Be safe, Texas friends

[tower912]

...as you get Beryl-ed into.

[Uncle Rico]

...as you get Beryl-ed into.

God's vengeance on Texas

[Shaka Shart]

God's vengeance on Texas

Austin's fault

[Lennys Tap]

God's vengeance on Texas

I have a daughter who lives in Austin. They need the rain.

[GB Warrior]

Hope Ted Cruz has a nice vacation

[HouWarrior]

Houston is quite accustomed to hurricane season.

Carla, Harvey, Alicia, and Ike have been among our worst...

....Beryl wont even qualify as a blip. We only lost power here this time for 12 hours

The routine is always the same:

Store extra water, backup generators and power packs to recharge devices, canned foods, and candles.  We only lost power here this time for 12 hours; I just napped

Best part is we get "snow" days...days to just shelter in place, no work expected and no snow shoveling...but your yard will need big time tree limb cleanup. You'll likely need fence repair/replacement, as almost all of us have 6 ft cedar board privacy fences that simply blow away.

[MU82]

Houston is quite accustomed to hurricane season.

Carla, Harvey, Alicia, and Ike have been among our worst...

....Beryl wont even qualify as a blip. We only lost power here this time for 12 hours

The routine is always the same:

Store extra water, backup generators and power packs to recharge devices, canned foods, and candles.  We only lost power here this time for 12 hours; I just napped

Best part is we get "snow" days...days to just shelter in place, no work expected and no snow shoveling...but your yard will need big time tree limb cleanup. You'll likely need fence repair/replacement, as almost all of us have 6 ft cedar board privacy fences that simply blow away.

I hope you come out of this without too much damage or hassle.

[Uncle Rico]

Hope Ted Cruz has a nice vacation

With his ugly wife

[rocket surgeon]

global blah blah fer sher but electric cars wouldn't do so well going thru all those puddles

[wadesworld]

global blah blah fer sher but electric cars wouldn't do so well going thru all those puddles

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen an electric or hybrid vehicle out on the roads during snow or rain. Good call on that!

[rocket surgeon]

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen an electric or hybrid vehicle out on the roads during snow or rain. Good call on that!

whole new meaning to lighting it up

[tower912]

Yes, because ICE vehicles never get stuck, never have flood damage, never have ruined engines after getting stuck in floods.

[Uncle Rico]

Yes, because ICE vehicles never get stuck, never have flood damage, never have ruined engines after getting stuck in floods.

Roqqqet, circa 1910, advocating for horses in scoop would have been wild.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

global blah blah fer sher but electric cars wouldn't do so well going thru all those puddles

Jeesuz, just when I thought you couldn't get any more ignorant. Proved me wrong again.

[Shaka Shart]

Roqqqet, circa 1910, advocating for horses in scoop would have been wild.

Someone start an anti asbestos thread

[Shaka Shart]

https://x.com/bbqbryan/status/1810509150842974308?s=46&t=G2FhP_F2kWewaBOpvRv5lg

[Skatastrophy]

Someone start an anti asbestos thread

I'm pro asbestos. Asbestos is a god-created mineral, it would be a sin to not use it to protect us from fire which is man-made and sinful. You're not trying to cancel quartz, or feldspar are you? Curious.

[lawdog77]

I'm pro asbestos. Asbestos is a god-created mineral, it would be a sin to not use it to protect us from fire which is man-made and sinful. You're not trying to cancel quartz, or feldspar are you? Curious.

Asbestos sounds foreign. We need a better wall.

[Pakuni]

Someone start an anti asbestos thread

Enjoy all the bugs in your corn, DDT haters.

[Uncle Rico]

Enjoy all the bugs in your corn, DDT haters.

50/50 Texas or Florida allows use of DDT in the near future.  It would help eradicate bald eagles again since they've become a nuisance bird, so might not be all bad

[Skatastrophy]

50/50 Texas or Florida allows use of DDT in the near future.  It would help eradicate bald eagles again since they've become a nuisance bird, so might not be all bad

Hopefully they bring back the WWF, too. The WWE is woke.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

I'm pro asbestos. Asbestos is a god-created mineral, it would be a sin to not use it to protect us from fire which is man-made and sinful. You're not trying to cancel quartz, or feldspar are you? Curious.

Quartz, like EVs, doesn't work when it is wet outside.

/dentist science

[Shaka Shart]

50/50 Texas or Florida allows use of DDT in the near future.  It would help eradicate bald eagles again since they've become a nuisance bird, so might not be all bad

"It's obvious when an eagle has killed your bird: The chicken is laid out on her back, wings spread, legs intact, breast and organs devoured. (Like many of its fellow Americans, the bald eagle apparently prefers white meat.)"

Incredible quote from this article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/magazine/bald-eagle-national-burden.html

[warriorchick]

Asbestos sounds foreign. We need a better wall.

Ideally, a wall full of asbestos.

[MU82]

Ideally, a wall full of asbestos.

Cost is immaterial, too. Mexico's gonna pay for it.

[Uncle Rico]

"It's obvious when an eagle has killed your bird: The chicken is laid out on her back, wings spread, legs intact, breast and organs devoured. (Like many of its fellow Americans, the bald eagle apparently prefers white meat.)"

Incredible quote from this article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/magazine/bald-eagle-national-burden.html

The only good bald eagle is a dead bald eagle but the woke mob cancel culture communist socialist EPA won't let me use DDT.  SMDH

[Shaka Shart]

The only good bald eagle is a dead bald eagle but the woke mob cancel culture communist socialist EPA won't let me use DDT.  SMDH

I like my eagles bald (but not my dental hygienists)

[Uncle Rico]

Speaking of staying safe in Texas, don't send your kids to megachurches.  They may end up seducing the pastors with their wily, childish seductive ways

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyer-megachurch-pastor-blamed-12-150012933.html

[MU82]

As soon as Texas gets billions in federal aid for this latest natural disaster, they're gonna secede.

And they mean it this time, dammit!

[tower912]

Water in my basement.   Thanks, Beryl.

[Uncle Rico]

Water in my basement.   Thanks, Beryl.

Climate change is relentless.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Water in my basement.   Thanks, Beryl.

Bad luck, now you won't be able to drive your EV in the basement.

[tower912]

Fried the basement Roomba.

[Pakuni]

Fried the basement Roomba.

Would have never happened with a gasoline-powered vacuum.
Take that, Greta Thunberg.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Fried the basement Roomba.

Ouch.  Sounds like a finished basement.  Break out the wet vac.

[tower912]

I do not own a roomba. That was schtick.   I do own a wetvac.   Not real bad.   Lucky.

[Uncle Rico]

As long as Texas keeps electing the same people, natural disasters will continue to be poorly planned for and poorly handled.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/09/beryl-texas-houston-power-outages/

Glad they're taking money from the federal government and not seceding

[4everwarriors]

Eye blame da illegals, aina?

[Uncle Rico]

Eye blame da illegals, aina?

Well, they've been known to control the weather and utility companies.

Anyway, Texas also takes a lot of federal money for that, too.  Weird for a state so proud of getting things done, well, at least with policing women's reproductive rights.