Hurricane Harvey Public Advisory

[mystery-ak]

Just heard from my son.  House is 5 feet under water.  He managed to drive his family to higher ground.

Does everyone have flood insurance?.......my heart breaks for all of you.

[anubias]

I am glad they are safe, sorry about the house, and will remember them in my prayers.

Thank you for the prayers. 

They got out with the shirt on their backs, but they're all alive which is all that matters.  I was afraid they were not as I wanted them to get on the roof as opposed to driving, but it seems it worked out fine for them.

[anubias]

Are they still on the island?

I had the county wrong.  They are in Brazoria county not Galveston.  They used to live in Galveston County. 

I tried to get them to come up here a few days ago, but the wife refused to leave as she didn't want to be stuck on the Gulf Freeway for 16 hours as they were the last time they did evacuate.

[Smokin Joe]

Thank you for the prayers. 

They got out with the shirt on their backs, but they're all alive which is all that matters.  I was afraid they were not as I wanted them to get on the roof as opposed to driving, but it seems it worked out fine for them.

They made it, that is the important part. Most else can be replaced, albeit some things like photos and mementos will be lost, still, the important part is that they are safe.

[Elderberry]

Does everyone have flood insurance?.......my heart breaks for all of you.

I've been in my home since 1985. It was in the flood plain when we bought it, so we had flood insurance. After drainage improvements we were no longer in the flood zone and I dropped flood insurance. That was 15 years ago, or so. It has never flooded. ( I hope I can make the same statement next week)

[anubias]

I've been in my home since 1985. It was in the flood plain when we bought it, so we had flood insurance. After drainage improvements we were no longer in the flood zone and I dropped flood insurance. That was 15 years ago, or so. It has never flooded. ( I hope I can make the same statement next week)

My kids do not have flood insurance.  Their house had never flooded prior to this one.  He's going to send me photos shortly.

[Bigun]

I had the county wrong.  They are in Brazoria county not Galveston.  They used to live in Galveston County. 

I tried to get them to come up here a few days ago, but the wife refused to leave as she didn't want to be stuck on the Gulf Freeway for 16 hours as they were the last time they did evacuate.

I lived in Brazoria County years ago..  They should be fine now that they are on higher ground.

[jpsb]

I had the county wrong.  They are in Brazoria county not Galveston.  They used to live in Galveston County. 

I tried to get them to come up here a few days ago, but the wife refused to leave as she didn't want to be stuck on the Gulf Freeway for 16 hours as they were the last time they did evacuate.

Yup after the nightmare Rita evacuation no one wants to evacuate any more. I told my friends to wait an see what Rita was going to do.  So I didn't evacuate and I missed the 36 hr road trip to Dallas.  The media hyped Rita so badly that people north of Houston were evacuating, mass hysteria.  Rain coming down hard again here on Galveston Bay.

[anubias]

They made it, that is the important part. Most else can be replaced, albeit some things like photos and mementos will be lost, still, the important part is that they are safe.

All I care about is that they are okay.  He's having fun giving me a hard time for giving him a hard time for wasting money on that "stupid monster truck" he put together that just sits in the driveway.  It served him well today.  ;)

[Bigun]

Does everyone have flood insurance?.......my heart breaks for all of you.

My house sits about 3/4 the way up on a hill and is roughly 400 feet above sea level.  If it gets water in it the roof is leaking!

[GrouchoTex]

Hope that little dude brought an umbrella so she don't get wet...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp5foT32tKM

It used to be worse. People used to ask me about that movie "Sugar Land Express".

Baby Langston! Baby Langston!

Ugh.

Still raining steady here.no flooding.Water at street only covering /13 of each side of my little residential street. Not over the curb or anything like that.
One child lives a mile north and his wife showed pictures of water running down their street, but none in the house or yard.
2nd son has a house 2 miles northeast. Sandbags keeping the backyard water out,(they've had issues with that for a couple of years).Water 1/4 up from the street into the front yard, covering sidewalk, but so far, all is good with me and my to kids who live here. Third child, a daughter, lives in Kansas City.

[anubias]

Yup after the nightmare Rita evacuation no one wants to evacuate any more. I told my friends to wait an see what Rita was going to do.  So I didn't evacuate and I missed the 36 hr road trip to Dallas.  The media hyped Rita so badly that people north of Houston were evacuating, mass hysteria.  Rain coming down hard again here on Galveston Bay.

I read about your Ike experience yesterday.

That's exactly why she wouldn't budge. 

[GrouchoTex]

Heard that and my heart went up in my throat. OMG! I'm watching Channel 11.

People who live there now may not remember how bad Scarsdale to Pasadena floods. 79 and 83 (Alicia) where bad.

How are you holding out?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Yup after the nightmare Rita evacuation no one wants to evacuate any more. I told my friends to wait an see what Rita was going to do.  So I didn't evacuate and I missed the 36 hr road trip to Dallas.  The media hyped Rita so badly that people north of Houston were evacuating, mass hysteria.  Rain coming down hard again here on Galveston Bay.

  Rita was the most terrible traffic jam I ever was in.  19 hours to get from Houston to Austin.

I blame the media.

When I retired, I knew I did not want to be in the Houston area.  Now safely outside the storm in East Texas near I20

[roamer_1]

All I care about is that they are okay.  He's having fun giving me a hard time for giving him a hard time for wasting money on that "stupid monster truck" he put together that just sits in the driveway.  It served him well today.  ;)

Heh heh... when the river floods up here, they call in the redneck boys, because their trucks are about the only thing that can get in through the high water to move livestock and goods... Folks get out on boats easy enough, but stuff and critters are another thing altogether.

Glad the boy had a mud truck sitting in the driveway...

