Houston flooding

[jaxbobg]

Hey Zook, I know you live in the Houston area and saw the reports of really bad floods around there.

Is your family okay? Hope you weren't in any of the flood areas.

 

[Texan]

Had a bass tournament in my back yard Sunday and boat races yesterday.

8~\o

 

[skuuter]

"Torrential Pour Down" here yesterday from the leading edge of the Texas Front.....Yard looked like a Lake for a while. We've been dry a long time though, so quickly back to normal today......ThumbUp

 

[Papa Zook]

Hey Zook, I know you live in the Houston area and saw the reports of really bad floods around there.

Is your family okay? Hope you weren't in any of the flood areas.

We are actually north of Houston proper and our area was flooded by the San Jacento river a week ago. Our neighbors two blocks over got water in their house but we didn't.

Houston has substantial flooding, even parts of I-10 and I-45 are or were underwater and thousands of homes and businesses are flooded. Same thing in Austin, Red Rock and some other parts of Texas. We've had so much rain in such a short period of time the rivers and bayous cant handle all the water.

 

[mhgoldwing]

Lived in Houston for 30 years and saw many of these situations. The worst was when Allison backed up and parked. The whole east side of Houston was underwater. UGH!

Stay safe everyone.

 

[clint44]

Our lakes were at a combined capacity of 22% two weeks ago. As of today,they are at 96% and still rising.
Less than two blocks from our house,people have had to evacuate their homes. Fortunately,our evacuation order was rescinded.

 

[Papa Zook]

About 200 fans got stuck at the Toyota Center Arena after the Rockets/Warriors Game in Houston last night. Check out part of the parking garage below. I know folks knew they needed to get out of there, but how do you leave in the middle of a game like that!

 

[Illini_Triker]

don't help when the town and all around it is at sea level

 

[Trikerbobbilly]

Lived in Houston for 30 years and saw many of these situations. The worst was when Allison backed up and parked. The whole east side of Houston was underwater. UGH!

Stay safe everyone.

I lived on the east side of Houston (channel view ) when Allison came through, there wasn't a patch of ground in site in our entire subdivision, my Jeep is lifted 4" and I still had water almost coming into the doors driving in and out.

 

[jaxbobg]

don't help when the town and all around it is at sea level

Au contraire mon ami.
Mean elevation of Harris County is 45 feet above sea level.

Riddle me this: When I lived in Atlanta, about 1,000 feet above sea level, a bunch of neighborhoods flooded out almost every year.

I lived in Houston (Cypress Creek area) for 20 years and saw mountains of rainfall at times, but never had my house flooded.


(Oh, by the way I live in Florida, mean elevation 100 feet above sea level, not much more than Houston).

 

[mhgoldwing]

The contributing problem for Houston is that Harris County only has a 50' drop in elevation from the north end to the south end. If you get a strong south wind pushing water back inland and rising Gulf tides you are totally screwed. I escaped thankfully. epper: