Hurricane Harvey - August 2017

[Springrain]

Not sure if this has been posted here:

American Red Cross Wish List, designated for Hurricane Harvey
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/ls/ref...C1&ref_=s9_acss_bw_cg_arcwl_1a1_w&ty=wishlist

 

[crhedBngr]

Checking in and praying for all . . .

 

[CARIIS]

I liked him from day one. He cares, he is depressed - exhausted but has to warn people

It just ain't good news

Presser both dams rising still

35 inches of rain have fallen above both dams

still doing releasing from reservoirs



at rates of rise barker uncontrolled at both ends raising gates slowly

they still are trying to increase rates but they cant just bomb out the bayous

they just raised the number tho as it relates to total output

it's a symphony they are trying to like wait as long as they can so if the downstream stuff can get a little lower then they can release more from dams

there making new maps to outline new destruction as a result of Harvey being so catastrophic



Barker spillway gonna start ...

listings of which communities are going to be destroyed are online

if dams start to fall apart they have construction people ready to go to try and try avoid a total collapse of either dam



they are getting aerials

" if you are not experiencing flooding at this time you will be flooding period "

aerial footage is being obtained now quote "it is bad. It is bad"

2500 more homes flooded attick 670 from

Barker

The reservoirs overtopping are doing a lot of the flooding

there is so much coming into buffulo is making

"disastrous flooding is now taking place"

Galveston is bad.

Lake Houston is backing up the river which is backing up stuff

everything rising

At the same time they are having lots of problems getting stuff cause a lot of the bridges are flooded

carefully phrased two more leevees very concerned

addicts - 5 feet of water in homes

barker - 4 feet inside

some now beginning to take on water

additional structures will continue to flood the reservoirs will continue to overflow

Baytown is a wreck

"there is just so much water"

one of them (missed name ) have sand bottoms as water rushes past their are a lot of pipelines under that ,, when this happened before we broke a lot of gas pipes and had explosions.

Bridges are going to continue to fall

Railroad tracks are going to be washed away

Interstate highways are going to wash out

the structures cant take this amount of water rushing back and water is going into places where it does not go

power substations are flooding we will have more power failures this is not stuff that should be soaking in water

power outages will increase
We just cant evacuate everywhere where is everyone going to go "

Flooding will continue for weeks , it will rise for weeks

its a process if you dont get out now the streets are the first to flood - you will then be trapped

as everything rises it will then rise and get into everyone's house and flood them out

Lake Houston is gonna be a problem

 

[kdg411]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/joel-osteens-lakewood-church-opens-its-doors-to-those-seeking-shelter-from-harvey/ar-AAqWTiV?li=BBnbfcL

Someone mentioned this way back...Osteen opened up the doors this afternoon to Lakewood.

 

[Spellbound]

Houston police officer, part of Harvey response, drowns in car, report says

The officer had been with the department for more than 30 years.

May he rest in peace!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/2...arvey-response-drowns-in-car-report-says.html

Watching the press briefing on MSNBC, and the poor officer speaking is having so much difficulty trying not to break down. You can see the family-relationship these officers have. :tears:

 

[Spellbound]

Wish there was more I could do!

Did you get heavy rain yesterday? We had a couple of major downpours, and DH was stuck in traffic going 10mph on 696. Roads were flooded, and we received flash flood alerts during the evening. Spotty power outages in metro-Detroit, but nothing like the folks in Houston are experiencing. raying:

We had a few heavy downpours last night, but none lasted very long, some thunder. Sprinkles on and off today, one heavy downpour as I drove through Tecumseh. But just now our emergency warning siren was going off and Inhave no idea why. usually we get a phone alert or it is on FB if it is weather-related. It is very quiet and still right now ... sort of an eerie feeling in the air.

 

[Bootsctr]

Somebody mentioned there is an ongoing rescue of about a dozen horses in Kingwood, Texas. Gotta run. Doctor appointment. Keep up the good work peeps! It's nice to have so many caring neighbors!

