Posted on 08/27/2017 2:17:56 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
3:25 a.m. update: As Tropical Storm Harvey has dropped more than a foot of rain in several parts of Bastrop County over the past 24 hours, officials have issued mandatory and voluntary evacuations.
Two homes along the 500 block of Texas 95 north of Bastrop are under mandatory evacuation, according to Bastrop County officials.
Officials have also issued voluntary evacuation orders to residents along 2 Mile Lane from FM 535 to Texas 71; the entire Ponderosa Road south of the 200 block, including Brody Blvd., Baily Blvd., Peyton Place, Guinn Road and Nut Lane; and Crafts Prarie Road from Mesa Pinto Drive to Ponderosa Road.
Smithville Mayor Scott Saunders has said at least 25 homes have flooded in the city and multiple water rescues were ongoing. At least 16 inches of rain has fallen in Smithville in the past 24 hours.
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Hong Kong, where my wife works, has had three typhoons in the past month including Typhoon Hatto last week and another one this week. Hatto was as big or bigger than Harvey.
Oh wow. Lots of storms. Hope she is okay. Where are you?
I live full time on Guam where the typhoons form. She commutes back and forth between HK and here.
And you read FR from there? What a trooper!
For us a storm is news. For you a storm is old hat.
When I was in the military and visited HK, It’s the first and only time I ever felt like, “Holy Sheet this is what feeling like a minority is.”
Texas wasn’t built to deal with 30 inches of rain in 36 hours.
No place is. That’s why building codes should reflect the needs of a building in such weather if it is likely.
I’ve become a huge fan of the way houses are built here that are Earthquake, Tsunami and Typhoon proof. The concrete walls and ceilings make the houses very safe in bad weather. They also reduce maintenance and reduce the fire risk.
Given the hurricanes on the Gulf Coast houses should be built like they are here there. The down side is that there is no need for for roofers.
About a week ago, these folks could have taken a bus to Dallas, walked into a social service agency and got temporary housing and food vouchers, and they would be safe and dry.
$18.50
“Texas wasn’t built to deal with 30 inches of rain in 36 hours.”
Umm, you’re obviously not from Texas, or you’re one of those who has spent their whole life in the I-35 / I-45 corridor....
Does she make that commute on a daily basis? 😁
The Typhoons form around Guam, but by the time they reach here, they always miss where I live, but tend to batter the other areas nearby. We often times get the rain, but never the wind.
True, but Harvey is a 500 year weather event. Not sure where one draws the line on prudent measures in building homes and businesses. Florida seems to have developed some good building codes. That said cell towers are made to withstand 150 mph winds and many are down on the ground this morning in TX. Mother nature can be a real tough player.
Not currently from TX but I lived in DFW and the Hill Country and I go to DFW and Houston on a regular basis. Most of the TX infrastructure was not designed or built to deal with that much water in a timely manner. Houston in particular is sensitive to freeway flooding, paralyzing the entire area.
——Florida seems to have developed some good building codes. -—
While that is true and is important, I would point out the opening scenes of CSI Miami. The water damage from a direct hit on Miami is going to run into billions as the storm surge flows up the many canals and floods homes and condos and apartment buildings.
The codes prevent structural wind damage leaving the buildings in place to be immersed under at least 5 feet of storm tide surge
Horizontal heavy rain and flooding are a real challenge.
Easy, Guadalupe Peak. That said I look out of my window at 8,269 foot Peavine Peak. 56 feet of snow last winter and then they couldn’t measure it any more. What’s your point?
I have lived in coastal Kalifornia for decades. Over 1 inch of rain per hour is not unusual. Creeks and rivers come up and go down when the rain slows or stops. The water then flows back out the ocean in a few hours. Not saying there are no issues, just that the water leaves in relatively short order. Texas will be days or weeks until the water goes down in some areas from Harvey.
Taipei Taiwan, I recall occasionally seeing a plaque with a horizontal line and a date.
The high water line from a typhoon, about shoulder high.
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