Posted on 08/26/2017 4:39:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport TX about 10:00PM CDT Friday night. Top sustained winds were 130mph. Rockport High School sustained heavy damage when a portion of the roof collapsed. A senior housing complex collapsed. The Rockport courthouse sustained major damage with “a cargo trailer halfway in the building.” Multiple tornadoes reported in the Houston/Galveston areas. There are reports of scattered structural fires and a shooting was reported in Corpus Christi. Residents along the San Bernard River were advised to evacuate and most TX Gulf coast counties are under flash flood watches.
Many locations are under a boil-water notice. Power outages are widespread. President Donald Trump promptly granted a Disaster Declaration to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request. More than 700 members of the Texas Army and Air National Guards, Texas State Guard and the Texas Military Department have been activated and are positioning themselves throughout the state ahead of Hurricane Harvey and its anticipated landfall later this week. Ahead of the storm, FEMA sent supplies from its warehouse in Fort Worth to a staging point at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio.
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Thread I: Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Harvey Approaches Texas Gulf Coast
not over yet..although the insane stuff is over ..rain wrapping around the center will rotate back into Hosuton like it is now..for the next couple of days
up to 3/4 inch per hour amounts in isolated places
think of the rain back on the north and NW side of the center the past couple of days....they didnt get the 3-4 inch amount just steady moderate rains that added up over time
Hi, Dolly ... have you heard from Jane Long?
oh crud.
The Atlantic system is stationary and poorly organized. No need for alarm this morning. It was over us for more than a day with heavy t-storms. No wind to speak of.
A Sunday puff piece from NOLA:
Landrieu on Sunday (Aug. 27) said he's optimistic New Orleans will be able to handle the rain Tropical Storm Harvey will bring to Louisiana, if the current forecast holds. The forecast indicates the city will get 4 to 8 inches over the next week, with the worst of the rain predicted Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, Landrieu said.
Landrieu also announced that New Orleans Public Schools will open on Monday, but said officials are evaluating whether to keep them open through the week.
Addressing the Sewerage & Water Board, Landrieu said that although the city is at 92 percent pumping capacity, he's confident the system can handle what's predicted, “Unless of course we get stuck in one of those rain bands,” the mayor said.
“We have more than enough to handle what's coming our way,” Landrieu said, adding that workers have been trying to improve pumping capacity around the clock. The city is also unable to generate the maximum amount of power needed to operate the pumps, but Landrieu said workers are going to great lengths to get the power-generating turbines back online.
“We've been working with private companies day and night to expedite delivery of parts to repair” downed turbines, Landrieu said. He added that last night, a part for a turbine was driven more than 650 miles to get to the city.
Paul Rainwater, the new interim executive director of the Sewerage & Water Board, said the city plans to have 142 S&WB personnel manning pump stations through the week. An additional 50 people will observe the system to ensure it is working properly, he said, moving between pump stations and providing hourly updates.
“We have a very tight command and control system in place,” Rainwater said. “The mayor makes it clear every day, and I write it down on a piece of paper: Pumps and power equal safety and security for the people. So right now for this event, that's all I'm focused on.”
Rainwater said he and the mayor have been having conversations with S&WB employees and supervisors to ensure they're getting the resources they need.
Catch basin cleaning and clearing drain lines have also been a top priority for city workers, Landrieu said. The city has cleaned more than 1,000 catch basins in recent weeks, and the state Department of Transportation also helped with catch basin cleaning, with 70 cleared along Claiborne Avenue last week.
Landrieu said he also spoke both Saturday and Sunday with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, offering support from New Orleans.
“The community that's in that state and we will be there for them the way they were here for us,” Landrieu said. “Your heart breaks for the people of Houston.”
This was Jeff about an hour ago. I don’t know enough about the math involved to have an opinion, but it’s an unsettling scenario. We’ll see.
Thanks for the updates all y’all !
Thanks for the thread, nautinurse !
Prayers UP for Houston & southeast/central Texas !
Houston is a sanctuary city. Gov Abbott signed a state law against them. Now if you are one of thousands of illegals living in Houston, who are you going to listen to?
It was quite feasible for that posing reporterette in a canoe, too, but that wasn’t the point. The point was that she had attempted to depict herself as being in an area sufficiently flooded to require a boat and was carrying on as if that was the case on camera right up to the point that those two guys sloshed past in water not much past their ankles. This photo is doing the same thing.
Yes I have been talking about this for days as you know
he is catching on now too..
the key is how much rainfall falls over western Harris counnty..but i think even its it stops raining now its OVER
The dams will overtop...and may even fail before that..water has never been this high and they had seepage in past events
you can bet soon we will see people out there trying to repair/plug any seepage
From experience living in Houston, I would say that water is no more than 3 feet deep. They are just showboating, IMO.
he talked to officials and answered my question
30,000 cfc coming in and only 3000 flowing out
now I expect that inflow to decrease since the 2-3 inch per hour rates are gone but still
It is truly irresponsible to post Twitter and Facebook posts which have not been vetted—especially when people are looking for accurate info. The photo should be removed from the thread.
Exactly.
What decisions to make. How much water to let loose, how fast. Precarious.
Thank you! I had not checked the 3D earth wind app or my son’s hometown weather before reacting. I’ll keep a non-hurricane eye on it.
It looks like he is a friend of Mary Landrieu. Not sure what kind of “friend” that he really is ...
They did have a tornado reportedly touch down.
Go to Bing (or other search engine) that has a “News” subcategory and put in Katy, TX and click news. It will give you every story that matches Katy.
News conference with mayor in about 10 minutes.
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