[North Texas Fiberglass]

I'm treating the family to a week's vacation on Tiki Island at Galveston. We have a private house available on the water with it's own dock and boat lift. We will be doing inshore trips during the week and have a 30 Hr trip on the Big E planned August 23&24th.

Any iseas for inshore fishing. I don't know what much about Galveston Bay.

 

[SkeeterRonnie]

I will look for yall on th way in from Cancun.. we should be over yall on Aug 24 on our return flight... New phone can send video...hehe. We are staying at an all adult resort... LOL!!!

 

[Fishhead56]

NTF,

Will you have a boat to use that week?
If so what kind?
From Tiki you can fish from a John Boat or from a Grady or if no boat you can wade.

let me know and I'll try to suggest some late summer patterns and areas to check.

Kev

 

[North Texas Fiberglass]

Sigh, at this point, it looks like the trip will be rescheduled with Hurricane Dean moving in. I know the Big E won't go out if he's in the lower end of the gulf. Especially since they've cancelled three trips recently due to weather.

 

[SkeeterRonnie]

Mike- we feel your pain... 4 nights in Cancun dont look so good now.... We woulda left sunday morning and came home thurs evening...

 

[MrBill]

You wouldn't want to be vacationing in San Antonio today. Tropical storm
"ERIN" is shutting down the city. I've received over 6 1/4" of rain since 11:30 today at work. Some areas are reporting 8" already and it's still raining. IH35 downtown has a low section. Over 25 cars and tractor trailers are under water right now. I hope I can get home. I don't think Corpus even got a drop. The eye has been stalled over SA for over three hours.

This just came by email on my computer. Looks like were in for a long afternoon.
===============================================================
Breaking Weather News from KENS 5

Please tune to KENS 5 for the latest info or visit our website at
MySA.com: San Antonio's Homepage From The Express-News and KENS 5 to view the latest live Super Doppler 5 image.
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WGUS54 KEWX 162037

FFWEWX

TXC029-091-187-170030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

337 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

BEXAR COUNTY...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UNIVERSAL CITY...SAN ANTONIO...

COMAL COUNTY...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW BRAUNFELS...CANYON LAKE DAM...

GUADALUPE COUNTY...

THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEGUIN...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES

CONTINUED TROPICAL RAIN AND SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF BEXAR AND COMAL

COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL RAINS MOVING NORTHWEST INTO GUADALUPE

COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WERE INDICATED

OVER WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY BETWEEN SEA WORLD..LACKLAND AIR FORCE

BASE AND RIOMEDINA. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS WITH RAINFAL RATES

BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES AN HOUR WAS MOVING NORTHWEST INTO

SOUTHERN GUADALUPE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TIMBERWOOD

PARK...THE DOMINION...SPRING BRANCH...SMITHSON VALLEY...SHAVANO

PARK...SELMA...SCHERTZ...MCQUEENEY...MARION...LIVE OAK...LEON

SPRINGS...KINGSBURY...HOLLYWOOD PARK...HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE...

HELOTES...GERONIMO...GARDEN RIDGE...FISCHER...FAIR OAKS RANCH...

CROSS MOUNTAIN...CIBOLO AND BULVERDE

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD CREEKS, STREAMS, STREET

INTERSECTIONS, CULVERTS AND UNDERPASSES. LOW LYING PLACES THAT

NORMALLY FLOOD COULD BECOME DEATH TRAPS. DO NOT CROSS ANY FLOODED

AREA. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN.

This also just came in. This is the river stage warning. ERIN is doing a number on us.
WGUS44 KEWX 162042

FLWEWX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

342 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED

A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE...

SAN ANTONIO RIVER

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CHANGE RIVER FORECAST LEVELS.

TXC029-493-170842-

/SNPT2.2.ER.070816T1938Z.070816T2015Z.000000T0000Z.NO/

342 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

..OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR

THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AT SAN ANTONIO LOOP 410.* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE .

* AT 3:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.2 FEET.

* FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.

* FORECAST: RISE TO AROUND 30 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACT: AT 30.0 FEET DRAINAGE FROM ABOVE LOOP 410 AND BROOKS AFB

CUTS STREETS AND AREAS BELOW LOOP 410 IN THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER FLOOD

PLAIN OFF - SEVERAL HOMES HAVE A FEW FEET OF WATER IN THEM

 

[DeepBlueGulf]

SKR,

Are you all cancelling your plans to go to Cancun? Just wondered, it doesn't look too good at this point. Was really looking forward to the pictures from the resort.


DBG

 

[bighead]

Sorry Ronnie and Michael, got to be a bummer missing your trips. I hope you are able to reschedule and get a little family time in. Bert

 

[Snagged]

MrBill,
We had a light shower and clouds here on Padre.

 

[SkeeterRonnie]

travel agent keeps telling us we HAVE to go if the plane flys down there or no money back.... I keep telling her she if freakin crazy... We are scheduled to fly down on Sunday morning... about 12 hours BEFORE the Cat 4 storm will hiit.... SHe seems to think it would be a fun life experience to be donw there... I told her I think its gonna be fun calling the credit card company and denying the charges......

I think we are gonna go for it!?! the crazy adventourous side of me is interested in a hurricane..... it keeps tracking north a little more each day....Wish us luck!!