Hurricane Harvey Public Advisory

[Sanguine]

Current predictions for the Brazos River at West Columbia, is to continue rising until Wednesday.  This is downstream of us.

@thackney, please excuse this question if it's too intrusive, but do they give any estimates as to when you might be able to go back?

[thackney]

@thackney, please excuse this question if it's too intrusive, but do they give any estimates as to when you might be able to go back?

The best prediction is the Brazos River prediction at Rosharon, FM1462.  I suspect we need to get close to 51 ft before I can get to the house.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=rost2&prob_type=stage&source=hydrograph

[Suppressed]

Good thing is that I doubt you'll have looters going in by boat!

The best prediction is the Brazos River prediction at Rosharon, FM1462.  I suspect we need to get close to 51 ft before I can get to the house.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=rost2&prob_type=stage&source=hydrograph

Wow...that's such slow recession. 

You need to get this guy out to your neighborhood...

http://i.imgur.com/p6zqBy8.mp4

[Sanguine]

The best prediction is the Brazos River prediction at Rosharon, FM1462.  I suspect we need to get close to 51 ft before I can get to the house.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=rost2&prob_type=stage&source=hydrograph

Wow. 

[Polly Ticks]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/08/this-is-probably-the-worst-us-flood-storm-ever-and-ill-never-be-the-same/

Holy cow.  That is astounding.

[roamer_1]

Hey.
If everybody bought a couple cases...

[austingirl]

Houston mayor encouraging those living in flooded homes on second or third floor to leave because flood waters are not receding for 10-15 days. Not a mandatory evacuation at this time.

[Hoodat]

Heading back to Corpus tomorrow.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Heading back to Corpus tomorrow.

Do you know what damages you have? What shape the city is in??

I've felt badly for those on down the coast because the coverage of Houston and then the Golden Triangle area has kind of sucked up all the media oxygen. At least, I think so. It's hard to know how things are being covered across the country being here in the Houston market. But it does seem like y'all didn't get the attention you should have because of the dynamic nature of the events up here.

Give us an update when you can.

[Sanguine]

Do you know what damages you have? What shape the city is in??

I've felt badly for those on down the coast because the coverage of Houston and then the Golden Triangle area has kind of sucked up all the media oxygen. At least, I think so. It's hard to know how things are being covered across the country being here in the Houston market. But it does seem like y'all didn't get the attention you should have because of the dynamic nature of the events up here.

Give us an update when you can.

Yes, ditto that.

[Suppressed]

Arkedelphia, Arkansas, Fire Department using a boat engine to put out a house fire in Houston:
http://i.imgur.com/GM5eFa7.mp4

[AllThatJazzZ]

To my fellow Texans:

Isn't it a comfort to have a capable leader as a Governor at a time like this?

Pray for our leaders. They have so much on their shoulders right now.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The Marines sent in the big guns now.  Can you imagine something weighing 30 tons that is buoyant that is not a ship?
All About the Giant Amphibious Vehicles the Marines Sent to Texas

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a28026/marines-giant-amphibious-vehicles-houston-texas-hurricane/?src=nl&mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&date=090117

[GrouchoTex]

Brazos crest this morning in Richmond.
Drove from Sugar Land to Katy the last 2 days.
Drove down 99.
It backed up from 10 to Westheimer, both ways.
This and 610 west loop are the only open north south highways open on the west side of Houston right now.
Beltway 8 and Hwy 6 are closed.
Beltway from I-10 south to Briar Forest.
Hwy 6 from Clay road south to Briar Forest.
The mayor has asked for voluntary evacuations in an area east of Hwy 6, south of I-10, west of Gessner, and north of Briar Forest.
Buffalo Bayou has gone down, but likely will stay above flood stage for the next 10 to 15 days, while they release waters from Addicks and Barker reservoirs.

[AllThatJazzZ]

@Hoodat

Everytime I read your tagline, this comes to my mind...

