re: #294 Decatur Deb

NPR has interviewed Jen (WeatherGoddess) from Weather Channel—said don’t be surprised at record-breaking local rain totals.

Easily. The record for single day in Houston is 10.34” from a slow-moving tropical storm back in the 1980s. This has the potential to be easily worse.

For easy reference for Lizards potentially in the area, here is the (experimental) storm surge inundation map. (I do not know if it is updated yet to account for the new, higher intensity expected.)

You can get some good info from the discussions - I’m linking the archive here so I can monitor the tone. The discussions are a little more technical but not overly so and the forecasters are a little less formal. When they start sounding worried in there, it’s legit. BTW, an excerpt from the 10am discussion included the words “quite concerning.” Also in the mix are “astounding” and “critical that users not focus on the exact forecast track.”