The whole state is going through hell from this hurricane. Send out all the good thoughts, prayers, and good vibes for our friends in the Lone Star State and ones for their furry companions as well.
There have been literally thousands of water rescues in the last two days and more to come. I hope and pray that all our friends and everyone else will come out of this disaster in good shape.
Hang tough like Texans do, folks. We're all thinking and praying for you.
Catherine Linda Michel
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Taking down the Hatbox plea for the moment
Instead, take a look at Operation USA as linked to by my friend Mark Evanier. http://www.newsfromme.com/2017/08/27/my-latest-tweet-369/
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Detail Weather Updates
If you want to know quickly what the status is, the WFAA dfw weather page is excellent. Pete Delkus, the chief meteorologist has a twitter feed on the right of the page where he posts his take on the latest info. They have regional weather radar covering all of Texas. Green boxes on the radar maps are flood warnings, yellow boxes are severe thunder storm warnings, and red boxes are tornado warnings.
http://www.wfaa.com/weather
they are asking locally fot volunteers
Basically if you have a boat or Truck that can operate in high water they are asking for people in the area to call and volunteer there help.
and it is working so far, all those 4x4 Diesel 3/4 ton and up trucks are getting a big workout again this year.
"Cortana is watching you!"
It's A Mad, Mad World!
I've seen Houston flooding before, my GF and I were on a week trip to Cozemel and we had to change airports in Houston. I didn't think we would make it to the airport due to the flooding. Then it was iffy if the airport would remain open long enough for our flight to takeoff. But that was a drop in the bucket compared to this! It seems to me that Houston was designed to flood, especially the major roads. Where at home we would build an overpass Houston builds an underpass. Natural rain collection points.
“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus.” - Turkish Proverb
It was designed for flooding
If you ever drive around Houston you will see lots of Creeks, and Bayous, and then off of the them are basically man made bayous that are designed to take the extra water when it floods and give the creek and bayou a chance to drain before they crest there banks.
But they were designed for the flooding of the past century not what we are getting now, in fact there is a lot of talking of improving the system to try and handle thee massive flooding event that have happened 3 years in a row so far. probably a lot of retention ponds in areas will be increased in size, more artificial bayous will be built to handle these massive events. But it will always be a reactionary development because with climate change the experts are saying this is only the beginning, it will get worse over time.
"Cortana is watching you!"
Climate change
Yes, extreme weather on top of possible temperature rises will only get worse. I won't be around when the real problems hit as I'll be dead. I t will likely be our children's children who will foot the bill for the fruits of climate change. Of course, unless you believe in ExxonMobil who of course has absolutely no reason to support, covertly and otherwise, those deniers /s.
It is ironic that this production area of hydrocarbons is getting a small taste of the problems to come.
Keep safe to all those BC members out there.
Rather than accusing random
Rather than accusing random people or businesses, how about just focusing on this.
1) First category 4 storm to hit shore since Carla (1961). (Not unprecedented. Just rare)
2) Atlantic steering winds went doldrums. Also rare, but not unprecedented. This caused the storm to move _very_ slowly (2-3mph)
3) Storm stalled, then backed up. Happened in 2001 with TS Alison. (The last major Houston floods)
4) The storm spent days in the same spot. The dirty side of the storm has been hovering over Houston and the surrounding areas for days.
It's a set of nasty circumstances that came together, but they aren't new by any means.
My house is about 3 feet above the street, so we're doing all right. We have power, food, water, extra gasoline, and ammunition :) We've been very lucky - the area I live in is relatively unflooded, due to the age and design of the area. (built right after WW-II)
I know that starting Wednesday, if not earlier, I'm going to be VERY busy getting customers back up and running with their servers, even if I have to move them to other locations.
Thanks for the good wishes - we will all continue to need them. The reservoirs have overfilled, and even the army corps of engineers isn't sure of the best way to handle it. (barker and addicks reservoirs, built for flood control) The rivers upstream are looking to be overflowing, and the lakes are having to open their dams before they get damaged.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
I thought you were retired?
I was worried about the systems at my office, I spent Saturday through today checking the cameras to monitor the water level, we have not flooded yet, but got so close I did start shutting down some systems remotely, false alarm but better safe than sorry.
We also lost one of our office employees she had a heart attack from all the stress caused by the flood. She had just started working with us 5 months ago she was in her 50's and her 3 kids are grown, still not something you want to here. she always came off as calm and nice.
I think the death toll is at 11 so far I just hope it does not rise further.
"Cortana is watching you!"
Nope, not retired. Long
Nope, not retired. Long time before I can even think about that. I've left some servers up, shut others down, and have customers demanding to know when my mail server will be back up (as soon as I can get one of the idiots on site to answer the phone and reset the UPS)
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.