TS Edouard obs/preparations,web cams -SE Texas / SW LA

[Red_Fish]

Sitting in our hospital Incident Command Center in the Medical Center. Pretty quiet at this time. Wife made a trip to Sam's Club to pick up a pizza (she was in the area and we like their pizzas) and she said the place was a MADHOUSE. Thank goodness for Storm2k, we knew about this storm late last week and topped off our preps.

[baygirl_1]

Went to Walmarts in both Orange and Vidor, Texas this morning to build up even more what I already had. I won't do that at the last minute ever again in Orange. It was HORRIBLE. People were rude and would reach in and grab something right in front of you, no excuse me's, dirty looks. Shelves were EMPTY. I feel for those that had to wait til they got off work to try to fight that crowd for nothing. I knew I should have gone last night. Had to go to Home Depot to find batteries, a weather radio (which was on sale for CHEAP) and water. Gas stations all over the area are packed and a lot of the pumps are out. Went to Dollar Tree and saw a case of water... got to the counter and the cashier was laughing and said, "You know these are $12, right? hahaha" I just laughed and was like yeah, ok. Well, he pulled out that little hand clicker and started clickin away on that case... I asked the other cashier what was he doing...she said, "He's ringing it up. There's 24 bottles." I told her I thought he was joking and she said, "Ma'am, this is no joking matter." Wow. $12 for a case of water. I told them to keep it.

Anyway... it's crazy here. I can't imagine how it is in Houston.

It's still REALLY hot here ad not much of a wind at all. Some clear sky and some pretty clouds.

Once things calm down over there, you might want to contact the Better Business Bureau about that $12 case of water. If that wasn't the usual price, then that's price gouging--- and it's illegal.

[swampdude]

Beautiful sky conditions presently in Orange/Bridge City. The stars and moon are bright in a cloudless sky. This won't last long! I was pleasantly surprised to find gas at Wal-Mart in Orange at $3.57. Apparently plenty of it. A couple of stations out of gas. Lots of folks filling up the gas cans for generators. Here's hoping that if we need them it will be for a short period of time. Rita and Humberto have done a pretty good job of trimming all of our trees back!

[Evac3]

Went to Walmarts in both Orange and Vidor, Texas this morning to build up even more what I already had. I won't do that at the last minute ever again in Orange. It was HORRIBLE. People were rude and would reach in and grab something right in front of you, no excuse me's, dirty looks. Shelves were EMPTY. I feel for those that had to wait til they got off work to try to fight that crowd for nothing. I knew I should have gone last night. Had to go to Home Depot to find batteries, a weather radio (which was on sale for CHEAP) and water. Gas stations all over the area are packed and a lot of the pumps are out. Went to Dollar Tree and saw a case of water... got to the counter and the cashier was laughing and said, "You know these are $12, right? hahaha" I just laughed and was like yeah, ok. Well, he pulled out that little hand clicker and started clickin away on that case... I asked the other cashier what was he doing...she said, "He's ringing it up. There's 24 bottles." I told her I thought he was joking and she said, "Ma'am, this is no joking matter." Wow. $12 for a case of water. I told them to keep it.

Anyway... it's crazy here. I can't imagine how it is in Houston.

It's still REALLY hot here ad not much of a wind at all. Some clear sky and some pretty clouds.

Once things calm down over there, you might want to contact the Better Business Bureau about that $12 case of water. If that wasn't the usual price, then that's price gouging--- and it's illegal.

Yeah. I dunno what to think of that. They were charging me for each bottle individually at two for a dollar. I'm not paying that for sure. Got me two cases at Home Depot for $4 each and everybody was nice there.

[Evac3]

Beautiful sky conditions presently in Orange/Bridge City. The stars and moon are bright in a cloudless sky. This won't last long! I was pleasantly surprised to find gas at Wal-Mart in Orange at $3.57. Apparently plenty of it. A couple of stations out of gas. Lots of folks filling up the gas cans for generators. Here's hoping that if we need them it will be for a short period of time. Rita and Humberto have done a pretty good job of trimming all of our trees back!

