Thread: Tropical Depression Edouard

Originally Posted by mechcc

Mindy - been thinking about you all day and glad to hear everything is okay there and you have survived Eduardo.

I have been told that when the Texas Sage bloom to the purple flowers that it will rain within 2 weeks. It seems it's an old farmer's tale and that the Texas Sage do not bloom until all water is out of the soil. Have watched our sages for the last few years, and guess what, it seems to be true.

Well that's the answer! I'll tell Phil to trim the sage, so we don't get any more huge storms!

Thanks for thinking of me Maggie. It looks like my buddy Edouard just bypassed you totally. Just shows he has no taste.

FWIW
Bougainvilla blooms like crazy when it's dry, too.

Seems Edouard is a sahdow of his former self this morning.

Did he drop a lot of rain in the parched areas?

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Public Advisory Number 12 For Tropical Depression Edouard
Nws Hydrometeorological Prediction Center Camp Springs Md Al052008
400 Am Cdt Wed Aug 06 2008

...tropical Depression Edouard Weakening Across Central Texas...

At 400 Am Cdt...0900z...tropical Depression Edouard Was Located
Near Latitude 31.8 North...and Longitude 97.7 West...or 30
Miles...48 Km...west-northwest Of Waco Texas And 105 Miles...169
Km...north Of Austin Texas.

Edouard Is Moving To The Northwest At Approximately 15 Mph...24
Km/h. This General Motion Is Expected Over The Next 12 Hours
Before It Dissipates.

Maximum Sustained Winds Were Near 10 Mph...16 Km/hr With Higher
Gusts. The Minimum Central Pressure Was 1011 Mb...or 29.85 Inches.


Selected Storm Total Rainfall Amounts In Inches Through 100 Am
Cdt...

...texas...

Baytown Eoc 6.48
Sheldon: San Jacinto River Banana Bend 5.99
Pasadena: Big Island Slough 5.75
Baytown: Cedar Bayou 5.27
Baytown: Goose Creek 5.08
Pasadena: Willow Spring 5.08
Shoreacres: Taylor Bayou 4.73
La Porte: Little Cedar Bayou 4.57
Sheldon: Carpenters Bayou 4.49
Huntsville 3.32
Houston (iah) 2.81
Houston (hou) 1.99

...louisiana...

Lake Charles 1.87
Salt Point 20ssw 1.28


Additional Rainfall Accumulations Of 1 To 2 Inches With Isolated
Locally Higher Amounts Are Expected Across Central And Southeast
Texas.

Repeating The 400 Am Cdt Position...31.8 North...97.7
West...movement Toward The Northwest Near 15 Mph... Maximum
Sustained Winds At 10 Mph...minimum Central Pressure... 1011 Mb.

The Next Advisory Will Be Issued By The Hydrometeorological
Prediction Center At 1000 Am Cdt. Please Refer To Your Local
National Weather Service Office Or Weather.gov For Further
Information On Edouard.

Musher

Forecast Positions

Initial 06/0900z 31.8n 97.7w
12hr Vt 06/1800z 32.3n 99.2w
24hr Vt 07/0600z...dissipated

They are predicting more rain today, but from a west moving front. UNFAIR!!!! I'm supposed to get a clean-up day, aren't I?

By the way, in the rainfall numbers above, we are closest to Pasadena in the places they listed. I don't know if we got all 5 inches, but it was more than the 2 at the airports.

Well, I'm sure the rain was welcome, anyway!

Originally Posted by MCcruiser

Thanks everybody! It's good to know that all of you are out there!

Yesterday they were interviewing people on the Seawall in Galveston and showing that no one was concerned. Of course they weren't! The news people were interviewing the tourists!!! The people in the hotels were doing the preparations for them!! I am convinced that newscasters are given lobotomies before they go on the air.

I have no idea what the winds are right now - the last reports are from 2 hours ago - but the have died down a bit. There is still rain though. The storm moved inland enough that we are to the southwest of the center, and the rains from the west side of the storm are now turning east and hitting us. Maybe our water bill will be lower next month.

We have a HUGE sage bush in front of our house, and it was full of gorgeous purple flowers yesterday. Most of the flowers are still there, but the branches look like an elephant sat down on them. I had been campaigning to lower that bush, so now I might get my way.

Oops spoke to soon. The wind has picked up a bit, but the sun is trying to peek out. Come on, Sun!!! You can do it!

Typical. In J-school, you get taught how to use the 5-W's, how to talk, etc., but sometimes they skip some common sense things such as picking your interview subjects. At least I don't remember learning this in intro to Broadcast News.