Damn. The wind was nothing. Rockport is messed up but Houston is drowning and Cuero and Victoria are fucked.
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Damn. The wind was nothing. Rockport is messed up but Houston is drowning and Cuero and Victoria are fucked.
thanks, we had no idea that SA escaped disaster
https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?...101111&loop=no
So it's pretty much doing what they said it would The only question was how far inland it was going to get before stalling.
Trump Just Tweeted About His Election Win While Texas Struggles With Hurricane
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images...00m_normal.jpgDonald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
I will also be going to a wonderful state, Missouri, that I won by a lot in '16. Dem C.M. is opposed to big tax cuts. Republican will win S!
8:15 AM - Aug 27, 2017
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images...00m_normal.jpgDonald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
With Mexico being one of the highest crime Nations in the world, we must have THE WALL. Mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other.
8:44 AM - Aug 27, 2017
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
We are in the NAFTA (worst trade deal ever made) renegotiation process with Mexico & Canada.Both being very difficult,may have to terminate?
8:51 AM - Aug 27, 2017
http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/08/2...les-hurricane/
Give it a rest boo. no need to politicize every fucking thing
My uncles casa took considerable damage in Rockport. He's riding it out in San Antonio. Bad voodoo.:depressed
Faggot was doing it in the thread in the club too.Quote:
Originally Posted by AaronY
Stopped before it really got to San Marcos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
Flood gauge there on the Blanco tells the story.
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydro...=bsmt2&wfo=ewx
Peaks Sunday afternoon at 11 feet depth, -- about 4 feet over normal, 2 feet below "concern" level, and 7 feet below flood level, then started going back down.
I was freaked the eff out, bought canned food for 3 days, water jugs (camping type, filled with tap water), and was unable to find a single "D" cell battery in the entire city.
Pro tip:
Buy electric lanterns with rechargeable packs, most preferably ones with charging ports that are the same as cell phones. No need to worry about batteries, and if you need to, you can use your car in a pinch to charge stuff.
Happy to not need any of it.
But that is my foible.
Read this article about the Cajun Navy. Fucking awesome.
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index....n_houston.html
People formed group after flooding and hurricanes in Louisiana, with hunters and fishermen with flat bottom boats and so forth.
BAM.
https://www.facebook.com/LaCajunNavy/
Portal for donations.
http://www.louisianacajunnavy.org/
Why Houston isn't ready for Hurricane Harvey
Last year, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica investigated Houston's vulnerability to hurricanes and torrential rainstorms. The nation's fourth-largest city is sure to see the latter in the coming days. Here's what we know about what could happen.
Many scientists, experts and federal officials say Houston's explosive growth is largely to blame, along with climate change. As millions have flocked to the metropolitan area in recent decades, local officials have largely rejected stricter building regulations, allowing developers to pave over acres of prairie land that once absorbed large amounts of rainwater. In the decade after Tropical Storm Allison, about 167,000 acres were developed in Harris County, home to Houston. The map below shows that a lot of the new development is in or near floodplains.
Some local officials flat-out disagree with the scientific evidence that shows development has worsened the effects of big storms. Mike Talbott, the former longtime head of the local flood control agency, told The Texas Tribune and ProPublica last year that large-scale public works projects — like drainage basins — are reversing all the effects of Houston’s recent growth (His successor shares that view).
“You need to find some better experts,” Talbott said. When asked for names, he would only say, “starting here, with me.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08...-flooded-past/
Un-sexy things like city planning, and things like permeable cover tend to get glossed over until shit hits the fan.
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Originally Posted by RandomGuy
The map showed most development in NW. Heaviest rainfall was SE.
... and your point is?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
???
Bear in mind... water flows downhill. Which point is higher on the map? (hint, farther from coast = higher)
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/army-corps...opstories.htmlQuote:
Emergency workers began releasing water into the Buffalo Bayou from two flood-control dams in Houston on Monday — a move that could affect thousands of area residents, officials said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it began to release water from the Addicks and Barker dams early Monday to prevent uncontrollable flooding of the Houston metropolitan area as water levels continued to rise rapidly from torrential rains released by Tropical Storm Harvey.
Engineers were forced to start the process earlier than previously announced because water levels in the reservoirs had “increased dramatically in the last few hours,” officials said early Monday, adding that the release would likely cause additional street flooding that could spill into homes.
This is the first time engineers have done this for flood control, officials said.
“If we don’t begin releasing now, the volume of uncontrolled water around the dams will be higher and have a greater impact on the surrounding communities,” Col. Lars Zetterstrom, the Corps’ Galveston district commander, said in a statement Monday.
Both dams were constructed by the federal government in the 1940s to reduce flooding along Buffalo Bayou, a narrow body of water that runs through downtown Houston. But development along the edges of the reservoirs has in recent years placed homes at risk upstream of the dams as well.
