goopysolelady
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Death toll has now reached 60 as the flood waters recede. 
Who knows how many bodies they'll find when all is said and done. Word of warning to all...gas may get a little hard to find all over. A major pipeline from the north was under water; flood waters need to drain and then it must be inspected. Some refineries in the Corpus area have "powered up" again; Port Arthur refineries may take days yet before all flood water drains. They'll all need to be checked for damage but once the reserve is gone they'll need to wait for the pipeline to "begin flowing" again. Could be days; we HOPE it's not weeks. Heads up to everyone to do as Ed has done..."top off the tanks" and hopefully the shortage won't spread across the US. 
Who knows how many bodies they'll find when all is said and done. Word of warning to all...gas may get a little hard to find all over. A major pipeline from the north was under water; flood waters need to drain and then it must be inspected. Some refineries in the Corpus area have "powered up" again; Port Arthur refineries may take days yet before all flood water drains. They'll all need to be checked for damage but once the reserve is gone they'll need to wait for the pipeline to "begin flowing" again. Could be days; we HOPE it's not weeks. Heads up to everyone to do as Ed has done..."top off the tanks" and hopefully the shortage won't spread across the US. 
This is a piece of furniture from a deluxe resort. 
I just about knocked my orange juice over when I sat down to breakfast and put the TV on the Weather channel. A 5 already??? 
D-A-N-G that sucker isn't messing around. 
Keeping hoping the cool front on the way gets here in time to push it a little further out in the Atlantic. Hate to say it though but not looking good...high pressure over Georgia/Carolina's/east coast area is not expected to help much. Saw some of the gas lines already too...WOW...and Rush Limbaugh said there's not a case of bottled water in Palm Beach anymore. You "know the drill"...hang tight and your WITW family will be sending prayers. 
Florida has to get it's "fair share" of those suckers! I was actually thinking this would be the year Florida would get hit by a big one first. 
The unpredictability is what's "deadly"; residents don't want to leave their homes if it's not necessary. The "cone" narrows and storm predictions get a little more accurate, it's then often to late. For instance, Harvey was headed on a straight track for Corpus; early that Friday afternoon it stirred more toward Port Aransas/Rockport. While it didn't make a lot of difference in this case; other cases it makes a great deal of difference. The storm could avoid Florida landfall all together and go directly into the Gulf...but Ed and Terri will still feel tropical force winds. On the other hand...the eye of the storm could pass directly over Terri. Everyone just needs to be prepared.
Do enough to "get by", make it through the short week and be ready to get busy next week! 
