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flying_wahini

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1. Really agree with his premise. Ike caused similar damage and it was a Cat 3 in The Woodlands where I lived.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 12, 2024, 08:01 AM

Jul 2024

Similar floods, but heavier rainfall.
Part of the problem is that they put power stations on the ground and they get submerged when it floods.
We were without power for 13 days. Hardly anyone had generators like today. It was Sept. 2008.

And just so you know, hurricane season is early fall in Texas.

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