Houston

[bocca001]

It's no fun being in the Houston area right now. Major rain delay. Does anyone have any Houston/Galveston items to show?

[Snapolit1]

Hope you pull through ok. Lives are a lot more important than cards. But damm those cards are nice.

[Fballguy]

I'm here as well...With a 5:30 flight out of Bush that's still showing as "on time". We'll see about that.

We've been spared for the most part down near Atascocita/Humble. You'd never guess that from watching the Weather Channel.

[bocca001]

Yeah... hard to imagine any flights leaving. I'm doing my part by just staying out of the way... looking at baseball stuff on the computer.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bocca001

It's no fun being in the Houston area right now. Major rain delay. Does anyone have any Houston/Galveston items to show?

Being from Houston (now near Dallas, far north) I remember the flooding and chaos with hurricanes and high waters. We canoed down Braeswood Blvd (I used to live off of it, the same street as the JCC). That was 35-40 yrs ago and I doubt it is any better today, especially by the looks of it. Ironically I was born on Sept 5, 1961...The date of the last category 4+ hurricane to hit Houston before this one. Wishing all people and animals safety in your crisis...

from wiki...
The third named storm and first Category 5 hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla developed from an area of squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on September 3. Initially a tropical depression, it strengthened slowly while heading northwestward, and by September 5, the system was upgraded to Tropical Storm Carla. About 24 hours later, Carla was upgraded to a hurricane.


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[conor912]

Originally Posted by Leon

Being from Houston (now near Dallas, far north) I remember the flooding and chaos with hurricanes and high waters. We canoed down Braeswood Blvd (I used to live off of it, the same street as the JCC). That was 35-40 yrs ago and I doubt it is any better today, especially by the looks of it.

You would be correct....front CNN page.

[oldjudge]

To all in Houston and the areas impacted by Harvey--please be safe. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. My family and I lived in Houston from 1979-86 so we know what the area is like.

[Thromdog]

Has totally sucked. Streets surrounding us were knee to waist deep water and endless amounts of tornado warnings requiring us to take shelter, so the kids just parked it in the downstairs hall. Lost power at 4am.

Didn't flood our house but we're expecting a lot more rain tonight and tomorrow.

Sucks.

[rdwyer]

Bingo got canceled.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

To all in Houston and the areas impacted by Harvey--please be safe. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. My family and I lived in Houston from 1979-86 so we know what the area is like.

ditto. I lived in Houston from 1980 to 1999. It is crazy how water and concrete are not friends. Floods happen quickly and frequently. Stay safe and stay dry to all y'all back home!

[irv]

I was away at my trailer from Thursday until Sunday and never heard anything about this until I arrived home Sunday evening.

Like has been said, I hope everyone gets through this as painless and as quickly as possible.

Stay safe, stay away from downed hydro lines and let the pro's/trained people do their job.

Good luck to everyone!

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Leon

Being from Houston (now near Dallas, far north) I remember the flooding and chaos with hurricanes and high waters. We canoed down Braeswood Blvd (I used to live off of it, the same street as the JCC). That was 35-40 yrs ago and I doubt it is any better today, especially by the looks of it. Ironically I was born on Sept 5, 1961...The date of the last category 4+ hurricane to hit Houston before this one. Wishing all people and animals safety in your crisis...

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Same wishes for safety to all here - my parents are still in the Clear Lake City area and stayed put. 28" and counting - those streets are still passable with no issues as of early this evening.

Hey Leon, I suspect you're talking about either tropical storm Claudette or Danielle - came ashore and sat for a couple days in the late 70's if I remember right. Alvin (and maybe Dickinson) were a complete mess after that...

[jbsports33]

Stay safe TX!

Jimmy

I know what they are going thru in Texas, I dealt with Sandy in Sayreville Nj , a little over a week with no electric and flooding , and last year in North Carolina with hurricane Mathew dealing with the flooding and washed out roads and bridges. The infrastructure of the road system and ditches are very weak in the south