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It was a strong one and a history maker. Unfortunately it also meant the sadder things as well.
CarlS, it’s not looking good...another coming into the gulf.
For us veterans of tropical weather, this is just a bit of wet weather. No tidal surge, no destructive winds. Only some tropical rain.
True, it might just be that. Then again I remember a storm, Hurricane Alicia that spun up in the gulf in the 1980’s and went straight up through Galveston up I-45 landing as a cat 3. I remember driving along the highway near downtown Houston and saw one of those huge road signs with a three sided billboard bent at a 45 degree from vertical. No one expected how rapidly it changed from a depression to a major disaster.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Alicia
What you said is exactly why we in the Southeast take nothing for granted and stay tuned to the latest advisories.
Carl here we go again, looks like just a bunch of rain this time however the warm waters in the gulf may change things up.
Carl, looks like Swofford Home Base and the Swofford FOB(Forward Operating Base) may both get hit by this one. I'd say dig in, but in your case build up and fortify. 
Yes, sir! It is definitely that time of year. Looks like you may get some of this one. Be prepared!
Swofford home base is prepared. But we got tropical rain yesterday and last night and we are getting the same today to a lesser extent. Central Florida dodged the bullet again. Looks like all the Swofford FOB will get is some rain. The center will be east of them rather than passing over them. Plus this one is not as strong - and we pray it stays that way. The west side of the eye is the weak side.Carl, looks like Swofford Home Base and the Swofford FOB(Forward Operating Base) may both get hit by this one. I'd say dig in, but in your case build up and fortify.
New Orleans was spared from Sally and has been taken out of the hurricane watch area. All these storms in the Gulf and we can't buy a good rain around here. Our prayers are with the folks in Lake Charles and those to the north and south of them, they got a beating and a half. Now Mobile is in the path of Sally, storm season just hit the peak of the cycle.
And Pensacola over to Panama City in Florida. I have family in that area.
Sally made landfall as a cat 2.
Lots of flooding both from the storm surge and the torrential rains. She is only moving at 5 mph and that just keeps the rain coming down. One town in Florida had 34 inches of rain as of this morning and it was still raining hard. Lots of places have recorded over 2 feet of rain.
I can't even begin to imagine that much rain!!
The mosy I have experieinced in Florida is 18 inches in 12 hours. The problem with all that rain is that it has no where to go with that strong on shore wind.
Captured this picture on my phone. It’s an impressive size storm.
Unfortunately I can and it ain't pretty.
That town on Florida got 37 inches of rain. That is a lot water!!
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