Thank goodness they had the foresight to build their developments outside the areas of the heaviest rainfall in a three day period.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
City officials announced that in the past 24 hours there have been 4,000 water-related incidents and 290 water rescues.
Creating a sense of stability for survivors is the top priority for now, emergency administrator Brock Long of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said.
"Once we move them we’re able to extract them from different areas; we've got to get them into shelters,” Long said in a news conference this morning. “This shelter rescue is going to be a very heavy lift. We're anticipating 30,000 people placed in shelters temporarily to basically stabilize the situation and provide for their care.”
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/30-000-hur...opstories.html
Droves of people stranded and displaced by deadly Hurricane Harvey are being transported to nearby evacuation centers and shelters around the Houston area.
As masses arrived on the back of city dump trucks -- by boat, by bus and some by foot to downtown Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center -- they were met with cots, blankets, towels, food and medical attention.
The American Red Cross has set up stations inside the convention center to serve as an acting hospital, hotel and food court for those seeking refuge and had more than 2,500 people as of this morning. They can accommodate as many as 5,000.
#RedCross is providing shelter, meals & comfort to people impacted by #Harvey. To find a location: https://t.co/sizEp51qtg or 1-800-REDCROSS pic.twitter.com/jfewo2EJh0
— American Red Cross (@RedCross) August 28, 2017
ABC Houston station KTRK-TV has a full list of all designated multiservice centers in the surrounding areas.
http://abc13.com/weather/list-of-she...-area/2341032/
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Originally Posted by RandomGuy
Exactly.
New development isn't the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
The problem is black people, right? Not impervious cover.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Black people.
You have no clue what the problem is. no expertise, no data, no nuthin except reading a news article that I posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Fuck, you get worse than boutons sometimes.
Oh yeah, its Black Lives Matter, how could I forget? :rolleyesQuote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
Everything is political now, America has turned into franceQuote:
Originally Posted by AaronY
Already Abbott is blaming Houston pols, FEMA, DHS for not evacking 6M outta Houston, ignoring that 100+ people died in the last HOU evac
Gotta love Texas
https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...e4&oe=5A12D233
It's embarrassing to have Ted Cruz as one of the face's of our state at a time like this.
He's really milking it to distract from his "no" vote on Sandy relief. But the people haven't forgotten.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMX7
Can't wait for tomorrow when Trump arrives with his trucks full of sweet, sweet socialism.
Oy, Teletrumpter sounded especially pained today. Had to work terra into the Harvey statement.
I am getting triggered by the exclamation points in this article treating a serious subject like a National Geographic Kids article, but the figures are pretty incredible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.c984e0159bd2Quote:
Originally Posted by WaPo
Thank god for that.Quote:
Editor’s note: We’ve corrected the number of Empire State Buildings this volume of water could occupy.
Cruz is a horrible Senator. He basically flushed Texas' stature/influence down the toilet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurminator
Krazy Kruz, Cornhole, etc were happy, thrilled to deny $10Bs to blue states behind the lying pretext that the bill contained a few $100Ms in pork.Quote:
Originally Posted by DMX7
Let's see if Repugs put any pork in any bill to sent $10Bs to Houston area.
Pence President. Not Trump
Trash's campaign assholes sent out a Trash for President fund raising letter.
No its not. Rational people can work through this without politicizing a fucking thing. That leaves you and most of the Texas ledge out tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutons_deux
True. Pretty sure there aint city on the planet that can handle this, tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by RandomGuy
Um, ok?
He mopped the fuckin' floor with her fuckin' ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Splits
Houston flood: Addicks dam begins overspill
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41081629
A pair of 70-year-old reservoir dams that protect downtown Houston from flooding began overflowing Tuesday, adding to the rising floodwaters from Harvey that have crippled the city after five consecutive days of rain.
Engineers began releasing water from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs Monday to ease the strain on the dams. But the releases were not enough to relieve the pressure after one of the heaviest downpours in U.S. history, Army Corps of Engineers officials said. Both reservoirs are at record highs.
The release of the water means that more homes and streets will flood, and some homes will be inundated for up to a month, said Jeff Lindner of the Harris County Flood Control District.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston...evee-breached/Quote:
HOUSTON -- Authorities outside Houston are urging residents of Brazoria County to evacuate immediately due to floodwaters from Harvey that breached a levee, the Reuters news agency reports.
A warning was posted on Twitter saying, "The levee at Columbia Lakes has been breached!! Get out now!!"
If Addicks damn gives, Houston ... ?
https://www.hcfcd.org/press-room/cur...harris-county/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41081629
This horror fest is a long way from being over.
Houston dam spills over for the first time in history, overwhelmed by Harvey rainfall
https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/...cks-barker.png
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...nl_most&wpmm=1
Buffalo bayou runs right downtown
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Originally Posted by Spurminator
Quote:
Originally Posted by New York Rep. Peter King
Some shit, you just don't play politics with. Unless you are fucking Ted Cruz.
More than 20 Texas representatives and senators voted against Sandy aid. How will they vote on Harvey?
