Media sensationalism at its finest.
I lived there for a short while once.
A lot of the ground in many places in the Houston area has a lot of clay content. Clay can absorb a lot of water, but not quickly. We’d watch as a major storm was making the street into a river with the water coming up and over the curb. Then once the heaviest part of the rain subsided, the water ould begin to recede. People on highways around Houston during such storms just pull to the side, let the rain finish, watch the water gradually recede and then join the others getting back on the road.
Of cousre any where in the country with these big storms there will be idiot drivers who will think “their car” can make it through some deep “puddle” (usually where the road dips down), instead of just wating safely for better conditions to arrive. No. Unlike the “suckers” just sitting there, they’re not going to let a deep puddle hold them up.
I’m in DFW and don’t think we’ll see a bit of anything out of this midget. Just to our east but it’s a pretty small circulation.
you poach in the summer and if it showers, city floods.
My daughter lost power and the fence but they’re holding up pretty well and had birthday for one of the kids with candle lights
We were flying out of Dallas Love Field and were delayed because of the Houston storms. But somehow we spent a week in Texas and that was the only problem we had, 15 minute delay.
Hurricanes occasionally hit Hartford, Conn. and less often Hampshire, Ill. Hereford, Texas, located west of the hurricane belt, is the safest of these cities from hurricanes, but it occasionally gets tornadoes.
Lamar County, (NE) Texas, checking in.
Raining, breezy, not too bad yet.
Still have power and internet, subject to change as the epicenter gets closer.
Cows are getting wet.
“Homes in Houston’s lower-income northeast have flooded...”
Racist hurricane! Middle-income homes never flood. Except for the thousands that do.
Houston > Chicago.
Texas > Illinois.
You want proof, CC?
“Homes in Houston’s lower-income northeast have flooded”
Here we go...lots of screaming about “environmental justice” to commence in 3...2...1!
I went to college in Houston. I waded thru water to my waist after leaving my car on a median.
We live in East Tx now. Today has been a rough day. We are blessed that we have power and no tree has fallen on our house.
Praying for all who had much worse day than us.
We are 200 miles inland. Still packing quite the punch. About the same winds as a strong cold front. 68 degrees and 4” of rain. I’ll take one of these every week during the Texas summer. Ha.
Montgomery County, Texas, checking in. Rain, wind, no flooding where I live. A few trees down, but not on my house or in my yard. Power out.
I have relatives in Houston’s inner loop, and in The Woodlands. In both locations, it looks like a war zone. It will take several days to restore power there. And, the weather tomorrow will be in the 90’s. The name of the game is how much generator fuel do you have stored up?