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
So I’m looking at the Addicks or Addics website, and I see that the water is above the spillway. 108.61 or something like that.
What is the significance of this? Does that mean it’s spilling water right now? Will this lead to that big river downtown to continue flooding?
That looks like a wild boar to me. Check out the cloven hooves. (?)
It’s a joke.
Check out this post for an explanation:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3580723/posts?q=1&;page=1651
yes..it overtopped the spillway on one end...
I think the flooding has peaked downstream closer to downtown because the heavy rain has ended
The concern IMO now is can these Dams hold up over the next few days
My bad, wrong link (that pic has been removed). This is the correct one:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3580723/posts?page=1666#1666
Cloven hoof hog-dog.
Domesticated, albeit ill-tempered.
Barker and addicks need to last months not days they have very slowly release
(He will do an aerial view of Houstan and surrounding areas...)
Tastes like bacon.
From ABC7 Los Angeles: Joel Osteen's megachurch criticized for not welcoming Houston flood victims:
Lakewood Church also provided ABC News photos it says shows the flooding around the church.
Photo courtesy of Lakewood Church
Photo courtesy of Lakewood Church
Photo courtesy of Lakewood Church
I can't tell if the flooding is literally inside the structure, but clearly it would have been a mess for people to get inside if it was essentially moated off by the flood water.
-PJ
It could have been a cross between a dog and a hog. :)
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