Floods in Texas
May 27th 2015, 12:49 pm
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re: Floods in Texas
The main reporting seems to be focused on Houston, but I've heard reports of problems as far North as Oklahoma (and Dallas where Ms Elui posted that pic earlier), as far west as Wimberley/San Antonio/Austin (c 3 hours-ish west of Houston) and heading East across Louisiana, and into Mississippi.
May 27th 2015, 2:13 pm
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Wimberley and San Marcos are disaster areas right now. The Blanco river rose ?40ft on Saturday which wiped away anything in it's way. Then the poor buggers had the storm on Monday on top of it all.
Austin was pretty badly flooded out but since we are all hills and canyons, the water made it's way to the Colorado river. There's damage here but nothing like the towns to the South of us.
Austin was pretty badly flooded out but since we are all hills and canyons, the water made it's way to the Colorado river. There's damage here but nothing like the towns to the South of us.
May 27th 2015, 2:41 pm
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Radar is showing a little blobby thunderhead right on top of us now, and it's making plenty of noise (too much, according to my pooch who is currently sitting on my feet vibrating like a tuning fork) but not producing much rain. Its still not very pleasant out - dark, humidity at 99% and dew point way down at 68 with virtually no wind. On the plus side, we have zero inches of snow, UV is 1 out of 12 and pollen count is 2.9 - surprised it is even that high, I didn't know it could swim
May 28th 2015, 12:36 pm
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re: Floods in Texas
The very cool cowboy farm is under water. Their historic buildings are so far ok, but the visitors center is under 15 inches of water. One of the big rivers is due to flood sometime in the next few days which will be horrendous about 10 miles south of me.
May 28th 2015, 1:18 pm
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May 28th 2015, 1:39 pm
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May 28th 2015, 2:16 pm
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re: Floods in Texas
We have a severe drought in my part of New England. We'd love just a smidgeon of that excess rain, but NOT the flooding, ping-pong sized hail, etc....
Hope the rain stops soon for TX & nearby!
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May 28th 2015, 3:04 pm
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May 28th 2015, 3:11 pm
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After yesterday mornings brief storm, the day turned out really nice.....mid 70's, bit of a breeze, blue skies. This morning a bit hotter, getting back towards normal for this time of year, but heavy rain creeping back into the forecast for the weekend....
The irony is that after all the rain we've had, the idiots that "manage" our area pool have hoses on it today refilling it
It appears that they were worried it was going too flood, so they portable pumps on to lower the water level and forgot to turn them off, so they were running all night and ended up emptying about 2' more than they needed to....twunt doesn't even begin to cover it......
The irony is that after all the rain we've had, the idiots that "manage" our area pool have hoses on it today refilling it
It appears that they were worried it was going too flood, so they portable pumps on to lower the water level and forgot to turn them off, so they were running all night and ended up emptying about 2' more than they needed to....twunt doesn't even begin to cover it......
May 28th 2015, 4:28 pm
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re: Floods in Texas
The latest warnings from the sheriff:
Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
For Simonton-area residents, see message from Mayor McJunkin below: (Note: It mentions County employees pulling out of the area. That does not include us. Deputies will be there to secure the area and the neighborhood)
"The River is rising and is above the 46′ level and is rising at this time. We do not know when the river will breach the banks or exceed the 48′ level. The internal ditches in Section 2 of Valley Lodge do have a significant amount of water in them.
Fort Bend County has advised the City that IF the Brazos rises the level projected for Richmond at 50.2′, that it will likely flow over FM 1093 and if that occurs, the road will be closed altogether. At that point, the County would pull all of their equipment and staff. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that residents that are not essential to emergency operations consider self-evacuating at their earliest opportunity.
Depending on the next few hours, the City is prepared to call for an evacuation. PLEASE MONITOR THIS WEBSITE for current information.
Although there is NO MANDIORY EVACUATION at this time, the City is advising residents to prepare to leave and to self-evacuate if at all possible. The City is organizing volunteers and we are asking the volunteers register at Simonton City Hall – DO NOT SELF-DEPLOY! We need to know that you are here.
If residents have a need, we will try to help. As the phones are currently jammed, it may be best to come by personally."
Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office
For Simonton-area residents, see message from Mayor McJunkin below: (Note: It mentions County employees pulling out of the area. That does not include us. Deputies will be there to secure the area and the neighborhood)
"The River is rising and is above the 46′ level and is rising at this time. We do not know when the river will breach the banks or exceed the 48′ level. The internal ditches in Section 2 of Valley Lodge do have a significant amount of water in them.
Fort Bend County has advised the City that IF the Brazos rises the level projected for Richmond at 50.2′, that it will likely flow over FM 1093 and if that occurs, the road will be closed altogether. At that point, the County would pull all of their equipment and staff. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that residents that are not essential to emergency operations consider self-evacuating at their earliest opportunity.
Depending on the next few hours, the City is prepared to call for an evacuation. PLEASE MONITOR THIS WEBSITE for current information.
Although there is NO MANDIORY EVACUATION at this time, the City is advising residents to prepare to leave and to self-evacuate if at all possible. The City is organizing volunteers and we are asking the volunteers register at Simonton City Hall – DO NOT SELF-DEPLOY! We need to know that you are here.
If residents have a need, we will try to help. As the phones are currently jammed, it may be best to come by personally."
May 28th 2015, 4:37 pm
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re: Floods in Texas
Thats a bit close....
May 28th 2015, 7:34 pm
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Re: Floods in Texas
Hurray, it says floods, not foods. Thanks Poly!
May 28th 2015, 7:55 pm
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May 28th 2015, 9:37 pm
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Re: Floods in Texas
The irony is my iPad changed floods to foods again. I noticed that mistake. Obviously not the other mistake though.