Dear Mother Nature,

"PatBateman" (PatBateman) 08/26/2017 at 21:31 • Filed to: Hurricane not Huracan

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STAHP. Those are NOT the same warnings being repeated. I’ve had to herd my family into an interior closet TWICE in tha past hour and a half. There are currently THREE “areas of rotation” just east and north of us.

Looks like a tornado might have touched down about 1.5 miles away and then went on north of us. I’ve had three friends today with close calls with tornados (all in different parts of the county). It would be REALLY NICE if I didn’t stay up all night like last night with my phone going off with constant alerts.

Fuckin’ A, man.

Oh, and my phone just went off with ANOTHER FUCKING TORNADO WARNING.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > PatBateman 08/26/2017 at 21:39

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Yikes, stay safe.

PatBateman > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/26/2017 at 21:49

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I’m trying to, but Harvey has other plans, apparently.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > PatBateman 08/26/2017 at 22:04

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Thank you for checking in.

Chariotoflove > PatBateman 08/26/2017 at 22:11

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Just get in that closet and go to sleep.

facw > PatBateman 08/26/2017 at 22:15

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Yep, this is what NWS has active for me, and it wasn’t even raining most of the day. Of course my phone doesn’t seem interested in issuing these, which is nice that it’s not buzzing everywhere, but it would be good to get tornado warnings and such.

Stay safe!

PatBateman > Chariotoflove 08/26/2017 at 22:36

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Yeah, but then my kids will be sucked out by the tornado.

PatBateman > facw 08/26/2017 at 22:39

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Houston is about to be underwater. This line of storms is going to dump a TON of rain.

facw > facw 08/26/2017 at 22:39

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Ominous update:

It just started raining harder.

Gone > PatBateman 08/26/2017 at 22:47

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We played this game last night. 830PM-530AM in a half bath w/wife, kiddo, and two cats. New Tornado Warning every 30min, sometimes overlapping. We had a few this evening as well. I still haven’t slept since Thursday evening, just some sub-15min cat naps. At some point I plan to actually rest. Maybe.

Chariotoflove > PatBateman 08/26/2017 at 22:48

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I assumed you’d take them too. You do have shelves in that closet?

PatBateman > Gone 08/26/2017 at 23:35

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What area are you in?

PatBateman > Chariotoflove 08/26/2017 at 23:52

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I guess we can put them on the shelves...

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > PatBateman 08/26/2017 at 23:53

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You probably know this already but it looks like a tornado passed through Texas Pkwy in Mo City.

That was scary for while. We had dinner cooking when the warning went off, so we ended up eating dinner in the bathroom, waiting it out.

Chariotoflove > PatBateman 08/27/2017 at 00:05

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That’s the spirit.

God bless, Pat. See you on the other side.

PatBateman > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back 08/27/2017 at 01:24

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Yup. I called a friend who lives in Quail Valley to make sure she was okay. It scared the crap out of her, especially after what happened in Sienna.

Glad y’all are okay.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > PatBateman 08/27/2017 at 01:51

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North side of Houston still just relaxin.

PatBateman > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 08/27/2017 at 01:53

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LIES.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > PatBateman 08/27/2017 at 02:09

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My friend from the woodlands just arrived up here in Iowa for school, and her family that came with her to drop her off are now staying for a bit because of the issues associated with returning.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > PatBateman 08/27/2017 at 06:19

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I’m not watching the news, so I definitely am unaware if there are any flooded areas around here. Couple cousins driving home seeing bayous getting ready to overflow if it keeps raining. Obviously went underpass is flooded by now but being this far north even my street has not started flooding yet like it did in previous years’ flash flood rains.

PatBateman > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2017 at 09:12

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Damn good idea. This rain and flooding is going to get stupid. Actually, it already has.

PatBateman > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 08/27/2017 at 09:14

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Start watching. Shit is getting ridiculous. Flooding is everywhere, and I just dodged YET ANOTHER FUCKING TORNADO WARNING.

Gone > PatBateman 08/27/2017 at 13:13

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Far west past Katy. We went through more Warnings last night. Just raining now. Nice change of pace...

PatBateman > Gone 08/27/2017 at 13:16

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A buddy of mine and his wife live in Brookshire, they had a narrow miss with a tornado yesterday.

Speaking of which, just got a fresh tornado warning. Shit.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > PatBateman 08/27/2017 at 18:41

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Things getting pretty bad, fortunately I’m having no problems in my area.

PatBateman > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 08/27/2017 at 20:02

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A tornado warning was sent out with my house on the starting line of the warning. I’m currently under ANOTHER tornado warning due to rotation to the south headed this way.

I’m getting callouses towards these tornado warnings.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > PatBateman 08/27/2017 at 20:10

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That’s wild. I just drove out and about my area and the bayous are pretty much borderline capacity, then rapidly receding when the rain slows down. Have yet to see any flooding more than small streets.

CaptDale - is secretly British > PatBateman 08/28/2017 at 16:29

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Turn you phone off or place it in do not disturb mode?

Gone > PatBateman 08/29/2017 at 17:17

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Hope you made it. Shit’s a mess out here, but we came through. House came close to flooding. No real sleep for days. Fun.

PatBateman > Gone 08/29/2017 at 17:32

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I read your comment, looked up, and saw the first blue sky that I’ve seen for days.

I also think I caught a C-17 Globemaster III. Definitely a big ass military transport.

We’ve made it out unscathed. All this morning, we’ve been buzzed by military helicopters conducting rescue missions in several of the neighborhoods around us. The sounds of the airboats rescuing people have been audible from my living room for two days. I tried to help them yesterday, but couldn’t find anyone with a large-enough truck to get out of the neighborhood (the major streets have all been flooded around us and my CTS can’t get through).

And now the sun is out now. I’m praying for everyone that are still in trouble. And the Brazos hasn’t stopped rising yet, either.

Gone > PatBateman 08/29/2017 at 18:00

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Good to hear your’re in good shape. Blue sky outside is real nice after the last few days. Brazos should crest today, but the results of it doing so are going to be unfortunate.

PatBateman > Gone 08/29/2017 at 19:08

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It’ll top out on Friday at 57.5', which is almost three feet higher than last year’s shit-your-pants level that we hit. I’m going to try and find someone with a flat bottom boat that wants to help people in the neighborhoods.

I’ll need a ride in a tall truck, though. That was my problem yesterday.