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https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/902019766252163072
God bless them!
https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/902012885227982848
https://twitter.com/KVUE/status/902005787228336130
https://www.facebook.com/KHOUMelissaCorrea/videos/1773216359574083/?hc_ref=ARS6zaR3QLXqs8Jx24Q8NuXX4pNSIgSSHCV6ueIDLxPLnxpzPuW5uXq-tootyCDeVz4
https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/901977342804885505
Just thinking about those poor people stuck in homes and on their roofs and night is about to fall. It messes me up.
https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/901963395838214146
Me too😥😥😥
*tears*
https://twitter.com/funder/status/901957652493815810
https://twitter.com/funder/status/901957715370676227
https://twitter.com/ChuckModi1/status/901924870635839488
There are going to be so many ruined automobiles.
https://twitter.com/uscoastguard/status/901864025587417091
https://twitter.com/HellerWeather/status/901945196631515136
I’m praying that the rain will stop.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/901932721311801344
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/901946021437206528
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/901823031219249152
https://twitter.com/milesjreed/status/901783216247406592
https://twitter.com/RawlsResist/status/901785753608323073
Washington County. Road gone.
https://www.facebook.com/BannerPress/videos/1449969745088797/?hc_ref=ARRkJVF-O6k4VL5XrYrh2mzc-JdEIzsbX3TZnkZQj2YpZ3RKDS8UMQk1Q4Pb08aih74&pnref=story
https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/901782018626867200
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/901810281919209472
https://twitter.com/andreacurry/status/901831579864989696
Washington County. Jonne and Josh lives here…
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/901920188114886656
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/901859614718914561
Uh huh
Uh huh
https://twitter.com/TomthunkitsMind/status/901663198448939009
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Folks who survived Katrina are dealing with rising water two days before Katrina’s anniversary. No one should endure that once.
https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/901861989470932992
https://twitter.com/WesCallisonTNN/status/901865840366063616
https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/901880105516937217/photo/1
EVERY FREEWAY IN HOUSTON IS UNDER WATER!
https://twitter.com/meetmissjoness/status/901842658213191683
I have went to visit people at this hospital a many times….. Trauma Hospital.
https://twitter.com/NewsCameraFish/status/901860825471864835
Uh huh
Uh huh
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/900690513933762560
https://twitter.com/jasonpwcarey/status/901897950841929728
GUTLESS WONDER.
NO SELF-RESPECT.
https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/901109939401347077
Buffalo Bayou. I can’t believe what I’m seeing….
https://twitter.com/KHOUSportsMatt/status/901791997492592641
https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/901899165516562434
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https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/901870166329270272
https://twitter.com/stevenromo/status/901891887933599746
https://twitter.com/NewsCameraFish/status/901895252440739844
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The kids decided to spell the baby’s name with a C instead of a K. It’s Carson. And I have an update on him. Dr call says he’s eating on his own, he’s sucking a bottle, has gained 3 ounces and able to hold food on his stomach. Dr calls everyday to give an up date. So that makes me happy.
Oh, SG2, I am so happy to hear that Carson (with a C) is eating on his own and gaining weight. Well, everyone must be really happy about that good news.
How are the kids doing with the storm? There was a big hurricane in Jacksonville when I was about seven or eight, can’t remember my age, but I remember being really excited. I guess it can be exciting if you’re a kid and still have a roof over your head and food to eat and no worries.
That’s funny that they changed the spelling of the baby’s name. I like it.
LOL! They filled out the birth certificate and spelled it with a C. So happy our little darling is sucking a bottle. And gaining weight. Yay!
You’ll see him soon.
SO happy to hear about Carson. Even during dark times, there can be joy. And, this is nothing but great news.
What fantastic news that Carson is doing so well and able to eat on his own!!!
Hallelujah!
Yes! Our baby is sucking a bottle. He had been fed with a tube. Now eating on his own.
