re: Harvey ***Catastrophic Flooding Event***

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while the 140mph gusts destroyed most of the car wash structure behind him.

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Were there any 140 mph gusts? Were there any 130mph sustained winds?

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he had over 500,000 people watching him

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I know. That's what I'm curious about. You had more people watching a guy's periscope feed than the weather channel. I'm curious how that came about.

blue shed laughs at 140 mph winds

On a side note, as the eye was moving over Jeff, he spoke of the possible deadly conseqences of those who decided to stay in their homes. He came upon one couple, lady was hysterical running down the street, after their house had exploded as a tornado hit it and blew them completely out of the home and into the water. He also said as he rode around that he could hear the cries of help and pain. He declined to go to far into it as he had a large audience however collapsed homes were crushing people. Very sad during that part his broadcast.

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but the 1000 yr events don't seem so far fetched these days.

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Thanks Obama.

I wondered how he could continue to steam the storm and not help people in need last night. I get that he had a purpose out there doing what he was doing, but it just seemed odd.

I guess he's been doing this silly shite long enough that he's numb to the fact that people needed to leave long before the storm came and he was not out there to provide services to anoyone other than his team.

On a somewhat related note to your post, immediately after the Tuscaloosa tornado of April 2011, a couple of guys were filming and right after the starm passed, probably no more than 3 minutes after, they came upon a woman who was wailing about needing help and how everything was gone.
Very chilling watching that a day later on YouTube, I can imagine how intense that was to see live.

After the Mike Bettes/El Reno tornado event a few years ago, I doubt they will ever put anyone in danger again.

Just woke up and my reaction was to check on Jeff! Last I saw he was preparing for backside eyewall. And the shed! Has the blue shed been transported to the middle of the state yet?

Thanks for the update above

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