"And just like with previous hurricanes we'll be ignored. "
Yup.
Just like Katrina, people think it landed in Louisiana...it did not. It came ashore in west Mississippi.
And we got hammered just as hard as Houston.
And just like with previous hurricanes we'll be ignored.
Tropical Storm Harvey Makes Final Landfall; Major Flooding Swamps East Texas; Heavy Rain Threat From Louisiana to Kentucky
Jack Brooks Regional Airport near Port Arthur picked up a staggering 26.03 inches of rain Tuesday alone, more than doubling the previous calendar-day rainfall record in Beaumont-Port Arthur set over 94 years ago. Their four-day total from Saturday through Tuesday was an incredible 43.27 inches of rain, almost 25 inches greater than their previous record four-day rain record set in September 1980.
Houston got 49.20 inches.
The Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange) is the red headed stepchild in Texas.
I was very lucky, I can see the levee pump house from my backyard and its constant running over the last few days was a blessing. No flooding and had electricity (KUDOS to Entergy for their improvements over the last 10-15 years) the whole time.
"And just like with previous hurricanes we'll be ignored. "
Yup.
Just like Katrina, people think it landed in Louisiana...it did not. It came ashore in west Mississippi.