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Hurricane Harvey Live Thread Part II
Various ^ | 8/26/2017 | Various

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.


Mash image to find lots of satellite imagery links

Public Advisories
Severe Weather Watches and Warnings TX
NHC Discussions
NHC Local Hurricane Statements Corpus Christi
NHC Local Hurricane Statements Galveston
Buoy Data near Harvey

Thread I: Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Harvey Approaches Texas Gulf Coast


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: harvey; hurricane; hurricaneharvey; livehurricaneharvey; nautinurse
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To: Political Junkie Too

Olsteen is low hanging fruit, so they were quick to jump on him. People of good sense dislike him, but I think he has a valid reason not opening up his megachurch.


1,801 posted on 08/29/2017 11:51:16 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: GoldwaterChick

Truth be told, I stole that joke from a Texan I know very well...


1,802 posted on 08/29/2017 11:53:00 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: janetjanet998

Looking for link to today’s ACE press conference re Addick Reservoir.

Looking for inflow rates to combined Addick-Barker impoundment.

Real nice, would be an animated model based projection showing spillover sewuencing, and travel of resultant head down Buffalo Bayou, but I’m not greedy.

Looking for reports on interaction between Cypress Creek and Addicks watershed.

Looking for updates on Cypress Creek levee.

Not asking you to research fir me, just outlining where I think critical questions lie.


1,803 posted on 08/29/2017 11:55:00 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: caww
BE 'GRATEFUL' FOR AMERICA.....

BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!

BRAVEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!!!

MORE FOOD SUPPLIES ON THE WAY...


1,804 posted on 08/29/2017 11:58:11 AM PDT by caww
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To: jeffers
They started overflowing at 7:19am CST today. Plus per President Trump's retweet. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump


1,805 posted on 08/29/2017 11:58:13 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: jeffers
Juan Browne, who has been our main source of information on Oroville, comments here on the situation in Houston:

Hurricane Harvey in Houston Addicks and Barker Reservoirs Update

(This is from yesterday, but I just now found it while checking for Juan's latest Oroville update.)

1,806 posted on 08/29/2017 12:00:07 PM PDT by snarkpup (The swamp is draining; and the alligators are allegating.)
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To: snarkpup

1,807 posted on 08/29/2017 12:02:16 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

1,808 posted on 08/29/2017 12:04:18 PM PDT by caww
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To: snarkpup

extreme rainfall rates may be moving into the Beaumont port Arthur metro

any reports form there... looks like they had over 20 inches already


1,809 posted on 08/29/2017 12:05:14 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: jeffers

Go to one of the current YouTube links for channels 11 or 26 and rewind to listen to answers from flood control district’s Lindner. He covers this topic but it is a somewhat lengthy press conference. I will leave it to someone else to pick out the most important answers to these and many other questions.


1,810 posted on 08/29/2017 12:11:59 PM PDT by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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To: caww
Closer look at size of cattle herded to dry ground yesterday by Sheriffs and police


1,811 posted on 08/29/2017 12:13:19 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Shame looks like a nice house.


1,812 posted on 08/29/2017 12:15:13 PM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: caww

That’s the southbound lanes of the West Loop, I-610, between Beechnut and North Braeswood, probably Sunday morning. The high water is from Braes bayou and the folks and pets would have been evacuating from Meyerland which has now flooded 3 times in 3 years. Sad!


1,813 posted on 08/29/2017 12:15:30 PM PDT by Alan Rumack
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To: caww
Alexandre Jorge paddle boarding , in torrential rain,...four-year-old Ethan Colman to safety in a flooded neighborhood in Houston on Monday.


1,814 posted on 08/29/2017 12:17:43 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


1,815 posted on 08/29/2017 12:19:48 PM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: jeffers

A couple of things I caught that are important.

Additional flooding from Addicks overtopping on Thursday 8/31.
Overtopping of Barker on Saturday 9/2.
Buffalo Bayou is draining slow due to historic rise in water level in the ship channel of 12 feet.
Similarly, flooding in San Jacinto River due to historic water level rise in Lake Houston.

I would appreciate any corrections to my recollection of these points made at the presser.


1,816 posted on 08/29/2017 12:22:43 PM PDT by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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To: CedarDave

Police chief emotional while describing the death of Sgt. Steve Perez.


1,817 posted on 08/29/2017 12:25:22 PM PDT by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

“...but I think he has a valid reason not opening up his megachurch.”

Just curious. What do you think that reason could be?

Are the neighborhoods around the church iffy? IOW, he’s worried about crime and property destruction by refugees?

Or could he be concerned about liability issues in case someone is injured or dies while staying at his church?


1,818 posted on 08/29/2017 12:28:20 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve
“...but I think he has a valid reason not opening up his megachurch.”
Just curious. What do you think that reason could be? Are the neighborhoods around the church iffy? IOW, he’s worried about crime and property destruction by refugees? Or could he be concerned about liability issues in case someone is injured or dies while staying at his church?

Easy answer: It was flooded!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3580723/posts?page=1799#1799

1,819 posted on 08/29/2017 12:31:13 PM PDT by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Wait, never mind on my previous post. I was scrolling backwards thru the thread and saw what looked like a lot of standing water at his church.

That’s probably the reason.


1,820 posted on 08/29/2017 12:32:18 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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