The approaching Hurricane

[mrchuck]

Thinking of you and what is approaching.
The weathermen seem to think the Houston area will get huge rainstorms.
I remember their freeways looking like lagoons.

[Papaw]

We expect lots of rain here in Alvin, Texas, but should not get the hurricane force winds since Harvey appears to be headed for the Corpus Christi area right now. You never know what a hurricane might do, so we are prepared. We will not evacuate.
The only time we have run from a hurricane was for Rita and it was not as big as thought, and the evacuation routes were clogged so bad that we only got about 60 miles away in about 12 hours. My truck quit halfway there with a bad fuel pump and we ended up staying at a nephew's house just west of Houston.

Others in the path should take all precautions for the worst if possible.

[bill300d]

I was just going to start a thread and wish everyone affected godspeed weathering the storm.

[Lewill2]

Hope everyone is able to stay safe, sounds like it is going to sick around for a few days.

[Yadda]

Just over 2 inches of rain here in Missouri City, west and slightly north of Papaw, but nothing detrimental at this time. 

[Papaw]

The news channels and the Weather Channel seem to think it will be worse than I do. Lots of rain here already, but not a big deal.
South of here is really in trouble though!

[RedVise]

They keep saying yall are going to get a lot of rain! Everybody down there take care.
I was living in League City/Galveston County when Alicia blew thru in 83.
The locals explained that when the bayous fill up, it's so flat that everything floods.

Brian

[Yadda]

Now 3.75 inches of rain. The streets are still clear, but we are under a tornado warning until 11:00 PM.

[Papaw]

On July 25, 1979, Tropical Storm Claudette arrived in Alvin and settled in, dropping 43 inches over the next 24 hours. That amount still stands as the greatest one-day rainfall in the United States, according to the National Weather Service.

[Yadda]

You can have that record.  I don't care to challenge it.  We're now up to 11.75 inches. 

[Nasutushenri]

This evening I saw on the Dutch News  the flood in Houston.
I wish you strength in Texas.

Henri

[Papaw]

The floods are all around here, but we are safe so far, and think we will be OK. Parts of Houston are being covered in water and looks like it will continue. Record breaking torrential rains.

Millions of people in Houston may suffer in some way, but our thoughts are with the many south of us in the Corpus Christi and Rockport areas.

[Papaw]

For our Non-Texan, Non-Houston friends-

 To help you understand the devastation:
Houston is huge. The greater metropolitan area is circled by the Grand Parkway - which is 170 miles long. That makes the area of the circle inside the Grand Parkway over 2200 sq. miles.

2200 square miles of densely habited, urban and suburban, areas is flooded.

Imagine if the entire state of Delaware, with twice the population of Manhattan, was under water.

That's Houston.

It's still raining.

[lptools]

Hello, Papaw. You are in our thoughts, and our prayers, Lou

[Yadda]

Yeah, definitely a lot of people in much worse shape. I've had over 50 inches of rain in the past 3 days.  Fortunately no flooding, the rain comes in bands.  Drops 2 to 6 inches and moves on.