More Than Conquerors/
Count it all Joy
by Janny Grein
(lyrics included)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bG6m0_A5k8

[Smokin Joe]

Heading back to Corpus tomorrow.

Prayers up for y'all.

[Victoria33]

Yes, ditto that.

@Sanguine

Gov. Abbott said today gasoline trucks are coming from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana to north Texas so we have gasoline.  He said if you see these trucks, pull over so they get to north Texas faster.

I have a dear friend in Corpus Christi.  Spoke to him earlier this week and he said it wasn't that bad there when it came in.  The house wasn't flooded and they have power.  He said they were much better off than the rest of southeast Texas.  It was Rockport that was devastated.  Now, it is most of southeast Texas that is terrible for people to try to live.

Water and food is getting scarce in some places.  This is not over.  Trucks bring food to every grocery store in your area.  If they can't get there, no food arrives.  If the grocery store is flooded out, it can't open to sell the food.  If people can't get their money out of a bank/flooded ATMs, they have no money to buy the food which isn't there in a store that is closed due to flooding.  Our lives are connected to this which is connected to that which is connected to that which is connected to that.

I hope this terrible happening never happens again to any part of this country.

[Sanguine]

@Sanguine

Gov. Abbott said today gasoline trucks are coming from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana to north Texas so we have gasoline.  He said if you see these trucks, pull over so they get to north Texas faster.

I have a dear friend in Corpus Christi.  Spoke to him earlier this week and he said it wasn't that bad there when it came in.  The house wasn't flooded and they have power.  He said they were much better off than the rest of southeast Texas.  It was Rockport that was devastated.  Now, it is most of southeast Texas that is terrible for people to try to live.

Water and food is getting scarce in some places.  This is not over.  Trucks bring food to every grocery store in your area.  If they can't get there, no food arrives.  If the grocery store is flooded out, it can't open to sell the food.  If people can't get their money out of a bank/flooded ATMs, they have no money to buy the food which isn't there in a store that is closed due to flooding.  Our lives are connected to this which is connected to that which is connected to that which is connected to that.

I hope this terrible happening never happens again to any part of this country.

It's going to be quite difficult for a long time.  But, we will get through.  And, it will be a very valuable, hard-won lesson in reality and what's really important for many people. 

[Elderberry]

Water and food is getting scarce in some places.  This is not over.  Trucks bring food to every grocery store in your area.  If they can't get there, no food arrives.  If the grocery store is flooded out, it can't open to sell the food.  If people can't get their money out of a bank/flooded ATMs, they have no money to buy the food which isn't there in a store that is closed due to flooding.  Our lives are connected to this which is connected to that which is connected to that which is connected to that.

[Victoria33]

@Elderberry

Don't know why you would be afraid of the truth.  Storing extra food/water for an emergency is much better than being fearful.

[Smokin Joe]

@Elderberry

Don't know why you would be afraid of the truth.  Storing extra food/water for an emergency is much better than being fearful.

Normalcy bias, defined. "That can't possibly happen here!"

The only problem with stores of food and water is that they can get contaminated, too. The problem with not having them is that you do without. We keep both on hand, and we're about as far from salt water as you can get in North America. (140 miles from the geographic center of North America)

[thackney]

Satellite Imagery of Harvey Flooding after the storm.
https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/harvey/index.html

[Elderberry]

Satellite Imagery of Harvey Flooding after the storm.
https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/harvey/index.html

That is a flood alright.

I'm downloading some of the imagery taken during the storm. I curious to what I'll see.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Satellite Imagery of Harvey Flooding after the storm.
https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/harvey/index.html

Doesn't appear to be all after the storm, as my old neighborhood in Braeswood which flooded seems to be dry in picture.

[Elderberry]

Doesn't appear to be all after the storm, as my old neighborhood in Braeswood which flooded seems to be dry in picture.

It looks like the large square satellite image in the mosaic was from pre-flooding.