Disaster porn
Because the real message here is how you can rationalize feeling superior to anyone else.
(shrugs)
It is a large event that is affecting a large number of people. Look away if you want.
I kind of prefer my reality to reflect... reality.
Amazing what people can keep track of these days
Terrible situation there. Hopefully the rain stops soon.
Rain forecast to ease up tomorrow.
https://www.wunderground.com/weather.../houston/77001
Flooding... not so much.
Temperatures will climb into 90s, as is normal for this time of year, making heat deadly for vulnerable people without power.
More yikes.
Because the real message here is how you can rationalize feeling superior to anyone else.
(shrugs)
It is a large event that is affecting a large number of people. Look away if you want.
I kind of prefer my reality to reflect... reality.
Harvey Doubling Back After Houston Deluge, Louisiana in Crosshairs
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hu...shairs-n797221
As it makes landfall again, Harvey was expected to pack winds of up to 45 mph and drench the upper Texas coast and southwestern Louisiana with anywhere from six to 12 inches of rain before heading deeper into Dixie, the National Weather Service warned.
Not about you, or me, dude. Give it a rest.
'Worked until he couldn't stand any more': Exhausted deputy praised for incredible Hurricane Harvey efforts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...ble-hurricane/
Genice Gipson comforts her lifelong friend, Loretta Capistran, outside of Capistran's apartment complex in Refugio, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. "We got to be strong, baby," Gipson told Capistran. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Damage to the Bay House Condominiums is shown in Rockport, Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)
Wyatt Wasicek uses a chainsaw to cut a tree stump in Refugio, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Rest of the article details a couple of other factors that indicate the waters will be very slow to go down.Where will all the water from Hurricane Harvey go?
It will leave very, very slowly.
The amount of rain dumped on the city is mind-blowing by any measure. Record-setting rainfall totals are coming in from rain gauges, including an astonishing 49.2 inches that broke the record for rainfall in the state during a Tropical Storm.
The National Weather Service even had to adjust the color coding on its rainfall map to account for all the water.
Unsurprisingly for a city on the Gulf Coast, the vast majority of the water dumped on Houston will head back out to sea. But the route it takes from the city to the shore will, for the most part, be slow and painful.
“Think of a major interstate down to one lane at rush hour,” says Bob Holmes, National Flood Hazard coordinator with the Unites States Geological Survey. “The water has to get out to the ocean, but it can only flow down this small channel. It will take a while for all that to empty out.”
The flooding can also be compounded by storm surge, which raises the sea level, essentially adding a blockade to the traffic jam.
http://www.popsci.com/where-does-flood-water-go
Lots of nasty stuff in the water will be left in the soil.
Houses under water will really start to rot quickly, especially as temperatures climb.
This is going to be nasty, and I can speak from direct personal experience. What I experienced on a small scale in San Marcos will seem trivial compared to what is happening here.
N.O. took years to recover, and some places are still abandoned.
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