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Heh heh... when the river floods up here, they call in the redneck boys, because their trucks are about the only thing that can get in through the high water to move livestock and goods... Folks get out on boats easy enough, but stuff and critters are another thing altogether.

Glad the boy had a mud truck sitting in the driveway...

well, down here near the coast, almost everyone has a fishing boat parked in the drive.  Lots of good ways to vacate you and the neighbors if needed.  Not good for many possessions, but it will save your life.

[anubias]

Heh heh... when the river floods up here, they call in the redneck boys, because their trucks are about the only thing that can get in through the high water to move livestock and goods... Folks get out on boats easy enough, but stuff and critters are another thing altogether.

Glad the boy had a mud truck sitting in the driveway...

Me too.  I'll never cast aspersions on that truck again.  LOL

[TheMom]

Checking in.

I moved into my house last month, in La Porte, last month and have to give huge kudos to the city for their drainage system.  We received about 15" of rain in 8/9 hours and the ditch in front of the house never flowed over into the street, and right now it only has about 6" of water sitting in it.  My son and his family live a few miles from my old house, they are safe & dry but can't get out of the neighborhood.

My brother & I own property in Aransas Pass (it's in the county, not the city proper) and our mother lives there.  Thankfully the stubborn old lady listed to the evacuation order and headed North to stay with my brother.  After seeing pictures and videos from the area, I'm afraid that she will not have a home to go back to.  My brother & SIL are threating to take away her keys because she is itching to go home.  My brother and nephew plan to head down there mid-week to see if the place is still standing, the problem they are going to run into is keeping our mother away ~ once that woman makes up her mind about something it is difficult to change it.

[roamer_1]

Me too.  I'll never cast aspersions on that truck again.  LOL

Give him kudos from another high-roller out here in the Rockies... I know about how harrowing that drive was, and what kind of driver it takes to do it... Bravo! You've made my day.

[roamer_1]

well, down here near the coast, almost everyone has a fishing boat parked in the drive.  Lots of good ways to vacate you and the neighbors if needed.  Not good for many possessions, but it will save your life.

Yeah... Kinda the same here, though not the heavy craft y'all have going for ya... mostly puddle jumpers out here... bass boats, john boats... We've got big lakes so there's plenty of boats worthy of pulling a skier or two... but it's the little stuff that gets around good in flood waters and back waters... but everyone has one... fishermen, duck hunters, etc...

[Sanguine]

Checking in.

I moved into my house last month, in La Porte, last month and have to give huge kudos to the city for their drainage system.  We received about 15" of rain in 8/9 hours and the ditch in front of the house never flowed over into the street, and right now it only has about 6" of water sitting in it.  My son and his family live a few miles from my old house, they are safe & dry but can't get out of the neighborhood.

My brother & I own property in Aransas Pass (it's in the county, not the city proper) and our mother lives there.  Thankfully the stubborn old lady listed to the evacuation order and headed North to stay with my brother.  After seeing pictures and videos from the area, I'm afraid that she will not have a home to go back to.  My brother & SIL are threating to take away her keys because she is itching to go home.  My brother and nephew plan to head down there mid-week to see if the place is still standing, the problem they are going to run into is keeping our mother away ~ once that woman makes up her mind about something it is difficult to change it.

Good to hear from you!  We were worried.

[jpsb]

  Rita was the most terrible traffic jam I ever was in.  19 hours to get from Houston to Austin.

I blame the media.

The media was criminal in their hyping of Rita, Those of us that needed to evacuate couldn't because all the highways were jammed with folks that did not need to evacuate. If you are inland and on high ground (15' or more elevation) there is no reason for you to evacuate.  When Ike came around I told my friends to get out. But after Rita they stayed until there was 3 feet of water in their house. The media has the blood of everyone that died on the road evacuating Rita on their hands.

[GrouchoTex]

The media was criminal in their hyping of Rita, Those of us that needed to evacuate couldn't because all the highways were jammed with folks that did not need to evacuate. If you are inland and on high ground (15' or more elevation) there is no reason for you to evacuate.  When Ike came around I told my friends to get out. But after Rita they stayed until there was 3 feet of water in their house. The media has the blood of everyone that died on the road evacuating Rita on their hands.

As you remember, Rita came on the heels of Katrina, and a lot of people panicked after seeing those images of New Orleans. I had to convince my family here in Sugar Land that we didn't need to go anywhere. Of course, Rita moved over to the Sabine River, and we were fine.

[Elderberry]

The media was criminal in their hyping of Rita, Those of us that needed to evacuate couldn't because all the highways were jammed with folks that did not need to evacuate. If you are inland and on high ground (15' or more elevation) there is no reason for you to evacuate.  When Ike came around I told my friends to get out. But after Rita they stayed until there was 3 feet of water in their house. The media has the blood of everyone that died on the road evacuating Rita on their hands.

I've gotten Ike and Rita mixed up in my mind. I remember the news saying on every report that it was heading straight for Houston. I was plotting its course from every NOAA Bulletin and could see a gradual arc to the east. But on the news it was always reported, heading straight for Houston. From all the news reports my wife and daughter wanted to leave. I would show them the freeway gridlock via the TXDOT cameras. I told them if we decided we must leave, we would go Southwest down to Corpus. But we stayed put. We have never evacuated. From Carla to today.

[jpsb]

As you remember, Rita came on the heels of Katrina, and a lot of people panicked after seeing those images of New Orleans. I had to convince my family here in Sugar Land that we didn't need to go anywhere. Of course, Rita moved over to the Sabine River, and we were fine.

Yes I remember and Katrina did not even hit New Orleans. It was corrupt elected Democrats that caused the damage to New Orleans not Katrina.  A levy was not properly maintained and the neither was the pumping equipment. But Katrina gets the blame, easy scapegoat.