A Hurricane Warning is in effect for The Texas coast from Baffin Bay northward to San Luis Pass.
It is currently a Tropical Storm, but it is expected to strengthen over the warm waters of the Gulf into a Hurricane before it hits the Texas coast.
Regardless, the amount of rain will be significant, and the winds may bring a storm surge.
The remnants (mostly rain) are due here in CT on Thursday/Friday.
Here's the current NWS warning ...
www.nhc.noaa.gov
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Key Messages for Tropical Storm Beryl
Advisory 37: 4:00 PM CDT Sun Jul 07, 2024
1. There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge inundation along the coast of Texas from the north entrance to the Padre Island National Seashore to Sabine Pass, including Matagorda Bay and Galveston Bay. Residents in those areas should follow any advice given by local officials and follow evacuation orders.
2. Beryl is forecast to bring damaging hurricane-force winds to portions of the Texas coast tonight and early Monday. A Hurricane Warning is in effect from Baffin Bay to San Luis Pass.
3. Considerable flash and urban flooding is expected tonight through Monday night across portions of the middle and upper Texas Gulf Coast and eastern Texas. Minor to isolated major river flooding is also expected.
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#14 | Posted by john47 at 2024-07-08 12:38 PM
My favorite thing is watching climate change deniers in States of the Former Confederacy getting their stuff washed away in the storm surges. The scramble for property insurance down there will be very amusing!
Amusing? Will it be more or less "amusing" in "red" states like, e.g., TX and FL that have been prone to hurricane floodings even before "climate change/global warming" entered our vocabulary than the fires and huge increases in insurance rates in "blue" states like, e.g., CA and OR?
Or do you think that the "natural disasters" only affect the states with supposedly greater number of "climate change deniers"?
Were the residents / governments of some Caribbean islands, where up to 90 percent of houses were destroyed by Beryl, "climate change deniers" and/or could do something to prevent it but didn't, or do "acts of nature" aka "acts of God" aka "natural disasters" mostly depend on geography and not the population's "beliefs"?
https://www.carinsurance.org/car-insurance-coverage-what-are-acts-of-god-and-when-are-they-covered-
829/ - What are 'Acts of God' and when are they covered? - July 6, 2024
BTW, Texas is the largest provider and consumer of wind energy, and California is largest generator of solar energy... if this is your idea of stopping / preventing climate change.
www.cnn.com - State Farm again is seeking huge increases in home insurance rates in California - CNN, July 2, 2024
I, for one, don't find anything "amusing" about natural disasters and destructions they cause.
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