If you live in the greater Houston-Galvestion area you might want to bookmark these pages:

TROPICAL DEPRESSION HARVEY

Mike's Weather Page... powered by Sparks Energy!

Looks like Central-East Texas is going to do cozmik battle with Harvey and send it thither.

Attached Thumbnails

 

On our local weather channel they were predicting up to 14" of rain in east Tx, wow.

__________________
Jim

Thanks, Bot, for the links.

Any of you guys floating ?

Are you having any problems from Harvey in Louisiana? The forecast yesterday was that the storm would move to at least the southern portions of the state. That does not seem to have materialized.

I cant say how Ill fair out of the wonkey saturation,it depends on how well the large lake holds its runoff ,the river authority will release the dam water when it deems the release is needed. Those are the marbles that gets dealt the people down stream .It turns out Im on the other end of it this time,that is at lake level being that I live just a few steps from the lake ."They wont let lake frt property flood "was one remark I remember from back in the day ,they will allow water out once it hits the full mark ,drop the lever and let it flow.I do live near a secondary dammed lake used by the power company with some 30 ft of elevation higher than my structure that I reside in and is just a mile or so away .If that thing sprung a leak I would have a very long ride to the Gulf of Mexico.
I would recommend anyone moving to Houston to buy high ground and a high truck.

I like this one from NOAA
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge2/RFC_Precip/
PARTS OF HOUSTON ALREADY HAS MORE RAIN THAN WHERE THE EYE MADE LANDFALL,CRAZY.

It Maybe this bad ,Houston is another Katrina.20 inches within the last 24 hrs , all watersheds critical, and more rain coming.

Some perspective.....

Houston has two major interstates, 45 and 10. The 45 comes in from the North, out of Dallas. I-10, runs east and west through the middle town.

The west leg of I-10 runs due west. This is where some flooding is taking place, or at least it looks like that to me. Is this correct?

About the perspective.... About twenty years ago I-10 needed expanding. So the Texas Highway dept. tried something new: Instead of giving the ten mile contract to one company they gave one mile to ten companies. The theory was that the job would be finished sooner if all the companies could link up.

It was a great success. The highway is a pleasure to drive on except for during rush hour.

One thing the various companies worked together on was storm water drainage. Everyone knew with all the excess road there would be excess runoff. Houston floods as it is. Everyone knows where and those roads are avoided during rainstorms.

But I-10 was different. It was built to withstand the 100 year flood thing.

And it has always worked before. But if the west leg of I-10 is flooding.... Then it is bad. Like, real bad.

I spent some time watching the TV Weather Channel and looking at photographs published in the on-line Washington Post and NYT papers. (WaPo has more than 500.) The flooding is horrific. It looks like hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) people will have uninhabitable homes and will lose their household possessions and cars when this is all over. Many victims will be underinsured or uninsured, and I doubt that government assistance will be sufficient for them. Lots of ordinary people will need to be generous in helping the victims recover and get on their feet again.

My daughters in Lafayette have intermittent hard rain. Thus far the cookies and river and bayous are handling the flow.

Farther west, Lake Charles area, they are getting constant rain a bit less than Beaumont, TX.

The spaghetti models are reaching consensus indicating a path over my farm. Hope it picks up forward speed.

Its going to happen again ,SJRA CANT DO ONE THING RIGHT.

San Jacinto Rivera Authority reverses course, releasing water - The Courier

Well these guys are idiots ,ready to flood out their neighbors to the south again.

I can hear them at their meeting ,well do think we should release ,uhh ,I dont no ,what do you think ,seems plausable it could come are way .Lets talk about it over lunch .----back from lunch----- uh ,what were we discussing before lunch ?

The fact that it was built in a watershed makes it a reservior ,they call the damn gates not designed like a resorviors ,giving them their own authority to do whatever the hell they want with their little toy water hole .Great god these guys need to be reeled in.

We have relatives in South Houston. Their old house flooded four times in 20 years or so. So when they could afford it they bought another home in an area not known to flood. So today they had to wade through waist deep water to get away from their newer home. Their older more flood prone home is now a rental.

I am not sure how safe they are. They're not young people. My age and older.

Houston is so flat the water can't get away fast enough when this much rain comes.

__________________
[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.

Sorry theyre in this sitiation TW ,its a very personal feeling when your family is involved and your many miles away.
I seriously think Houston should consider concrete rivers like LA has in place ,when water needs to move out fast it makes sense to straighten its course and let it run its path,not pretty but practical.The meandering of rivers and creeks just slows the process .To tame a river , creek or lake is THE JOB of a reservoir but its currently now adding to the water problem we already have ,a plan B would help right now.
Sometime ago city planners decided to put retention ponds in place as an added help to water issues for Houston .If you decided to build on a commercial property here in Houston you have to dig a concrete hole in the ground x amount of sq ft depending on the size of land and structure.This cost nothing to the city and actually makes money for the city.This cant help in this type of flood ,planners need to get back to the drawing board and spend some money .
A challenge for leaders would be to build something substantial to rid the city of its flooding mistike ,challenge the corp of engineers without politics involved would be a start.