2024-05-16 Houston Derecho

"The person on the motorcycle is about to have a really bad evening."
Understatement of the year

Instead of 90% humidity, it is 90% liquidity

A derecho is nature's wash cycle and a twister is the spin cycle.

I’m a mailman from Katy, and was in the frontlines on this storm! I saw it coming and tried to finish fast, I had 2 more boxes left so I was outside in the storm for like 20 minutes! I got all my mail and packages delivered.

This video deserves a major award! 🏆 It had it all. Excellent writing, suspense, pathos, whimsical humour apocalyptic dread. Just a masterpiece.

My son got caught in this, leaving work. He took shelter in a convenience store. The employees pulled down the aluminum shutter to protect the doors from shattering.

And you KNOW it is bad when Houston drivers slow down. We get 52” of rain a year, many nasty storms, so we are used to driving in it. This was on a whole other level.

The radio cutting out is when you know it's gettin REAL

I was coming from Katy when the tornado warning went off on my phone. I tried to outrun it and didn't do very well. The storm caught me. It may have been one of the crazy experiences I have had as a grown-up and living in Houston. This video shows the experience very well. I was waiting for the Tornado, little did I realize the straight line winds were just as powerful. Glad to make it home.

I love your sense of humor. Hope the person on the motorcycle is okay

My sister got caught in this storm coming home from work. We couldn't reach her because of bad signal. A series of events happened on the way. One which was a tree falling in front of her causing her to swirve. She managed to get home to another scene of fallen trees sheds and trampolines on the middle of her street. She's always been the strong one that nothing gets her but she got home crying uncontrolably. She felt that was it for her. This was so much scarier than any hurricane weve been in.

As a fellow Houstonian, I have to thank you for NOT just staying on the left hand lane 😂

I was at work in a warehouse not too far from where you were driving in the beginning, had to shelter in place for about an hour because of the tornado warning. The backup generators came on and we went back to work afterwards, fortunately, but I was just worried about my cat back at my apartment. Thankfully, everything was all good. Just glad I wasn't out in that nasty weather.

Houston is definitely one city you dont want to drive through when it rains. Lots of fools who drive even faster & crazier when it starts pouring. What a nut town.

I came for the derecho and stayed for the fonts. Haven't even made it half way through but you had me at well done rain then cooked me to completion when you followed it up with just...
heavy rain.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Double commenting because I can. Not sure if you regularly post storm related content but your captions had me absolutely rolling “Eat it if you dare” and I feel like, sometimes, the storm chaser (or just those individuals stuck in a storm) community needs that kinda humour. Those captions were the best thing. I’m sure everyone around you was shitting enough bricks to build a storm shelter by the power lines but you’re just sassing this storm out 😂 I needed this today.

My experience was horrific. I was north of carmine. Caught in the inflow of a tornado. Trees were sideways. The car felt like it was about to be flung. Debris. The rain was literally sideways. I was on my way to the store thinking I had time before the rain hit. Boy was I wrong. When I reached the store I got the tornado warning. Then the power went out at the store thats when I saw a monster. The side wall of that thing. When it passed I figured heck Ibetter get to the ranch. Bid mistake because again. Caught in the inflow. When I got back to the ranch it had water damage on the north wall because the rain and wind just overtook that house. I was cleaning water rest of the night. Crazy storm

This storm got out of control way too quick. Most people were completely caught off guard.

Thats why I want to quit trucking. I love trucking, but I dont get paid enough to deal with this endless violent weather. I just get disrespected and lied to by a bunch of people who dont know what we have to deal with everyday "moving america". Glad you all kept the shiny sides up. That storm was none too fun when it got over here to georgia. I hate this weather. Cant sleep in my truck at night when it rains anymore.

Green skies always mean high winds. Thx for sharing the video. Be safe.

I live close to Gessner and Clay Rd., and there were no warnings.
No notices, no rain, no hail, nothing. I saw the radar, and was about five seconds from moving my new car, and the wind hit. It literally went from 5 mph to over 100 mph in a few seconds.