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

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

I was looking at how close it is to Missouri City bc thats where my sister is.

My brother in law and a small infant are trapped in South Houston on a roof, and our family been trying to get him help, calling the National Guard and stuff, but idk how much help black people are getting.

Your sis should be fine..
I live in Mission Bend/Sugar Land/Alief area..
Sienna plantation is in Mo Ciry area, so she is probably getting hella tornado warnings like I have but my homie texted me that he's okay..
Here's a map of the reservoirs
http://www.energycorridor.org/sites/ecd/media/directory/addikksmap.gif
South Houston, midtown, uptown, downtown, are flooded..
Homie who lives on west Alabama says it's crazy flooded, especially around the galleria(Richmond/Westheimer/WestPark) area..
My prayers are with your people..

 

[richaveli83]

KHOU got that work.

Channel is offline now.

I was wondering what happened when I turned to it and and it was just black. I thought my internet went out but changed the channel and regular programming is on.

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

I am not an engineer

No shyt

 

[DonKnock]

Fam, do you know anything about this?
Water 'likely' to be released from Addikks and Barker reservoirs
Water 'likely' to be released from Addikks, Barker reservoirs
sounds like some Hurricane Katrina fukkery, is the area around the reservoir heavily populated and how will this impact the flooding?

They're worried about the dam totally failing and then billions of gallons of water would pour into Houston.

 

[DonKnock]

I was looking at how close it is to Missouri City bc thats where my sister is.

My brother in law and a small infant are trapped in South Houston on a roof, and our family been trying to get him help, calling the National Guard and stuff, but idk how much help black people are getting.

Tell them straight up call 911 and don't hang up until it's answered

 

[richaveli83]

 

[Paper Boi]

Im just always skeptical of shyt like that, I don't trust the government to have peoples best interests at heart. Releasing reservoirs into a already heavily flooded area seems backwards as fukk but I am not an engineer

the american interests/assets our government chooses to protect are almost always corporate so you got a right to be skeptical.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

Nah I mean what's the link to watch the show?

Kodi?

 

[richaveli83]

There was a whataburger on westheimer and dairy ashford that was open and packed

Waffle house on westheimer and wilcrest was open too

I used to stay close by there and used to frequent that Whataburger. Had some fine ass girls working there.

 

[satam55]

checking in with my coli fam. still have power. rain heavy for the last few hours. water creeping up on our front walkway, courtyard basically full.
grandchildren came to stay with my elderly neighbors, just saw the grand son in law out by the garage smoking weed.
puppy getting stir crazy, wants to go outside and play. Husband getting antsy as well.Only have real food to last through dinner tommorow.
news and situation is stressing me. Currently having a drink. Yes i know its just noon.

You have grandchildren?!

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

All these dumb ass drivers getting stuck out there

 

[satam55]

I believe Ocky stays out in Pearland.

 

[Numpsay]

So the mayor didn't encourage evacuations but the Governor said to evacuate...

First off, why wouldn't an official urge folks to evacuate?

Was the mayor concerned about the road network being overwhelmed?

Honestly don't understand why people don't leave... Regardless.

If the forecast is saying this storm is gonna be a doozy... why not leave?

I mean... you see this shyt comin... you see the news...you have the MEANS and RESOURCES and MONEY to leave... to literally drive two counties east? Why not leave regardless?

A lot of the folks being shown aren't elderly aren't dirt poor and aren't disabled... they appear to be able bodied homeowners.

...doesn't seem like many of the those affected were dirt poor like those in Katrina... It's a tragedy and it's horrible.

But it appears they had the means to leave. these are homeowners, not folks in subsidized housing like in Katrina.


...the language that some media outlets are using, they're trying to make this in to Katrina low key...It's not and shouldn't compare tragedies.


I mean, how does a senior citizen's home not get evacuated... just off GP?

So this Black Mayor going to take the fall for not calling for an evacuation right

There was no need to call for an evacuation. We weren't taking a direct hit and everyone knew 3 days ahead of time exactly what was going. The local news stations were right on the money. People had the choice to leave if they wanted. Can't blame the mayor for this.

 

[brother walt]

im in gcounty and dikkinson underwater

 

[richaveli83]

I hope this doesn't put a damper on people wanting to move to Houston or visit. I've been living here since 2012 and it's a great place. People are cool and money is good if your in the medical field.