Uh-oh!!

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by Janet

Just curious, you said you're just getting a little bit of rain, so why did your governor declare your county a disaster area?

Part of it is over-reaction since Katrina. The politicians don't want to be accused of not responding quickly enough, so they declare disaster areas well in advance, just in case, so they can get federal relief in quickly should things get bad.

The only real potential for problems here is flooding, should Dolly dump a lot of water. San Antonio could also get a lot of rain and they have major flooding from just thunder storms sometimes. Bexar county (San Antonio) is part of the disaster area. We get their runnoff.

We are under a tornado watch, and Corpus is under a tornado warning. There is a possiblity that a twister is on the ground at the Portlant/Ingleside area. One has not been sited, they are looking at radar and saying this.

We could see a twister in this area, but honestly, it is not likely. The Weather Service is just being cautious.