June 2018 – Weather Preppers

GMSA: Whataburger hires Morgan Stanley; overnight crashes; severe weather returns

Posted on June 7, 2018May 17, 2019 by WeatherPreppers

Good morning and TGIF! What are your plans this weekend? Leslie says she’s attending a going away party tonight then having a spa day with her daughter on Sunday. I wasn’t invited. Since Lake Dunlap has been drained by this week’s dam failure, I’m planning to go kayak fishing with my son at Medina Lake on Sunday. I bet we wind up swimming at some point with temperatures hovering near 90 degrees. Oh yeah! Have…

Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas prepared for next Hurricane Harvey

Posted on June 6, 2018September 11, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Texas is ready for the next Hurricane Harvey, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday after participating in a briefing with President Donald Trump to prepare for storm season, which began Friday. “We are ready, and we are taking steps on a daily basis to make sure we will be able to address any challenge coming our way,” Abbott told reporters. “We’re getting everything lined up to make sure that we will be capable of responding to…

This is what happened when Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston area 18 years ago

Posted on June 5, 2018June 5, 2019 by WeatherPreppers

HOUSTON – Eighteen years ago, Tropical Storm Allison made landfall and left Houston under water. Allison delivered the most devastating rain Houston had ever seen. Tropical Storm Allison started as a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico in June 2001. No one expected it would end up going on record as one of the most devastating rain events in U.S. history. In just days, the storm dumped 80 percent of the area’s average rainfall. VIDEO: Aerials…