Of the 24 GOP members of the Texas House delegation in 2013, all but one voted against the Sandy relief package in 2013.
The one “yea” vote was Rep. John Culberson, whose district includes Houston.
But seven other Houston-area congressmen voted the package down.
http://www.latimes.com/business/hilt...828-story.html
Mexico says nope to Trump's wall demand but offers Harvey disaster relief 'as good neighbors do'
The Washington Post this past weekend:And it was more than 10,000 immigrants that helped to rebuild New Orleans, despite the fact that many of them were never paid for their work and others faced the threat of deportation.
The aid Mexico sent was no small thing — it was an extraordinary gesture, and it may have saved many lives.
Marking the first time that Mexican troops had set foot on U.S. soil since the Mexican-American War in 1846, President Vicente Fox sent an army convoy and a naval vessel laden with food, water and medicine.
By the end of their three-week operation in Louisiana and Mississippi, the Mexicans had served 170,000 meals, helped distribute more than 184,000 tons of supplies and conducted more than 500 medical consultations.
“Mexico and the United States are nations which are neighbors and friends which should always have solidarity in moments of difficulty,” Fox told NBC News at the time.
https://twitter.com/Patricia_DSC/sta...01822882209793
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...tail=emaildkre
Trump Just Arrived In Texas For Harvey Visit And Immediately Embarrassed Himself
http://verifiedpolitics.com/wp-conte...8/trumpuse.jpg
Trump appears largely concerned with the publicity that his widely touted trip will earn him.
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images...y-z_normal.jpgJohn Harwood
✔@JohnJHarwood
Trump, in Texas, praises his FEMA director as "a man who's become very famous" as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey
12:09 PM - Aug 29, 2017
“We won’t say congratulations. We don’t want to do that. …
We’ll congratulate each other when it’s all finished”
said Trump to conclude his photo-op with Governor Abbott, already
dreaming about the applause the right-wing media will shower him with for making a cursory attempt to show sympathy for the plebs.
It should not escape notice that the President is actively promoting his own businesses
while he’s in Texas, still wearing the “USA” hat that he sells in his Official Trump Campaign Store – for forty dollars.
http://verifiedpolitics.com/trump-ju...y-embarrassed/
Above all, move the Made In not-the-USA merchandise.
Why even go to Ironside's Hitler bunker? Austin is fine. Houston is in trouble.
I'm sure his decision has something to do with bonespurs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
NWS latest rain forecast for this afternoon and tonight
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIavPWNUMAAevBq.jpg:large
Melania was also wearing a tasteless "FLOTUS" cap that I suspect will probably be going on sale at some point.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutons_deux
He doesn't want to hamper the rescue process. It's certainly the right decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pavlov
https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemoc...3004682792579/https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDemocrats/videos/1673004682792579/
(edit)Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursforSix
His visit would certainly pull first responders away from efforts.
The U.S. Might Not Have Enough Construction Workers to Rebuild Houston After Harvey
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/...er_harvey.htmlQuote:
Let’s review. With the U.S. economy having created jobs for a record 82 months, there are 146.6 million people with payroll jobs. The unemployment rate is 4.3 percent. At the end of June, the Labor Department reports, there were a record 6.16 million jobs open in the U.S. (That compares with about 4 million in August 2005, when Katrina hit.) Put another way, it’s harder to find labor in the U.S. right now than at any point in recent history.
But that’s not the whole story. There are particular shortages in the types of trades that get called into action after a disaster. America’s construction labor force has undergone a sea change in the past decade. When the housing bust came, hundreds of thousands of roofers and other skilled and unskilled tradespeople were laid off. Because the recovery was remarkably slow, many went on to find work in different industries. Many construction workers had come to the United States (legally and illegally) from Mexico and Central America to work in the boom years, and in the bust years some of them went home. Others were deported. And in recent years, the flow of new potential workers has slowed down significantly. The result: As the U.S. housing and construction recovery has chugged on, it has become more difficult to hire construction workers. In June, there were some 225,000 open construction jobs in the U.S., up 31 percent from June 2016.
All over the United States, in Colorado, in Nebraska, and elsewhere, construction companies have been complaining that they can’t find enough labor to do their job. The National Association of Home Builders reports that 77 percent of builders are facing a shortage of framing crews while 61 percent are grappling with a shortage of drywall installation workers and 45 percent report a shortage of weatherization workers. The problem is particularly acute in Texas, where the housing industry has been powered by consistent population and job growth and whose service industries are disproportionately reliant on immigrant labor. Last fall, as the Wall Street Journal reported, “In Dallas, the King of Texas Roofing Co. says it has turned down $20 million worth of projects in the past two years because it doesn’t have enough workers.”
Dallas Prepares 'Mega Shelter' For Up To 5,000 Evacuees; Fort Worth, Irving Open Shelters
http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net...cross_beds.jpg
http://keranews.org/post/dallas-prep...-open-shelters