Tropical Storm Harvey expected to produce 2 feet of rain in Houston: Flooding ongoing in Houston

[MikelArteta]

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@RammerJammer hope you don't mind

@RammerJammer @Barnett114 @Supreme Leader Reinscarf

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[Konnan]

Baton Rouge starting to get it now some. Hopefully means this shyt is moving the fukk on

Supposed to hit the gulf and the rain supposed to pick up again

At least thats what the weather lady said on some texas news stream im watching

 

[Selfish]

Drown god

 

[Konnan]

What's the latest houston forecast?

Is it gonna flood more?

They said its a good chance depending on if the storm picks up more moisture from the gulf

 

[lespaulultra3]

Word. Good post.



25 hours.

Glad y'all got out.

Stay safe tho...

But yeah, your experience is proof that mandatory evacs for a top 5 pop city (and many other sizeable cities) would have to be days in advance with a staggered evac departure system. Enforcement would be a problem tho.

Did y'all have gasoline canisters and food in the whip?

We didn't take gas but we had food. We sat on the freeway for so long that most people just turned their cars off. People were walking around the freeway making friends and shyt lol. A couple years later when Ike came, we decided to stay back. We ended up having no power for 2 weeks. It wasn't that bad looking back because we did a lot of BBQing and we were forced to do family oriented things such as cards and board games.

 

[RammerJammer]

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@RammerJammer hope you don't mind

No problem at all

 

[The M.I.C.]

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Damage from Hurricane Harvey is expected to total tens of billions of dollars, with current estimates range from $20 billion to $40 billion, but an unusually large share of victims lacking adequate protection - only one in six have insurance

 

[#1 pick]

I think Syl did the right thing...nikkas have short memories regarding Rita. I remember my cousin telling me that they straight up parked they shyt on the shoulder on I-10 and hiked it back to the crib after being stuck for 8 hours in traffic.

Houston traffic is like no other. The traffic will literally stop. That's when you know it's time to listen to the Beat which plays Houston rap classics.

 

[UserNameless]

Shocking Drone Footage Shows Harvey's "Unprecedented" Devastation, "No Parallel To Any Rainstorm In US History" | Zero Hedge

My geography game must have fallen off...but I honestly forgot how close Houston is to the coast until Harvey hit.

 

[#1 pick]

You can't evacuate Houston unless you're putting people on greyhound buses

You can't have that many cars on the road

Way too many cars. There is no real legit public transportation and too many folks are poor with no money.

 

[Motife43]

Houston traffic is like no other. The traffic will literally stop. That's when you know it's time to listen to the Beat which plays Houston rap classics.

This post sponsored by The Beat 93.7, your choice for Houston rap classics

 

[pickles]

I hope you Houston brehs are ok.


shyt is wild. Harvey just chillin on top of y'all. And not leaving until Thursday?

The news saying that they are going to release water from the dams and flood the homes near by as oppose to letting the water flood Houston city. I smell fukkkery afoot.

 

[#1 pick]

Like I said, this seems way worse than "normal" flooding. Not sure if it's due to people used to flooding because most flooding that happened was just due to heavy rain. Hurricanes and tropical storms are still a distinct event, so even if you're used to "normal" floods there should still be the expectation this was something different.

To evacuate a city the size of Houston, and based on the responses of some people there are some people who don't understand that Houston is massive. It can easily take an hour to drive from one side to another without traffic. It would take massive logistical planning. Not sure how you could avoid a Rita like situation unless you forbidded anyone else besides select groups of people on the road at one time. Then you'd need enough people to enforce this. Also you'd have do it as you said way ahead of time which is hard to do with something like this that changes on the hour.

I wouldn't want that job

Brehs,

Houston is 627 square miles...

NYC is 304
DC 68
Baltimore 92
Boston is 89

Add all of these cities up and it still doesn't equal Houston size. Driving from downtown to near The Woodlands part of Houston is a 40 minute drive. Downtown is near central Houston. Driving to the Southside from near The Woodlands can be a 1 hr and 30 minute drive and you are still in Houston.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

my prayers go out to all of yall affected by thi

 

[DonKnock]

Google has set up a google map showing where people need to be rescued.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=15Zevlh0kwqYvAQnEebVidjZ0VIo&ll=29.850988430341783,-95.12631189908257&z=11