Hurricane Harvey-Tropical Storm Harvey, prayers needed

Invitation (aradhana)

Vipatti patibahaya -sabba sampatti siddhiya
Sabba dukkha vinasaya — parittam bratha mangalam

Vipatti patibahaya -sabba sampatti siddhiya
Sabba bhhya vinasaya — parittam bratha mangalam

Vipatti patibahaya -sabba sampatti siddhiya
Sabba roga vinasaya — parittam bratha mangalam

That from misfortune may all be free
That all good luck should come
And also from anguish to be free
Chant “THE PROTECTION” I invite thee.

That from misfortune I may all be free
That all good luck should come
Also from all fear to be free
Chant “THE PROTECTION” I invite thee.[1]

That from misfortune I may all be free
That all good luck should come
And also from sickness to be free
Chant “THE PROTECTION” I invite thee.

anyone hear from texas lumens? he’s the only one I can think of that I dealt with from texas (there have been others, but my memory isn’t what it used to be). best wishes and prayers to all down there. I feel your pain, having been thru 4 hurricanes, and severe snowstorms, all with power outages (which was actually the good part, being a flashaholic).

Texas Lumens (Dan) is way up in the panhandle area of Texas. Likely he won’t even see any rain from this storm. Fear not, they have they’re own Mother Nature issues up there!

Franz, geesh man! Prayers to your people as well, it’s been a long couple of decades for y’all and sounds like life has changed a lot for a great many. Best to ya……

Be save, Texans!

Prayers sent, that is an unbelievably massive storm

Nice Dale, reading I expected you to request everyone in the yo be affected area to change cells and distribute flashlights in the neighborhood :wink:
Prayers and wishes will do :slight_smile:

+1!

I’m sending positive vibes from Long Island, NY to all those affected on the coast of Texas. I pray no lives will be lost.

I have family in Houston and been praying for them as well,as everyone else in the path of this monster storm. Let’s hope it settles down quick and the damage is minimal.

I’ve been praying for you guys down there and will continue to.
Stay safe and God bless. :slight_smile:

Ps I hope your healing and pain from the surgery is improving as well.

Consider it done, Brother.

I know they always like to talk about worst case scenario’s, and that’s probably the way it should be, but it’s looking like if there was any way for a storm this size to make landfall and do a “least-case-scenario” that may well be what’s happening. It appears to have sandwiched in between heavily populated areas and did not reverse course, did not head towards Houston, so a lot of rain is falling and a lot of flooding issues but the worst case scenario may have been avoided.

Attribute this to what you will, luck or divine intervention, whatever. From what I’m seeing, as bad as things are for a whole lot of people, it sure could have been a Lot worse… still ongoing, ain’t over til it’s over…

I’m glad to hear it’s relatively mild. I hear there was one storm-related death and some property damage, and they’re expecting nonstop heavy rain for a few days… so flooding seems like it’ll be the biggest problem.

I hope it will continue to be as mild as possible.

Rockport and Aransas Pass got a lot of property damage, large AC units blown off roofs of commercial buildings, a school building destroyed, but by and large yes, the flooding is the bigger issue and the worst of it is due overnight and into/thru tomorrow.

Watching it close, expecting a lot of rain here overnight, but not anywhere near what South Central and South East Texas are getting.

Good wishes for all those in Texas. Stay safe

Tornadoes have been popping up on the NorthWest side of Houston. Yuck!

Well said, DBC. Prayers going up! Saint Medard, pray for us!

Had one about 1 mile from my home, luckily it missed us, phew! Feel sorry for the people that have their homes damaged

The Weather Channel has been saying that Harvey would about face back to the coast then turn around again and head towards Houston. By all accounts so far it is simply slow drifting from North of Victoria straight towards Houston. The Eastern rain bands will be pummeling Houston all night and local street flooding is already happening. The weather service reported that 84 flood gauges between San Antonio and Houston all expected to set record flood levels by 5PM tomorrow night. So the entire Houston area, which is enormous, is very likely to face flooding issues throughout the night and into tomorrow night, possibly beyond.

I’ve been watching the radar and they’re showing rain from this tropical storm almost filling the triangle between San Antonio, Houston and D/FW…. I-35, I-10, I-45…. this is a truly massive area to be under one storm! Even bands into LA are causing problems with our neighbor.

So still, even without the major storm damage of a Cat 4 Hurricane, there are millions in jeopardy as water levels rise and tornado’s continue to be spawned.

The last I heard, one man had lost his life in a fire caused by the Hurricane. (a transformer exploding, most likely, from a downed pole) We can just continue to hope it’s only property and not lives….

Houston is getting hammered by the rain, most if not all creeks are over flooded, most highways are shut down and there are high water rescues on some places, it’s going to be bad for Hustonians, as OP said keep us in your prayers

DB, may I sugest to rename this thread to Hurricane Harvey check-in or something similar so BLF users who live in the affected areas can stop by and let us know if they are OK?

Thanks! :slight_smile: