ERIN APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS COAST FROM SAN LUIS PASS SOUTHWARD TO BROWNSVILLE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 1000 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 95.7 WEST OR ABOUT 140 MILES...220 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 200 MILES...325 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS. ERIN IS MOVING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE CENTER OF ERIN IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY NEAR THE TEXAS COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA TOMORROW MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES. TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS MAY BE EXPERIENCED IN A FEW COASTAL LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST ON THURSDAY.
It's 10:16 pm Weds. night and no rain as of yet...the first rain band that came in didn't drop a drop on us...it broke up but the sky sure was black...I went outside a little bit ago and could see lightening off to the East and from looking at the radar we have another band of rain and storms headed this way....
The critters seem to know something is coming and they're coming in the house...ugh!! We just found two scorpions and a blind snake....Yes in the house...We were looking for a Scorpion that Fred had sprayed and this small itty bitty snake starts slithering across the floor..Fred is trying to tell me it's a worm and I said WORM MY BUTT!! I was yelling for him to get the dust pan and he's dinking around as usual and I'm jumping around yelling at him to get it!!...we got the snake and I put it in a jar for photos....It is now out in the pasture...the two scorpions have gone bye - bye...and I'm ready for bed as soon as my adrenlin rush goes away....UGH!! You can bet we'll all be watching where we walk in the house and very JUMPY for awhile...Sometimes I can't stand it here in Texas....LOL...but I wouldn't leave so I have to put up with the weather and the critters because I love TEXAS!! Never a dull moment!!
This is the best I could do on a photo as the Blind snake was moving around quiet a bit and darned if I was going to attempt a photo outside of the jar....They are harmless but it is something I am NOT going to play with...
On a happier note Michael and I rode down to the property today and I found some wild Lantana growing....I love it and keep it marked so that Fred doesn't shred over it!!
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Hello .... are you kidding me! Storms...snakes!!!! Yikes! How far inland are you....will you be okay? Just washed away again? Thinking of you at this S-T-R-E-S-S-F-U-L time!
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