FM 109 in Austin County Tx. The bridge leading into Washington County where Jonne and Josh live….
https://twitter.com/kaitlinmonte/status/901853086175510528
https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/901871286661644288
Praying that they will be rescued soon!
They were evacuated to safety:
“Nursing home patients airlifted to safety from Harvey floodwaters, with help from a haunting viral photo”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nursing-home-patients-airlifted-safety-harvey-floodwaters-article-1.3446793
OMG! OMG!
Ben Taub being evacuated….
https://twitter.com/BrettKHOU/status/901860655141150720
SG2, Is that where Karson is???
No he’s at the Women’s Hospital of Texas.
What a relief.
“The Ben Taub General Hospital is being evacuated due to first-floor flooding and power outages, officials said.
“Officials said people who are in critical condition will be evacuated first.”
KPRC2 will provide further details as they become available.
I was worried about Carson when I read this tweet earlier.
Buffalo Bayou
https://www.facebook.com/fox26houston/videos/10156128678770348/?hc_ref=ARSseYb1q5F78JL9JedcpCFaOg2RFPhMJzVkChUcF5zH_U-ugEuK_89C0OGDXk2WO8M&pnref=story
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/901865036565622784
FEMA director calls Hurricane Harvey a ‘devastating disaster’, could be the worst in Texas history
Five thousand federal employees are in the state working on the disaster response, said the newly appointed Federal Emergency Management Agency director, William “Brock” Long. “The recovery to this event is going to last many years, to be able to help Texas and the people impacted by this event achieve a new normal.” Harvey is the first Category 3 or greater storm to hit the U.S. in 12 years. Torrential rain continues to fall. Rivers continue to rise to historic levels as people take refuge on rooftops.
Due to the hurricane, The Post is temporarily removing the limit on the number of articles that can be read without a subscription.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fema-director-says-harvey-is-probably-the-worst-disaster-in-texas-history/2017/08/27/ef01600a-8b3f-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-hse%252Bnational&wpmk=1&outputType=default-article&deferJs=true
From above article:
“Capital Weather Gang reported rainfall totals to be about two feet Saturday. Most locations in Southeast Texas can expect an additional one to three feet through Wednesday as the storm lingers.”
It has started raining again here…
Stay safe, SG2.
Were there ever evacuation plan for Houston? SMGDH
I wondered about that too. There certainly doesn’t seem to be one despite Houston’s flooding history that has continued to worsen over the past four decades and the population of well over two million people.
So here’s the Texas governor’s website. Right now, the lists of mandatory evacuations and voluntary evacuations do not include Houston or Harris Country.
Interesting. I do remember reading somewhere that Houston was advised to shelter in place. But there were obviously parts of Houston that should have been evacuated.
I guess we’ll hear more about this later.
Link to Texas governor’s website:
https://gov.texas.gov/hurricane
So this was as of 2:00 PM on August 26th, yesterday afternoon, and the flooding was overnight. Seems to indicate there never was a plan to evacuate even the parts of Houston most prone to flooding like the downtown area.
So, they didn’t want to repeat the Hurricane Rita evacuation disaster, but what were they thinking? It appears to be that they figured they’d tell everyone to hunker down and ride it out and just hope it wouldn’t be as bad as predicted.
“Harvey is causing ‘epic catastrophic flooding’ in Houston. Why wasn’t the city evacuated?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/08/27/harvey-is-causing-epic-catastrophic-flooding-in-houston-why-wasnt-the-city-evacuated/?utm_term=.2965c129fade
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/901850535174819840
Lord have mercy.
The media is reporting that thousands are waiting to be rescued.
From Houston Chronicle:
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“Two kayakers try to beat the current pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou along S. Braeswood Sunday, August 27, 2017.”
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“Ruby Young waits with her husband, Claude Young, after being rescued from their flooded home by boat and taken to a pickup point along Edgebrook Sunday, August 27, 2017. The elderly man had many medical issues from a stroke in May. Flooding is wide spread after rain from Hurricane Harvey.”
