Poor Houstonians! Not only do they have trouble because they, themselves, are suffering through Harvey, but now .... all those that moved to Houston after Katrina in New Orleans, will NOW, TODAY, 08/29/17 - 08/29/05, will possibly be suffering PTSD, because the levee broke (again)!!
Think this is effecting kingwood..
You know what, we have a builder for a President now. God is in control.
Let’s see. You could be stuck in your car for 10 hours or you could be dead. Difficult choice.
Another choice. I will look like a fool if I evacuate you and the hurricane changes course or some of you will be dead, another tough choice.
Both brought to you by the city officials who kicked the can down the road for 20 years.
HOUSTON (AP) - Officials in Brazoria County, Texas, south of Houston, are warning that Columbia Lakes levee has breached. All residents have been urged to evacuate.
Officials posted on the county Facebook page that, “The levee at Columbia Lakes has been breached. Get out now.”
To the west of Houston, to other reservoirs are overflowing, despite a controlled water release that aimed to prevent flooding downtown.
The Addicks and Barker reservoirs are both at record high levels due to days of heavy rain.
Army Corps of Engineers officials have been releasing water, but the amount of water entering exceeds the amount being released.
Jeff Lindner, with the Harris County Flood Control District, said Tuesday that he’s certain that more homes and streets will flood.
this notice was given at 7:30 this a.m.
I haven’t seen many updates
The Houston mayor says it’s cool, no need to worry.
A city engineer was explaining on television yesterday that the levees are required to be designed for a 100 year flood (Federal requirement), and that a design margin was added to that when the levees were designed.
However, TV weather people are calling this a 1000 year flood (that is, a 0.1% chance of occurring). That is, the current rainfall is way over the 100 year amount.
My take on this: With all of the paving that has been added in the past four decades as the community has expanded in every direction, the amount of runoff and the speed with which it runs off have increased for any given amount of rainfall. It can’t soak into the ground, and the speed of runoff is higher for concrete than it is for grass or dirt. Levels rise faster and higher for a given downpour. So a river level corresponding to a 100 year downpour of 30 or 40 years ago would tend to happen more frequently today.
One weatherman said that there have been four 1000 year floods in Texas and Louisiana in the past four years. Obviously, the data used to determine what constitutes a 1000 year flood (or a 100 year flood) is out of date for the Houston area. That being said, the current storm has dumped a lot more water on Houston than could reasonably have been proposed as a design basis for the levees. It’s not just the inches of water rainfall, but the area over which that rainfall fell at the same point in time. The total volume of water which must be handled is higher than could have been anticipated.
Bttt.
Prayers up for TX.
5.56mm
And Trump is in Texas. I bet he blew it up.
(How long before someone in the media or Twitter says that?)
I’m not seeing more on this, either FR or on the news. Is this real, or all that serious? I’d think I’d be seeing FOX going nuts over this.