Posted on 05/31/2016 9:19:33 PM PDT by fella
Residents of some rural southeastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding Tuesday along a river that had reached a record-high crest just two years after it had run dry in places because of drought.
The National Weather Service said the Brazos River crested at nearly 54 feet Tuesday in Fort Bend County, which is just southwest of Houston and home to many suburbs. That eclipsed the previous record by three feet and exceeded levels reached in 1994, when extensive flooding caused major damage.
An area that's no stranger to flooding has still found itself overwhelmed,
I crossed the Brazos River bridge on Highway 290 today and the water looked like it was only a couple of feet from overflowing the bank.
Here is some drone video down around I-10
https://youtu.be/DmjvWaHtias
Any FReepers in that area? I hope not, if so get safe.
There’s some prison farms down in those bottoms below I-10.
That’s my home area... although I haven’t lived there in quite awhile. I did live there during the big flood in 1994 and before. I can tell you this: There has been a TON of development around there since that time.
Houses now stand where rice fields used to be. There’s no predicting who will be affected and by how much.
One plus to such flooding is: Fire Ants get WIPED out of large areas... :-) Takes them almost a year to spread back in.
I thought Globull Whorming is causing the drought.
In the 70s and 80s I x-rayed in the chemical plants and oil patch down in there. Alvin, West Columbia, Old Ocean and such.
I know we’re supposed to love all of God’s creatures but I have a special dislike for them fire ants.
Thanks for the video link. Good link.
Crossed the Brazos this morning and back this afternoon near Brenham. You could tell from the water lines that at one time it was about 2 miles wide.
Roads all over Washington County are washed out. I came up on one section with no warning and it went from pavement to gravel with about a foot drop. The asphalt was lying in the ditch. And numerous roads had barriers up. Washington County got hit hard and they got more rain tonight with more on the way the next three days.
It seems every time I hear about Texas weather, it’s either a flood or a drought.
During the 1994 flood, a HUGE ball of fire ants.. I mean, like 4 feet in diameter, was blown by the wind into a corner of a flooded field. I stopped to look at in amazement. By grabbing on to each other, they form a floating ball of ants.
What I would have given for a giant spray can of poison!
With a 54' crest, I wonder what they're looking like now...
Wow, huge nice homes, and I-10 looked just plain scary.
The train tracks looked about a foot from flooding.
I think they moved the prisoners out a few days ago.
I heard that all the telephone lines are down
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