Harvey

[DarrinS]

... and your point is?

???

Bear in mind... water flows downhill. Which point is higher on the map? (hint, farther from coast = higher)

Exactly.

[DarrinS]

Thank goodness they had the foresight to build their developments outside the areas of the heaviest rainfall in a three day period.

New development isn't the problem.

[Pavlov]

New development isn't the problem.

The problem is black people, right? Not impervious cover.

Black people.

[RandomGuy]

New development isn't the problem.

You have no clue what the problem is. no expertise, no data, no nuthin except reading a news article that I posted.

, you get worse than boutons sometimes.

[RandomGuy]

The problem is black people, right? Not impervious cover.

Black people.

Oh yeah, its Black Lives Matter, how could I forget?

[boutons_deux]

Give it a rest boo. no need to politicize every ing thing

Everything is political now, America has turned into france

Already Abbott is blaming Houston pols, FEMA, DHS for not evacking 6M outta Houston, ignoring that 100+ people died in the last HOU evac

[Chris]

Gotta love Texas

[Chris]

[DMX7]

It's embarrassing to have Ted Cruz as one of the face's of our state at a time like this.

[Spurminator]

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.

[Pavlov]

Can't wait for tomorrow when Trump arrives with his trucks full of sweet, sweet socialism.

[Pavlov]

Oy, Teletrumpter sounded especially pained today. Had to work terra into the Harvey statement.

[Pavlov]

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.

So far, just the rain that has already fallen across the greater Houston area and Southeast Texas tallies to 9 trillion gallons. That’s only what has already come down, and keep in mind that 5 trillion to 10 trillion additional gallons could fall before things wrap up midweek.

The 9 trillion gallons of water dispensed so far is enough to fill the entire Great Salt Lake in Salt Lake City — twice! It would take nine days straight for the Mississippi River to drain into Houston and equal the amount of water already there. If we averaged this amount of water spread equally over the lower 48 states, that’s the equivalent of about 0.17 inches of rain — roughly the height of three pennies stacked atop each other — occupying every square inch of the contiguous United States. Imagine one downpour large enough to cover the entire country!

This amount of water could fill 2.3 percent of the volume of the mountain range containing Mount Everest in Nepal and is enough to occupy 33,906 Empire State Buildings, from basement to penthouse.

But here’s the kicker: Just how unprecedented is this? Well, remember the flooding that New Orleans experienced with Hurricane Katrina? Most places saw about 10 to 20 feet of water thanks to levee failure, inundating about 80 percent of the city. Now, if we took the amount of rainfall that Texas has seen and spread it over the city limits of New Orleans, it would tower to 128 feet in height — roughly reaching as high as a 12-story office building.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.c984e0159bd2

Editor’s note: We’ve corrected the number of Empire State Buildings this volume of water could occupy.

Thank god for that.

[RandomGuy]

He's really milking it to distract from his "no" vote on Sandy relief. But the people haven't forgotten.

Cruz is a horrible Senator. He basically flushed Texas' stature/influence down the toilet.

[boutons_deux]

It's embarrassing to have Ted Cruz as one of the face's of our state at a time like this.

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.

Let's see if Repugs put any pork in any bill to sent $10Bs to Houston area.

[Splits]

Pence President. Not Trump

[boutons_deux]

Trash's campaign assholes sent out a Trash for President fund raising letter.

[TeyshaBlue]

Everything is political now, America has turned into france

Already Abbott is blaming Houston pols, FEMA, DHS for not evacking 6M outta Houston, ignoring that 100+ people died in the last HOU evac

No its not. Rational people can work through this without politicizing a ing thing. That leaves you and most of the Texas ledge out tho.

[TeyshaBlue]

Un-sexy things like city planning, and things like permeable cover tend to get glossed over until hits the fan.

True. Pretty sure there aint city on the planet that can handle this, tho.

[Splits]

[TeyshaBlue]

Um, ok?

[Thread]

He mopped the in' floor with her in' ass.

[RandomGuy]

Houston flood: Ad s dam begins overspill

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41081629

[RandomGuy]

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 Ad s 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.

[RandomGuy]

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!!"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/houston...evee-breached/