2+ feet of rain over the past few days has created a mess in SE Texas.
Hat tip to rrrod for mentioning the article on the FR state board.
1 posted on
09/20/2019 5:13:03 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
To: rrrod
2 posted on
09/20/2019 5:13:29 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
We don’t need no stinkin’ barges
But seriously, prayers up for those in harm’s way down there.
3 posted on
09/20/2019 5:14:03 AM PDT by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Rebelbase
Happened a few hours ago. Better pics coming with daylight.
4 posted on
09/20/2019 5:15:55 AM PDT by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
That’s close to where Sam Houston and a handful of sober Texans kicked the shi’ite out of Santa Ana and a zillion Mexicans.....
5 posted on
09/20/2019 5:18:29 AM PDT by
rrrod
To: Rebelbase
You would think the people that are such experts on global warming would have planned for high water and reinforced bridges to protect form barges and other possible damages. The Big Thompson river in Colorado flooded 30 years ago and was flood proofed. It washed out again 6 years ago so they put over 100,000 yards of concrete under the road and flood proofed it again.
6 posted on
09/20/2019 5:38:26 AM PDT by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Rebelbase
What ever they pay towboat operators it aint enough.
Just watch what those guys do on these rivers.
They sometimes run as many as 40 barges on the Mississippi.
Each are 200 feet long and 36 feet wide. Some take container trailers with over 40 containers on each barge.
7 posted on
09/20/2019 6:34:24 AM PDT by
crz
To: Rebelbase
When it rains it pours...
9 posted on
09/20/2019 6:44:54 AM PDT by
GOPJ
( Daniel Okrent HELP - lowlife editors at the New York Times need YOU... they've lost their way.)
To: Rebelbase
What are they using to communicate, smoke signals? Something is strange here. Are the manned vessels?
10 posted on
09/20/2019 7:16:30 AM PDT by
momincombatboots
(Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
To: Rebelbase
My daughter lives in Crosby and takes that bridge to work in Houston every day.
13 posted on
09/20/2019 8:02:58 AM PDT by
BuffaloJack
(Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
To: All
Daylight pic of one of the barges. Damage to the bridge supports is visible. This is going to cause a headache for area commuters.
To: Rebelbase
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