The sky is still pretty here. My stray doggie has been trying to ease his way inside all day when we open the door, which he never does. I guess he senses something is coming. I gave him a bath incase it gets too bad and I need to bring him in.

And yeah, I was at Wal-Mart in Orange around 12 today and there were cars lined up at the gas thingie and the Wal-Mart parking lot looked like the day after Thanksgiving. Definitely a lot of gas cans getting filled up around here. We don't care if it's just a TS, we're all gun-shy from Rita. Just a few days without electricity here with almost 100 temps and 100% humidity isn't fun.

[cycloneye]

WTCA45 TJSJ 050302
TCPSP5

BOLETIN
TORMENTA TROPICAL EDOUARD ADVERTENCIA NUMERO 7
NWS TPC/CENTRO NACIONAL DE HURACANES MIAMI FL AL052008
1000 PM CDT LUNES 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2008

...EDOUARD SE FORTALECE Y GIRA HACIA EL OESTE NOROESTE...

A LAS 10 PM CDT...0300 UTC...EL AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PARA EL
ESTE DE GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA HA SIDO DESCONTINUADO.

UN AVISO DE TORMENTA TROPICAL PERMANECE EN EFECTO DESDE GRAND ISLE
HACIA EL OESTE HASTA PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS.

UNA VIGILANCIA DE HURACAN PERMANECE EN EFECTO DESDE EL OESTE DE
INTRACOASTAL CITY HACIA PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS.

PARA INFORMACION ESPECIFICA SOBRE SU AREA...INCLUYENDO POSIBLES
VIGILANCIAS Y AVISOS...FAVOR REFERIRSE A LOS PRODUCTOS EMITIDOS POR
SU OFICINA LOCAL DE METEOROLOGIA.

A LAS 1000 PM CDT...0300Z...EL CENTRO DE LA TORMENTA TROPICAL
EDOUARD ESTABA LOCALIZADO CERCA DE LA LATITUD 28.7 NORTE...LONGITUD
92.2 OESTE O COMO A 105 MILLAS...170 KM...AL SUR DE LAFAYETTE
LOUISIANA Y COMO UNAS 160 MILLAS...260 KM...AL ESTE SURESTE DE
GALVESTON TEXAS.

EDOUARD SE MUEVE HACIA EL OESTE NOROESTE A CERCA DE 8 MPH...13 KM/HR
Y SE ESPERA QUE ESTE MOVIMIENTO GENERAL CONTINUAE CON ALGUN AUMENTO
EN LA VELOCIDAD DE TRASLACION EN LOS PROXIMOS DIAS. EN LA
TRAYECTORIA PRONOSTICADA...SE ESPERA QUE EL CENTRO DE EDOUARD SE
ENCUENTRE CERCA O SOBRE LAS COSTAS DE LA PARTE SUPERIOR DE TEXAS O
SUROESTE DE LOUISIANA PARA MEDIODIA DEL MARTES.

REPORTES DE LOS RADARES DOPPLER COSTEROS INDICAN QUE LOS VIENTOS
MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS HAN AUMENTADO A CERCA DE 60 MPH...95 KM/HR... CON
RAFAGAS MAS FUERTES. EDOUARD NO SE HA FORTALECIDO AL ANOCHECER. SIN
EMBARGO...SE ESPERA QUE SE ACERQUE A FUERZA DE HURACAN CUANDO
ALCANCE LA COSTA DURANTE EL DIA DE MANANA.

LOS VIENTOS CON FUERZA DE TORMENTA TROPICAL SE EXTIENDEN HACIA
AFUERA HASTA 70 MILLAS...110 KM DESDE EL CENTRO. VARIAS PETROLERAS
ELEVADAS AL SUR DE LA COSTA DE LOUISIANA HAN REPORTADO VIENTOS
SOSTENIDOS DE 45 A 55 MPH EN LAS PASADAS HORAS.

LA PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA ES DE 999 MILIBARES...29.50 PULGADAS.

SE ANTICIPA UNA MAREJADA CICLONICA DE 2 A 4 PIES SOBRE EL NIVEL
NORMAL DE LA MAREA EN LA ZONA BAJO AVISO EN AREAS DE CORRIENTES DE
VIENTO HACIA TIERRA.

