Bev Vincent thankful you are safe. Charms7 doing ok- backyard starting to flood.
Watching news and Houston dealing with a lot of flooding and rescues.
Watching news and Houston dealing with a lot of flooding and rescues.
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I hope she is safe and warm and has plenty of food and water.My sister said this morning that the waters are starting to rise around her house (she lives not very far from a river). She is going to move her car over to her daughters house as it's on higher ground. Her own house is raised up off of the ground about 5 feet (after going through three floods previously when it was slightly above ground level) so she isn't worried about the house flooding, but she will probably be stuck inside for a couple of days until the water recedes.
Stay safe anyway.It's quite flat where we are, but we're a few feet higher than the surrounding area, so we don't tend to flood. We've handled a lot of rain before, so we know what to expect. So long as we get the occasional lull, the water in the ditches recedes pretty quickly.
Was thinking about you over the weekend but couldn't remember how close you were to Houston. Glad to hear you're okay and away from the worst of it.Still a metric eff-ton of rain threatening Houston in the next couple of days, and the recovery is going to take weeks, months, maybe even years. It's hard to visualize it, so close at hand (30-40 miles away) and completely under water in places. We got a lot of rain, no doubt about it, but we have better drainage in the suburbs, so not nearly as much inundation. What a disaster.
If I remember correctly for every mile you go away from the Gulf of Mexico you only gain 1 inch above sea level so the land is pretty much at sea level as it doesn't rise up very much. The Houston area is pretty much flat. They have dug drainage canals, etc. to help with the rain water but those systems aren't built to withstand hurricane amounts of water. Even a little bit of rain does have an impact.This maybe a dumb question but why don't they take precautions for things like this, built levees or something like that? I live in the Netherlands so we're all about the water and the dikes and things like that...
Safety vibes being sent her way.They Army Corp. Of Engineers have opened two of the dams to release the water that has built up. My sister lives downstream from one of them. Her property is completely covered in water now as is the development that she lives in. Her house is up on a five or six foot foundation (they raised it after going through three floodings) but the water is still going to continue to rise. I told her she needs to get out while she can. I can't imagine what it would be like to be completely surrounded by water.
Thanks Marsha. I haven't heard from her since this morning when I texted her and told her to leave. They have a generator for power (hers hadn't gone out last I heard other than a couple of flickers). She has a freezer full of ice cream (well, not quite but there's a lot in there) and I told her yesterday she better get to eating it as the freezer won't be a priority if the power does go out.Safety vibes being sent her way.
So far anyway. The storm is out in the gulf and will swing back inland bringing with it more rain which will cause more flooding so the death toll may rise. This is sickening.May everyone be OK. I read in the news that 5 people had died. Thats horrible if correct.
Prayers and safety vibes for your sister. Will the generator be usable if it floods?They Army Corp. Of Engineers have opened two of the dams to release the water that has built up. My sister lives downstream from one of them. Her property is completely covered in water now as is the development that she lives in. Her house is up on a five or six foot foundation (they raised it after going through three floodings) but the water is still going to continue to rise. I told her she needs to get out while she can. I can't imagine what it would be like to be completely surrounded by water.
I believe that their generator is up on their porch, which is 5 or 6 feet off of the ground. My sister just sent me a text that her and her husband are now over at her daughters house, which is on higher ground than their house is. I know she must be worried sick about her own house.Prayers and safety vibes for your sister. Will the generator be usable if it floods?