 

[simba16]

Watching the press briefing on MSNBC, and the poor officer speaking is having so much difficulty trying not to break down. You can see the family-relationship these officers have. :tears:

CNN ran this live of Houston police chief recounting death. I almost cried. Very moving.

 

[popsicle]

[video=twitter;902592103112376321]https://twitter.com/houstonzoo/status/902592103112376321[/video]

 

[popsicle]

[video=twitter;902603101638717441]https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/902603101638717441[/video]

 

[Spellbound]

Would our weather way up in Michigan be affected by this Harvey? Apparently we had a small funnel cloud sighted nearby, thus the sirens went off. The Tornado Watch is cancelled now, but we are possibly expecting severe rains. so far it is still as can be and somewhat dark (the automatic light came on over the garage), we have had a few sprinkles/light rain, but the eerie quiet and odd grayness to the sky is a bit unsettling.

 

[Bravo]

Stay safe Spellz

 

[Spellbound]

Would our weather way up in Michigan be affected by this Harvey? Apparently we had a small funnel cloud sighted nearby, thus the sirens went off. The Tornado Watch is cancelled now, but we are possibly expecting severe rains. so far it is still as can be and somewhat dark (the automatic light came on over the garage), we have had a few sprinkles/light rain, but the eerie quiet and odd grayness to the sky is a bit unsettling.

I might be answering my own question with this:

The latest track brings Harvey over Arkansas and into southern Indiana.
Rain totals as far north as southern Indiana could hit the seven inch mark as the remnants of Harvey pump moisture as far north as Illinois and Ohio.
While the remnants of Harvey will move directly overhead of Pennsylvania, model data shows it so dry that we get little in the way of any active rain as it passes by.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/08/28/tropical-depression-tropical-storm-harvey-northeast/


This is from 5 days ago, so it is possible our rain is because of Harvey:

.... I bring this up because the European Model, which is usually the best one week out, brings the remnants of Harvey into the Ohio Valley and just southeast of Michigan next week.
Honestly, we could use the rain from a tropical system. When Michigan gets tropical system rains, it's usually a widespread one to two inches. I've also found the rain coming from these systems is very nutrient-rich, probably because of its ocean origin. I've seen tropical rains green up the landscape within a day.
We will know by Monday if rain from Harvey is heading toward Michigan next week.

http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2017/08/hurricanes_similar_to_harvey_h.html

 

[Spellbound]

Stay safe Spellz

We're good, and a heavy rain won't hurt us. It is just so freaky to be this still and quiet, not a bird chirping or a leaf fluttering.

 

[neesaki]

Does anyone know if Cypress is flooded? It's in the northwest part of the Houston area.

 

[Gardener1850]

So many devastating stories coming out of this storm but this has made me cry today:
[h=1]'I'm Sure They're Gone.' Devastated Family Mourns 6 Relatives Missing in Houston Floods[/h]

Six members of a Houston family are presumed dead after the car they were riding in was submerged in Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters on Sunday. The driver of the van escaped through a half-open window and clung to a tree branch before being rescued, but he wasn't able to save the passengers, including his elderly parents and grandnieces and nephews, who range in age from 6 to 16, family members said.

http://time.com/4920186/family-missing-houston-hurricane-harvey/

:tears:

 

[kdg411]

https://www.google.org/harvey-relief/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=hpp&utm_campaign=harvey-donate

Google is stepping up, matching donations dollar for dollar!

 

[CARIIS]

 

[CARIIS]

There will be oil, gas and many chemicals in the water from the vehicles, from the stored items in the garages....and you are so right about the mold. I almost hate to think of the next few months for these folks. There will be lines for everything.....lines that take hours.

Thousands are going to be unemployed - how can one go to the office that has been flooded for 4 days and then blazing heat

google images

 

[popsicle]

How awesome...dept stores sheltering.

[video=twitter;901969638694600705]https://twitter.com/MattressMack/status/901969638694600705[/video]