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Post by HankRocks on Sept 19, 2019 10:15:30 GMT -5
I checked the Harris County Flood Control District map and there is an area to the northest of Houston about 30 miles or so that has received over 27 inches of rain in the last 3 days. Lucky in my area so far, maybe 1.5 inches. The rain bands keep forming and training over areas, with some rainfall rates up to impressive(scary) 5 inches an hour.
Some folks will be getting their boats out.
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Post by mohs on Sept 19, 2019 10:30:07 GMT -5
Uuuggghhh Hank
I always wondered how well Houston recovered after 2017 ? Suppose overall fairly well. Individually probably some may still be recovering. Those images back then were stunning the amount of flooding.
Anyway pal stay dry best ya can and best to alll
Ed
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 19, 2019 12:31:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I've been seeing the headlines of it coming, but I didn't know how bad it was. Stay dry. I hope no one loses their home.
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Post by parfive on Sept 19, 2019 12:50:11 GMT -5
Headline yesterday:
No severe impacts from Imelda as it moves through Texas
Headline today:
'It's bad': Hundreds of water rescues as Imelda soaks Texas
CBS Radio just mentioned somewhere with 29” in 24 hours.
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Post by HankRocks on Sept 19, 2019 13:31:30 GMT -5
Headline yesterday: No severe impacts from Imelda as it moves through TexasHeadline today: 'It's bad': Hundreds of water rescues as Imelda soaks TexasCBS Radio just mentioned somewhere with 29” in 24 hours. Unfortunately the storm made the worst possible move and decided to hang around. West Houston is lucky that the storm moved to the east of us by 20 miles, of course it's not over just yet. The small town of Alvin just south of Houston still holds the record for 24 hour rainfall in the continental US, a staggering 43 inches!! It was the result of a stalled tropical storm in 1979. I think the heavy rain in Kauai Hawaii last year claimed the US record with over 49 inches in 24 hours.
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Post by parfive on Sept 19, 2019 13:39:03 GMT -5
In Beaumont, about 85 miles northeast of Houston, flood waters are going above and beyond what Hurricane Harvey did in August 2017, officials said.
"It's bad," Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick said. "Homes that did not flood in Harvey are flooding now."
By midday, a rain gauge just outside of Beaumont is reporting a two-day rainfall total now over 38 inches, with 34 inches coming down in the last 24 hours.
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Post by parfive on Sept 19, 2019 13:55:35 GMT -5
Gonna hafta learn some new quantum stringy math or sumtin cause the odds of a 500-year flood ain’t what they used to be.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 19, 2019 21:59:54 GMT -5
Stay safe and dry, Hank. Sending some rain, rain, go away energy your way.
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Post by fernwood on Sept 20, 2019 3:30:41 GMT -5
Thoughts and prayers headed your way.
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