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LostLassie said:
Both you guys need to be especially alert to flooding issues, depending where most of the rain gets dumped. Stay safe.
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AuTX Buckeye said:
We *knocks on wood* SHOULD be ok... we got 14in in 6 hours a couple of halloweens ago and survived. We might hit that total but over a couple of days
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same here. expecting a lil over 20" spread out over 5 days.

and where i am is considerably higher elevation than Houston. When they flooded 2 years ago, this area stayed high and dry.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
same here. expecting a lil over 20" spread out over 5 days.

and where i am is considerably higher elevation than Houston. When they flooded 2 years ago, this area stayed high and dry.
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How's it going outside of Houston?

we've gotten a crappton of rain and wind .. this storm has lost its damn mind and is going to circle back for a 2nd shot at Victoria and a few other small towns... rain totals will likely be epic.
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
How's it going outside of Houston?

we've gotten a crappton of rain and wind .. this storm has lost its damn mind and is going to circle back for a 2nd shot at Victoria and a few other small towns... rain totals will likely be epic.
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wet.
been raining most of the night now. nothing heavy yet, but it's probably going to get worse here eventually. so far i'm juuuuuuust far enough east to have avoided it all.

but Houston is getting straight prison raped right now. they've been in that same band for a couple hours at least. reports of close to 12" in less than 2 hours in the area around Hobby airport.

the bayous down by the medical center are at max capacity and will overflow soon.

expect to here of possibly catastrophic flooding all over Houston tomorrow, because this ain't stopping anytime soon for them.
 
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Nutriaitch said:
damn!

just looked at the radar again.
Houston still has SEVERAL hours of this coming their way.

"future" radar loop only goes ahead two hours. but the deep reds and purples still extend to their south (heading north) well into the gulf.
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Its been raining in Austin for about 24hr straight now...
 
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Just started watching this morning, so I haven't seen if that circle back is going to take it all the way to the Gulf again. That was one possible path projected, which potentially could result in Harvey drawing strength and turning back into a hurricane.

Harvey behaving as predicted. The ONLY good thing about this is that the predictors got it right. If it had turned out they'd over-hyped this storm, then the next time the "cried wolf" syndrome would have come into effect with people ignoring warnings, and maybe costing more lives.

As it is, if the person who died during landfall in the fire would have heeded the evacuation warning, they'd still be around. We all like to imagine we're invincible. Superman/boy/girl sadly, are myths.
 
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local news reporting there has already been over 1,000 water rescues in Houston area with crews working non-stop still out there.

5 confirmed deaths.

from midnight to about 4am was the most damn rain i have ever seen in my freaking life.
and i live in one of the top 2 or 3 rainiest towns in the country.

we got a hair under 22" in just over 4 hours.
and we still have a couple days of this shit before it's over.

think i'm good as far as the rain itself, but i'm being told i need to be concerned about the "back flooding".

Houstons drainage runs to the South and East of the city. So places that direction which are currently dry will see a LOT of water in the very near future.

i am currently SouthEast of Down Town Houston
 
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Nutriaitch said:
local news reporting there has already been over 1,000 water rescues in Houston area with crews working non-stop still out there.

5 confirmed deaths.

from midnight to about 4am was the most damn rain i have ever seen in my freaking life.
and i live in one of the top 2 or 3 rainiest towns in the country.

we got a hair under 22" in just over 4 hours.
and we still have a couple days of this [Mark May] before it's over.

think i'm good as far as the rain itself, but i'm being told i need to be concerned about the "back flooding".

Houstons drainage runs to the South and East of the city. So places that direction which are currently dry will see a LOT of water in the very near future.

i am currently SouthEast of Down Town Houston
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Might wanna plan your escape route now, if that's possible.

I'm kind of mystified by the Houston mayor's advice to residents to "shelter in place" prior to this storm. I get it that with a huge population, evacuation is its own kind of nightmare, but how is staying home helpful? Some people interviewed were talking about having 4-5 days worth of food and supplies, but what good is that going to do you when your house is under twelve feet of water?

I've seen a couple interviews with Lt. Gen. Honore, who was in charge of the joint task force for Katrina, and he's strongly advising that people who haven't flooded yet, but are in the path, should be moved out. Can't find fault with his reasoning. If anything was learned from Katrina, it's what happens when people stay in their homes during flooding, especially considering that the rain isn't nearly done yet. Not looking forward to the news film from next week showing the streets of Houston with people floating face down.
 
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LostLassie said:
Might wanna plan your escape route now, if that's possible.

I'm kind of mystified by the Houston mayor's advice to residents to "shelter in place" prior to this storm. I get it that with a huge population, evacuation is its own kind of nightmare, but how is staying home helpful? Some people interviewed were talking about having 4-5 days worth of food and supplies, but what good is that going to do you when your house is under twelve feet of water?

I've seen a couple interviews with Lt. Gen. Honore, who was in charge of the joint task force for Katrina, and he's strongly advising that people who haven't flooded yet, but are in the path, should be moved out. Can't find fault with his reasoning. If anything was learned from Katrina, it's what happens when people stay in their homes during flooding, especially considering that the rain isn't nearly done yet. Not looking forward to the news film from next week showing the streets of Houston with people floating face down.
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This storm has been nuts from the beginning... if you look back at the path projections... the only accurate part is about 24 hours out... all the models don't know how to handle it.... but that said... he shoulda said GTFO
 
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This is just insane, I can't imagine dealing with all of that. And yet Florida is currently sandwiched between two lows, one of which will likely be named tomorrow. There might be two serious storm disasters going on at the same time (MIGHT, but probably won't. Can't see flooding getting anywhere close to critical levels here unless both systems clash and park), which would be interesting to see how FEMA and others deal with that. Make no mistake, though, Texas needs the focus more than Georgia/Florida. This flooding is ridiculous.
 
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LostLassie said:
Might wanna plan your escape route now, if that's possible.

I'm kind of mystified by the Houston mayor's advice to residents to "shelter in place" prior to this storm. I get it that with a huge population, evacuation is its own kind of nightmare, but how is staying home helpful? Some people interviewed were talking about having 4-5 days worth of food and supplies, but what good is that going to do you when your house is under twelve feet of water?

I've seen a couple interviews with Lt. Gen. Honore, who was in charge of the joint task force for Katrina, and he's strongly advising that people who haven't flooded yet, but are in the path, should be moved out. Can't find fault with his reasoning. If anything was learned from Katrina, it's what happens when people stay in their homes during flooding, especially considering that the rain isn't nearly done yet. Not looking forward to the news film from next week showing the streets of Houston with people floating face down.
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i'm out.
just made it back home.

where i was staying was still high, but every surrounding neighborhood was going under fast.

cars on some streets were stranded with water up to door handles.
 
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