to 50 years, because some locations just west of here had as much as 15 inches. That's a lot of water in such a short period of time, but that's what tropical storms were designed for, I suppose.

No major damage right here, but a lot of folks living along creeks and rivers had to be rescued, as the water rose so fast that it caught them by surprise.

Now you know that I would never even dream of criticizing the weather forecasters and climatologists, , but it was only a little over a month ago that the weather bureau informed us that La Niña was taking over, (now that El Niño has fizzled out), and we could expect consistently hot and dry weather, with rainfall amounts substantially below normal. Well, interestingly, this is usually a very dry time of the year for us, but right after that announcement, we had a 3 and a half inch rain, outta nowhere, and so far this month, we've had over 2 inches early last week, and now almost 11 inches out of this storm. If this is any indication of the dry weather that La Niña has in store for us, we'd better buy some stock in an umbrella factory. Ya gotta love those guys - they may not have much luck forecasting the long-term weather trends, but at least they're always good for a laugh.

Tex

[starfire]

You are right. So glad you didn't have really bad effects but I sure feel for those who did.

Love, Shirley

[Tanya Lynn]

Tex,

I thought about you yesterday, whether or not you were getting any
rain from the storm. Sure glad thats all that you got, I'm sure that it was
well needed up in your neck of the woods. It's been a dry month down in south Texas, although, Labor Day was a rain out here.

Again, thanks for helping me out with my question....

Tanya

[barbaranoela]

Hermine didnt effect us we just had a WEE visit from her brother HERMAN!!!!


Boy thats bad isnt it but I couldnt resist



Barbara

[Joefnh]

A wee visit is right... We had 3" of rain in 4 hours and 85MPH winds.. Not too bad bit a bit of fun.

Just up the coast form you Barbara

--Joe

[Gloria]

I saw the pictures on TV and wondered if you were OK in Texas. The reports were that Dallas also had a tornado. Not a great week for Texas...

Gloria

[TXBrenda]

Thank goodness that heavy rain stayed to the east of us up here in the panhandle. This is nothing new. We can't complain too much this year. We are over our average precipitation amount for this time of the year.

My step sons live in the Oklahoma City area. They probably received their fair share! Maybe the system will fizzle out soon.