My ex sis lives in that neighborhood. I just got off the phone with her. Water is in her house, her youngest son who lives down the street and his wife had been waiting to be rescued since 3am and they have a little baby. No rescuers came, they waited until daylight and walked out with wife and baby and now at hotel with his Mom.
Oh my, SG2! How frightening!
How fortunate that they got out and are in a hotel now.
https://www.facebook.com/KPRC2/videos/1836781216351923/?hc_ref=ARRHpUMC3C1d_HwMcNzXngAJ6agobS9z6jRttVa2xEdpseIFahnuavjirEgYLv1bsKw&pnref=story
*tears*
That young lady I going to make it.
There’s no way she could have gotten where she is right now, without her high level of survival skills.
Two jobs, a 2 year old, and pregnant with a 2nd child. She will survive.
This is heart wrenching.
There will be too many of these stories. Too many.
https://twitter.com/RitzWillis/status/901687498732175360
https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/901837646925897730
https://twitter.com/NWS/status/901832717070983169
Hurricane Harvey: Why does Houston flood so much?
By Fernando Alfonso III Published 6:49 am, Saturday, August 26, 2017
Hurricane Harvey is expected to cause major flooding in Houston, and there are a few reasons why.
At the top of the list are poor city planning and the city’s location.
The fingers only started pointing at city planners during the 1980s when maps showed how low-lying areas near waterways already full of buildings were prone to flooding because of inadequate drainage systems. At the crux of the problem were pipes and roadside ditches that weren’t designed to handle major storms, known in the engineering world as the “100-year flood.”
The “100-year flood” translates into roughly 13 inches of rain over 24 hours on any spot in Harris County. Harvey is expected to dump about 15 to 25 inches or rain and isolated maximum amounts of 35 inches over the middle and upper Texas coast through Wednesday.
Downtown Houston is expected to see a bulk of the flooding, particularly in the Fourth Ward. This is nothing new, according to the Weather Channel.
“Downtown Houston is just 50 feet above sea level, leaving it prone to storm-surge flooding. Poorly draining soils across the metro area increase the risk of flash flooding during heavy rain events,” the Weather Channel added.
The other major factor in Houston’s flooding problem is its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico.
A large amount of CO2, which account for most greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., “drives the temperatures of both the atmosphere and the oceans up, allowing the atmosphere to hold more water vapor,” according to the Weather Channel.
This, as a result, can intensify storms and cause global sea levels to rise.
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-weather/hurricanes/article/Hurricane-Harvey-Why-does-Houston-flood-so-much-11958197.php
In a word…
INFRASTRUCTURE!
So, add climate change to their infrastructure problems.
Finally here’s some reporting for inland areas east of Houston…
Harvey’s Catastrophic Texas Rainfall Flooding Threat to Continue For Days; Storm Totals of 40 Inches Possible; Record Flooding Observed
By Jon Erdman and Chris Dolce
Aug 27 2017 09:30 AM EDT
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In addition to the reports mentioned earlier in this article, here are other locations that are forecast to experience river flooding this week.
Local National Weather Service (NWS) offices have not minced words about the rainfall flooding, warning that some structures could become uninhabitable or be washed away. Road and bridges could be closed, with some weakened or washed out, due to the record river flooding expected in some areas.
The NWS is forecasting major river flooding in roughly four dozen locations in southeast Texas.
Homes may be flooded along stretches of the Brazos, Colorado, Guadalupe, Navidad and San Bernard Rivers.
Flooding along the Brazos River in Richmond, Texas, could approach the previous record crest set just one summer ago, on June 2, 2016.
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Given the longevity of the rainfall, and flood water draining from smaller tributaries, it’s likely mainstem rivers such as the Brazos, Colorado and Guadalupe rivers will remain above flood stage into Labor Day weekend, possibly beyond.
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These flood waters will drain toward areas near the middle Texas coast hammered by storm surge flooding and destructive winds from Harvey’s initial landfall.
