What did you do in the garden today?

[black_dove2]

black_dove2: "How's your family and friends doing?
I'm from Corpus Christi and have family spreading outwards from there. I understand the feeling all too well .I have a sister in Beeville which is right by Victoria Texas and hoping she holding out okay. And the house held up well."

Thanks for asking! My cousin in Katy, just west of Houston, is OK but a lot of damage in the area from wind and possible tornado. Heard from one friend in Houston, family OK but worst is coming and they are expecting a lot of flooding. No word from Port Aransas or Rockport, but they are surely without power so we are keeping an eye on the news and weather channel until we hear something.
We hope all ends well with your sister, Beeville is getting a lot of rain.

We took a 90 minute drive to Cabela's today for their big sale and picked up a much needed 12-tray dehydrater for large volume drying. My wife greenhouses a lot of herbs in the winter and we needed a reliable way to thoroughly and quickly dry them to preserve the aroma and flavor. She has already processed a bushel of Cuban oregano today.

Tonight I sat in the chicken yard, gave the girls some blueberries and just watched them forage and go to roost...very relaxing.

Great you hear from some family and friends!

A friend of mine here in Coachella Valley was asking why didn't everyone evacuate? I had to explain that would be 1/3 of state and where would everyone go?

 

[pennyJo1960]

@KikisGirls has been online I believe on her phone talking on here to many of us quite scared the water is at her door now

 

[CapricornFarm]

Great you hear from some family and friends!

A friend of mine here in Coachella Valley was asking why didn't everyone evacuate? I had to explain that would be 1/3 of state and where would everyone go?

They would all be stuck on the road now.

 

[CapricornFarm]

@KikisGirls has been online I believe on her phone talking on here to many of us quite scared the water is at her door now

We had that happen in FL but luckily it never came in the house!

 

[pennyJo1960]

it is there now and she is pretty scared

 

[GardenTillers44]

penny1960, post: "@KikisGirls[/USER] has been online I believe on her phone talking on here to many of us quite scared the water is at her door now"

She lives a little south of but in the same suburb we lived in for a few years of our stay in Houston. That area is prone to flooding (as is most of Houston and SE TX) and it appears they have an epic event on their hands. Hoping and praying for her and everyone down there. Hard not to feel a little helpless with friends and family you wish you could help.

 

[CapricornFarm]

it is there now and she is pretty scared

Wonder if she has life vests for the kids? Does she have an attic?

 

[GardenTillers44]

black_dove2: "A friend of mine here in Coachella Valley was asking why didn't everyone evacuate? I had to explain that would be 1/3 of state and where would everyone go?"

It's complicated from both logistics and psychology. Having been in the middle of 3 of these storms, you can never get everyone to evacuate from the landfall zone. Some won't leave to protect their homes from looting, some want to ride it out in the only home they have, some don't have the ways and means to evacuate and some just don't take it seriously enough. Still others hang around too long hoping the storm track changes and they get caught. Much of the area affected now by all the flooding wasn't necessarily marked for evacuation, so they are riding it out. Scary situation.

 

[jerryse]

Anyone know what this is?View attachment 1121637

Look up bur cucumber also .

 

[CapricornFarm]

black_dove2: "A friend of mine here in Coachella Valley was asking why didn't everyone evacuate? I had to explain that would be 1/3 of state and where would everyone go?"

It's complicated from both logistics and psychology. Having been in the middle of 3 of these storms, you can never get everyone to evacuate from the landfall zone. Some won't leave to protect their homes from looting, some want to ride it out in the only home they have, some don't have the ways and means to evacuate and some just don't take it seriously enough. Still others hang around too long hoping the storm track changes and they get caught. Much of the area affected now by all the flooding wasn't necessarily marked for evacuation, so they are riding it out. Scary situation.

I know it is so uncertain where the hurricanes are going to make landfall, and if you evacuated every time one might come your way you would be driving constantly. When we lived in FL it seemed like there was one every weekend for a while. We never evacuated. Once when it looked like we were really going to get hit, it went south suddenly and wiped out that area instead. There are too many cars and people in Florida and not enough roads to evacuated everyone. Likely Texas is the same.
Feeling so badly for those folks in flooded homes waiting to be rescued!