Summer 2017 BBQ and sun chat

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In 2014, staff completed a Dam Safety Modification Study to evaluate long-term repairs and address issues associated with the dams. Staff presented this information during a public meeting Oct. 29 at Bear Creek Community Center in Houston to discuss these plans and gather feedback. Construction is scheduled to begin May 2015 with an estimated completion date of 2019.




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Houston TranStar - Traffic Map

 

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Alligator Sanctuary On Alert As Floodwaters Threaten To Unleash Hundreds Of Gators | HuffPost

What should I do if I see an alligator in the flood?

 

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Columbia lake levee gone

Residents south of Houston urged to leave area after levee breach

 

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Irma now a hurricane, expected in Puerto Rico late Tuesday

NHC Active Tropical Cyclones

 

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Irma now category 3, approximately two weeks earlier this season

HURRICANE IRMA

 

[Captain Jack]

My work colleague is going on a cruise in the Bahamas next week.... Should I tell him?

 

[PaulR]

He doesn't know he's going?

 

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[2cvbloke]

My work colleague is going on a cruise in the Bahamas next week.... Should I tell him?

Do you like them enough to tell them?

 

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The Bahamas (from Southampton) is normally an eight day affair. What boat has he booked ?

 

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Possibilities range from a landfall from the northern Caribbean islands to Florida, the Carolinas or Bermuda. There is also a chance the system curves northward and avoids North America entirely or slides into the Gulf of Mexico.

"At some point next week, Irma will begin to take a more west-northwest path," Kottlowski said. "Whether Irma then continues to curve northwestward and then northward or remains on a steady west-northwest path is uncertain.

Irma may become Category 4 hurricane while tracking across Atlantic; Will it affect the US?

 

[Captain Jack]

The Bahamas (from Southampton) is normally an eight day affair. What boat has he booked ?

Well, he's a US based colleague, so I guess a quick plane from Boston to Florida...

 

[PaulR]

Florida might have sunk by then.

 

[sonnetpete]

Well, he's a US based colleague, so I guess a quick plane from Boston to Florida...

Norwegian Cruises depart from New York to the Bahamas, so he may not have such a long flight.....Florida may well have sunk though...

 

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Norwegian Cruises depart from New York to the Bahamas, so he may not have such a long flight.....Florida may well have sunk though...

The US media is waking up to the possibility of another disaster.

Hurricane Irma remains powerful as it moves through Atlantic

 

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A prediction (only) that Irma may be moving north, the Bahamas will only get the back foot.

 

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Florida five days away

 

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Creek paddle shit.
Hurricane Irma strengthens to Category 4, 'increasing chance' could affect Florida

 

[Lazarus]

Here in England, Autumn is upon us. A large tree the other side of the village street has had its leaves turning gold for two weeks already.

During the last week we've had pleasantly warm and dry days but at least two nights where the temperature has plummetted overnight even to the extent of creating a touch of frost - Some of the leaves on my Runner Bean wigwam have been affected by the frost, which doesn't normaly happen until mid October.

 

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50% probability confirmed of hurricane winds in Florida. Landfall expected Friday lunchtime.