Hurricane Harvey

[greybeard]

That nursing home pic is hard to look at...

Other places seem hard hit too. Road closures are mounting up too. You can go to the link and click on each dot to find out which road is closed and flooded.
(It helps to disable the construction option.

And, we just lost our power....

https://drivetexas.org/#/7/30.232/-93.776?base=roadmap&future=false

 

[CntryBoy777]

I know that had to be pretty frightening for those older folks there....my heart just goes out to them. That is a lot of closures, so soon....and they are talking not much let up til wednesday.....that would be a very scarey situation to be in, not to mention what will be uncovered when it finally does recede.

 

[Baymule]

Sorry that you just lost power. It will probably be weeks before it comes back on.

 

[Southern by choice]

Glad to know that your cows are safe. Of course, you matter too, but I was really concerned about your cows.

I love your humor!

I cannot believe the nursing home wasn't evacuated BEFORE that happened.

Hoping for the best for you @greybeard

 

[Baymule]

Water came up in the night last night. People woke up to their homes filling with water, grabbed what they could and got out. My sister went through a flood 2 years ago, she woke up to 3' of water in the house.

People fled Houston in hurricane Rita. It was horrible, look it up. There are literally too many people to evacuate the area. Nobody is saying that, but it is true. I lived in a town 1 hour from Houston and it took 24 to 28 hours for people to get there. That's another reason we moved. I never want to be in the way of an all out panic like that again.

 

[babsbag]

I showed my DH that nursing home picture...he inspects places like that...he said "someone should be going to jail". Very sad.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

They are calling for a mandatory evacuation of everyone south of state hwy 6 and west of hwy 288. That intersection is about 15 miles from me and even closer to my son. We are NOT in that zone, but are starting to take certain precautions.

DH and I took a short drive around and it's not looking good. Bayous totally out of banks, roads overtaken by water...as in many other places. But, we were 'safe in our cocoon' until we got out. Wish I hadn't.

Critters are still good, but the ground is totally saturated. All my barns are open to the south and water has blown into them so they are wet at the front. Still good shelter, and out of standing water at this point.

Praying that this system does NOT go back out to sea to reform and get stronger again. Don't know how this area could stand that.

 

[Baymule]

It may be too late for you to get out of there. Highway 59 is closed at Shepherd and Goodrich due to flooding. So even if you could get that far, you'd still be stuck, trapped by flooding.

 

[Latestarter]

Really FEM, glad to hear you're still doing OK... about the only chance for escape, if it existed, would be to head south or SW... Since the storm's initial landfall, there's been little flooding from Corpus south. additionally, the wind to the south is offshore, so you'd be better to stay along the coast, but then you have to deal with all the damage caused when the storm first came in. Like the governor said, at this point there's little option aside to shelter in place and hope for the best.

Sorry to hear your worst hasn't arrived yet GB... Hope you don't need all 6' of those stilts. I've a really bad feeling that you might need some of it though...

This storm is reaching so far out to sea that LA is getting hammered as well. They're going to have flooding issues also. Looks like they're saying it will eventually head up over Houston and to the NE exiting TX somewhere up around Texarcana. I'll be in the NW quadrant so shouldn't get as much as those to the east of the storm track. With the models now, I'm forecast 70% chance of rain now for Wednesday and Thursday.

This storm is gonna suck so much water out of the gulf that it's going to reverse the flow of the gulf stream and there will be a new ice age.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yep - only route out is west on hwy 35 and then north on 71. We're still hanging in...high and (mostly) dry for now!