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thanks, we had no idea that SA escaped disaster
https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?...101111&loop=no
Damn. The wind was nothing. Rockport is messed up but Houston is drowning and Cuero and Victoria are ed.
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
Donald 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
✔@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 ing thing
My uncles casa took considerable damage in Rockport. He's riding it out in San Antonio. Bad voodoo.
got was doing it in the thread in the club too.
Stopped before it really got to San Marcos.
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. ing 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 hits the fan.
The map showed most development in NW. Heaviest rainfall was SE.
... and your point is?
???
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.htmlEmergency 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 Ad s 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.
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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