Apparently the Texas coast is fixing to get wet from Port Isabel all the way to Port Arthur. I just talked with my cousin who lives down in Hidalgo County. He and his wife and dogs are already up in Plano at their daughter's house. He said he was tired of picking okra from his garden anyway and will enjoy the vacation.
I told him good luck and we're hoping this will just be a mess of rain. I hope everybody in the storm's path makes it through to dryer times. :sun:
I am glad to hear your cousin has already made his way out of town. I have extended my welcome mat to my friends who live along the coast, not sure if any will want to come this far north, but still made the offer. From the radar pictures, this looks like it is gonna be a nasty storm.
Okra? Doesn't even make decent pig feed. Why would anyone go out of their way to pick it for human consumption?
Holy Cow, post: 443131, member: 50 wrote: Okra? Doesn't even make decent pig feed. Why would anyone go out of their way to pick it for human consumption?
Okry is a gift from the gods. When your garden is full of weeds by this time of year, the okry grows taller so you can pick it without pulling any weeds. 😉
But you have to prepare it correctly. If you want fried okra, buy it at Popeye's. Home pickled is good. Shrimp and Andouille Gumbo is better. Stewed with 'maters and peppers is the best.
Holy Cow, post: 443131, member: 50 wrote: Okra? Doesn't even make decent pig feed.
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Holy Cow, post: 443131, member: 50 wrote: Okra? Doesn't even make decent pig feed. Why would anyone go out of their way to pick it for human consumption?
This? from someone who's diet consists of of grain and hay. Man you ain't lived until you've had okra and tomatoes with onions and corn. 😎
They are forecasting up to 3 FEET of rain in some areas. We get flooding when there is 3 inches.
And about okra...when my wife and I first moved to the US from Mexico, she bought a can of okra, thinking it was jalapenos. Nasty stuff, although i would think it is good if prepared properly.
John Hamilton, post: 443162, member: 640 wrote: They are forecasting up to 3 FEET of rain in some areas. We get flooding when there is 3 inches.
And about okra...when my wife and I first moved to the US from Mexico, she bought a can of okra, thinking it was jalapenos. Nasty stuff, although i would think it is good if prepared properly.
You can't eat it from a can unless adding it to stews, gumbos.
Very healthy. Only veggie that can grow in the summer high heats. Kind of a survival food in a way.
African in origin brought here by slaves.
Used in gumbo for taste and natural thickener.
A lot of heathy benefits. Packed with vitamins, fiber etc.
Lord knows that there are some here who need more fiber.
Looks like a solid storm
Supposed to stall on land causing the rain event.
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Looks like after it comes ashore, and turns a little to the north, a hot air system in the vicinity of Austin blocks it and sends it off toward Louisiana
Just sprinkling now in the grater Houston area.
Check out the http://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#m=sat;r=0;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=;n=0;y=50;x=3.8477;z=4; or the http://hint.fm/wind/
David C. Newell RPLS LS CFM, post: 443217, member: 6347 wrote: Just sprinkling now in the grater Houston area.
My experience with Houston (admittedly 40 years ago) is that a heavy dew causes flooding. Y'all prepare to head for the Hill Country and stay safe.
Andy
James Fleming, post: 443209, member: 136 wrote: Looks like after it comes ashore, and turns a little to the north, a hot air system in the vicinity of Austin blocks it and sends it off toward Louisiana
That hot air coming from Austin is the root of all evil!!! 🙂
Andy Bruner, post: 443243, member: 1123 wrote: My experience with Houston (admittedly 40 years ago) is that a heavy dew causes flooding. Y'all prepare to head for the Hill Country and stay safe.
Andy
In the seventies I worked for an outfit that did mainly utility work throughout the South and had a big office in Houston. I was working out of that office (about this time of year) and got to experience what 4 inches of rain in a hour can do. Our office was in a complex of buildings that all shared a large parking lot. The parking lot was bordered on three sides by large concrete channels and the only access to the public streets was across two single span concrete bridges.
As the rain began to fall sometime in the afternoon everybody that could left early as they knew what was probably going to happen. I and a couple of other surveyors didn't have anyplace special to go (except our rooms at the Ramada Inn) so we stayed. At quitting time the hall by the front door was full of folks staring out at the parking lot, the extremely full drainage channel and the bridges that were covered by at least 2' of water. None of us could leave until it quit raining and the water subsided.
Then a murmur spread through the crowd....Raul's! I had to ask what in the heck was Raul's? Raul's was a small private club in the office complex there, complete with pool tables and juke box. We all headed over to Raul's.
It was dark when I finally headed back to the Ramada Inn. I remember thinking I hope it rains some more...Houston wasn't as bad as I had originally thought. 😉
Posted a couple of hours ago in a discussion by a meteorologist at the Washington Post
This is a massive storm that will stall over the coast and dump over 15 trillion gallons of water through next Wednesday if the models hold. This is a monumental disaster in the making for the residents of eastern Texas and will likely devastate many areas. This storm just seemed to come out of no where to me -- I didn't see it in the news cycle until last night.
Everything that could possibly go wrong meteorologically is happening right now. This is going to be really bad.
James Fleming, post: 443302, member: 136 wrote: Posted a couple of hours ago in a discussion by a meteorologist at the Washington Post
This is a massive storm that will stall over the coast and dump over 15 trillion gallons of water through next Wednesday if the models hold. This is a monumental disaster in the making for the residents of eastern Texas and will likely devastate many areas. This storm just seemed to come out of no where to me -- I didn't see it in the news cycle until last night.Everything that could possibly go wrong meteorologically is happening right now. This is going to be really bad.
I've been through a few 24"+- rain events. I can't imagine what lies ahead for the Texas Gulf Coast with the current prognostications. Toss in the power outages and you have a bad time.
This summer, we had a few monsoon events. You may recall the street flooding in New Orleans recently.
One night here, I was awakened by one of hardest rains that I ever experienced.
It only lasted about 10 minutes but it came down in buckets and loud.
It sounded like a drum corp doing a drum roll outside in the tin roof.
One thing for sure, there will be a quick response for recovery because of the refineries that will be crippled. They will rush to get them back into production.
They may experience a hiccup in
their workforce availability but I woulld think that they have a plan in place.
Holy Cow, post: 443131, member: 50 wrote: Okra? Doesn't even make decent pig feed. Why would anyone go out of their way to pick it for human consumption?
Just read this HC and thought you might 'browse' over it...errr 'graze' I guess is a better word..;)
http://www.healthline.com/health/diabetes/okra
Roasted okry seeds are used in the middle east to treat diabetes..interesting.
