In the area my relatives live there are concrete rivers. Pretty substantial, but still not enough capacity. Bout 30' deep and 1/8 mile wide maybe?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

So much concrete, so little soil exposed for water absorption. Few retention ponds. Flat terrain near sea level. It floods. Not for weeks or months like NOLA, but enough to destroy habitability. Contractors will get rich on FEMA, SBA, FHA, and insurance.

There will a terrific hue and cry to improve drainage and make zoning restrictions. Both are costly so in two or three years taxpayers will balk.

This is what NWS is forecasting for later this week:


TROPICAL STORM HARVEY


These are the rain amounts:


TROPICAL STORM HARVEY

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Our family got to higher ground at their x daughter in law's home. Had to wade through waist deep water to get to transportation though.

Yikes!

They're acting like its sort of equal to us losing our power for a day.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I once lived there for a few months. I never got caught in any flooding but everyone warned me not but a house close to the water.

So how close is close? One look at an elevation map showed how flat the place is.

In the end I settled in Sugarland, renting a house right on a canal. The Brazos never has gotten above 60 feet and the elevation of my place was 100 feet.

Still, what good is being on dry land if all the streets are flooded?

have an old girlfriend out in katy.


they have to have 5 ton military trucks go out to people who live outside of town to rescue them -like north side around clay road

http://www.sjra.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/08-28-2017-Press-Release-Record-Level-and-Release-for-Lake-Conroe.pdf

Heres the document that says it all, notice the release time of 1:30 am of today mon the 28th .Their playing catch up to the event ,if they would keep the lake lower during hurricane season ,or at the very least release when one enters the Gulf of Mexico we would live much easier under this lake Conroe.

After this event is over, every level of gov and every agency involved is going to do a "lessons learned". A significant portion will be a load of worthless verbiage. The best assessments will devote 2% to emotional drivel and the rest will be excruciatingly detailed analysis.

Then somebody is going to have to read that stuff to elected official because few of them will have the time to read or expertise to understand. This is where citizen input can have its greatest impact.

NOTHING anybody could have done, even with unlimited budget, could move the water off the land in sufficient volume and velocity to avoid massive flooding.

Im curious of how the investigation will unfold ,govt bodies are like a big family ,no one likes to bring to much drama to one subject ,next time it maybe your office the media is knocking on .The gov. of Texas and the mayor of Houston had a similiar powow before the storm ,both joined advice and went forth with the plan.Now that its almost over the agreed motions they set in place for a no vacate they now must stand by.This is similiar ,what chain is telling the SJRA to release water ,or, is it up to their authority only.These are the same questions that where being asked from 1994 ,just alot more damage .

I'm sure that investigations will focus on assigning blame to someone. Non-response to Global Warming/Climate Change will no doubt be prominently mentioned.

I think however that if blame must be assigned it should be the fault of the allegedly Great and Merciful God.

Its Al Gore's fault.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Gore is Climate Czar ,pretty smart to lead this undecided fight for climate, pulls the right or the left against each other on the subject. May keep him employeed the rest of his professional career.

Here are Harvey rain total as of 9 this morning, published by NWS:

http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html