SE ESPERA QUE EDOUARD PRODUZCA ACUMULACIONES TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE 3
A 5 PULGADAS EN ALGUNOS DE LOS CONDADOS DE LA COSTA DE LOUISIANA.
SON POSIBLES ACUMULACIONES TOTALES AISLADAS DE LLUVIA DE 4 A 6
PULGADAS...CON CANTIDADES MAXIMAS AISLADAS DE 10 PULGADAS EN EL
SURESTE DE TEXAS.

TORNADOS AISLADOS SON POSIBLES SOBRE PARTES DEL SUR DE LOUISIANA Y
LA PARTE ALTA DE LA COSTA DE TEXAS ESTA NOCHE Y EL MARTES.

REPITIENDO LA POSICION A LAS 1000 PM CDT...28.7 NORTE...92.2 OESTE.
MOVIMIENTO HACIA EL...OESTE-NOROESTE A CERCA DE 8 MPH. VIENTOS
MAXIMOS SOSTENIDOS...60 MPH. PRESION CENTRAL MINIMA...999 MILIBARES.

UNA ADVERTENCIA INTERMEDIA SERA EMITIDA POR EL CENTRO NACIONAL DE
HURACANES A LA 100 AM CDT SEGUIDA POR LA ADVERTENCIA COMPLETA A LAS
400 AM CDT.

$$
PRONOSTICADOR BEVEN
TRADUCCION CORTESIA DE WFO SAN JUAN PR

[jordanmills]

The leaves are finally starting to rustle here. Otherwise it's been clear, calm, and HOT.

[jordanmills]

Oh yeah, the lines at gas stations were crazy, my amateur observations have prices jumping twenty cents a gallon since Friday. Grocery stores were packed earlier, but it's tapering off now.

[Extremeweatherguy]

I just looked out the window and the first breezes appear to have arrived on the north end of Galveston Island. Probably a few 20mph gusts from time to time. Definitely nothing to write home about, but it certainly is a significant change from the lighter winds we were seeing earlier today.

[jordanmills]

It's still DEAD calm in Pearland, 15-30 miles inland depending on how you count it.

[Evac3]

It's around 80 degrees here now in Orange County and the sky is clear and stars shining. There is a really nice breeze blowing finally.

[LonghornDeb]

At 1:54 a.m., it's 78 degrees here in Beaumont; winds finally picking up from the east at about 15 mph... still clear. Radar shows rain bands approaching Lake Charles, LA. After staying here throughout Rita and her aftermath, I'm not expecting much in comparison. And I'm quite happy about that!

[JonathanBelles]

SouthernBell is in Port Neches and is reporting 30mph gusts.

[raindrops68]

Went to walmart around 630pm and it was sort of crazy. Im on Lake Conroe and really didnt expect it to be busy but I had to wait in line for 30 minutes. All the water, batteries and most of the bread and lunch meat/cheese were gone. I was able to pull right in and fill up with gas. However the Texaco down the street were we live was another story. Three cars deep and becoming a "traffic jam" I gave myself a pat on the back for getting gas at WM
Very quiet here, not a leave moving on the trees and the humidity is soooo thick.

[Evac3]

We got our first shot of rain about 2:50 my time. It's not very strong at all... not nearly as bad as all the red looks on radar.

[southerngale]

They're reporting closings on KFDM that they're aware of...

Lamar University, LIT (Beaumont)
Lamar State College-Port Arthur and Orange
Lumberton ISD, Vidor ISD
Orangefield ISD, Bridge City ISD

All Jefferson County Government Offices
Orange County Courthouse
City of Beaumont
City of Port Arthur
City of Groves

[Diva]

Wind picking up here in Orange County. Roof creaking a bit. Not too bad yet though.

[jordanmills]

Overcast in Pearland, winds gusting to 5 mph.

I waited three days for THIS?

[HurricaneHunter914]

It's drizzling right now and I guess it's gonna stay like that for a bit. A few wind gusts would definitly make this more interesting though.

[jordanmills]

Well at least it started raining. A little. Light rain, 76 F, winds gusting to a hellacious 10 mph. I don't know if we'll make it.