2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season

GoghGoner · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 274

Stronger Dolly forces Texas refining cuts

Ludi

We're starting to get some rain from the outer bands of Dolly!

Hurray!

Very Happy

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Ludi

Definitely not a "drought buster" for us, though counties to the east and south of us are under a flash flood warning.

Rain should end tomorrow here. Oh well! At least we got a little...
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UncoveringTruths · Intermediate Crude Joined: Nov 04, 2004 Posts: 851

Ferretlover

My sister, who lives in Harlingen, called. The storm was overhead for about four hours. They have standing water in their yard, but it didn't get into the house. Their barn, a few miles away, has four feet of standing water in it (they had moved their horses to a friend's pasture on high ground. They have no power, don't know when they will get power. Her husband, a captain in the H. Fire Dept., just happened to be on vacation. After lunch today (at her in-laws who still have power), they were going to barbeque the meat they have left in their kitchen freezer.
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Ludi

Yeah, it's pretty bad down there, but last I saw, few injuries and no fatalities reported.
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Peleg · Heavy Crude Joined: May 20, 2008 Posts: 391

I'm glad all of out Texas folks have survived to face peak oil along with the rest of us.

Take a look at that little fist like blob in the Atlantic Infrared loop about 12 miles east of Hispaniola. It is associated with a wave. I have'nt found any word on it. 97L is gone and they said that would recurve.

Eli

Ludi glad to hear you are getting some rain.

Nothing quite like a nice rain after a long drought, there is something quite spiritual to it.

Ludi

It was beautiful, but so brief - now we're back to hot hot hot!
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PeakOiler

Well look what's brewing in the GOM:

Invest 91

frankthetank

Oil is going to jump big tomorrow night. That's aiming for major oil areas...

Lets hope it doesn't get to strong.
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HEADER_RACK · Heavy Crude Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 435

Peleg · Heavy Crude Joined: May 20, 2008 Posts: 391

Potential all over. 90L, 91L, 99L

Suppose Israel gets happy just about the time we get cat 3 in the Gulf oil production. The one in the Gulf probably has no time to develop, but the one by antilles heading west has plenty of time if not ideal conditions.

Peleg · Heavy Crude Joined: May 20, 2008 Posts: 391

disclaimer: I am not a pro-meteorologist all statements are speculative.

I am going to get started posting on 91L.

I think it will organize more quickly than they currently believe and eventually be stronger than they expect. The model projections for track seem right. Central to North Texas coast. The question of strength is important as it will be passing over basically all of the Gulf Oil Infrastructure and probably make landfall over some refineries.

PeakOiler

I was pleased to see that some of those folks in the southern US were getting some rain. Hopefully that will ease some of their drought. If Invest 91 just remains a small disturbance, that would be good, it has some potential to bring some much-needed rain to Texas.

I'm sure any oil tanker traffic is getting slowed down by this weather nevertheless.
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