Persistent onshore winds are still keeping water levels higher than normal along the middle Texas coast, including such areas as Port O’ Connor and Port Lavaca. This coastal flooding may continue through multiple high-tide cycles the next few days, only slowly subsiding with time.
These surge-choked bays and inlets won’t allow these swollen rivers to drain fast enough, backing up these rivers and worsening flooding upstream, just as the floodwater upstream arrives.
It will be an arudously slow process to first get coastal water levels down, then drain the massive volume of floodwater upstream. This process will likely continue past Labor Day, in some areas.
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-storm-hurricane-harvey-rain-flood-forecast-texas-louisiana
SG2’s most recent retweet was 27 minutes ago.
Good morning. I’m ok here but Houston looks like Katrina flooding. I’m sure the bridge close to me is not passable. The road leading to the county where my daughter lives is closed. Water was covering one lane as we came home.
There you are!
Yeah, I’ve been watching the debacle unfolding in Houston on the weather channel. Well, I’m glad ya’ll made it home without incident. I haven’t really seen any reporting from your area until just now on weather.com and that wasn’t too specific.
So are y’all okay? Are you stocked up for the next few days?
Yes, we are stocked up. I went shopping Friday, so we’re good.
Do you hear from Houston?
Good to hear from you and that your are okay, SG2!
Hi SG2, so glad to know you & family are safe.
SG2,
Please check in.
Yes, SG2, please let us know how you are doing and how your family is doing.
Good Morning,Everyone 😐😐😐
Most recent retweet from SG2, 5 hrs ago. She’s probably sleeping now. I still can’t find any news for her area.
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America has an infrastructure problem.
So let’s give tax breaks to billionaires and multi-millionaires.
I am livid.
Catastrophic, Historic Flooding Happening Now in Houston, Death Toll Rising in Harvey
By Pam Wright
Aug 27 2017 07:30 AM EDT
Thousands of homes are taking on water and hundreds of people are trapped and stranded in rising floodwaters across the Houston metro after Harvey dumped more than 20″ of rain. More than 1,000 people have been rescued across the area so far as the death toll from Harvey rose to six.
“There is life-threatening, catastrophic flooding happening now in Southeast Harris County,” Jeff Lindner of the Harris County Flood Control District told The Weather Channel.
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Lindner said water had overtopped Interstate 10, that there had been more than 1,000 water rescues overnight in the Houston area and that hundreds more were stranded in cars across roadways in the area.
Flash flood emergencies have been issued area where the extreme rainfall has inundated homes, vehicles and killed at least five people. There are now three confirmed deaths in Harvey.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says some homes have taken on more than 6 feet of water.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gozalez urged people to only use 911 in dire emergencies, noting that dispatchers were struggling to keep up with the calls.
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Residents have been forced to climb into their attics to escape rising water, KTRK-TV reports, and Gonzalez noted that a family of 10 were rescued from an attic early Sunday.
The National Weather Service is warning people to seek shelter on their roofs rather than in attics to avoid becoming trapped.
Parts of southeast Houston received 12-19 inches of rain in just six hours Saturday night into early Sunday, according to the Houston Flood Control District.
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Heavy rainfall and gusty winds will persist in the Houston area for days, according to weather.com meteorologist Linda Lam. Feet of rain is expected with rainfall totals in excess of 40 inches possible in local areas.
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https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-harvey-houston-texas-flooding
Praying for everyone’s safety.
If you Google search ” #houston hashtag Twitter” you will see photos that people are posting of the flooding.
Those pictures are scary, it is unbelievable what is happening. Katrina level flooding all over again. My gosh, freeways are underwater.
OMG, I’m first today. Good morning, everyone!
😃 Yes, Liza, you were first! Good Morning!
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Hi, Yahtzee. Y’all must have slept in this morning.
Good Morning, Liza & Everyone. Sleeping in is right.
I wish I could. One of my dogs has meds every 8 hours. I’m a caregiver now…