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
Whirlpool could be the main gate, under water, all the way to a sandboil signifying a major blowout of the embankment.
No way to tell until we get a wider view or more info.
I heard spillover would equate to 15% of total Buffalo Bayou thruput once it got going, that from ACE spokesman. So...1500 cfs-ish.
“Oh look, somebody dropped an old 30 by 30 by 200 foot concrete tube into the flood.”
“Yeah, maybe, but there’s kind of a...big ripple coming downstream so...RUN!”
I think a solidly drawing whirlpool in a 20-30 foot earthen dam would bust out in minutes. Sand boils show on the exterior in levee failures I have seen.
Do you think the Dams are going to break.Trying to understand your posts,Thanks Jeffers.
...Texas sheriff's deputy Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Robert Goerlitz...
pictured sleeping and still wet....
slouched to the ground after spending more than 20 hours 'straight'
rescuing flood victims.....And then after just 3 hours sleep went out again.
A Robert, no way! He must be a fascist! White privilege! /sarcasm
See the curfew is changed to midnight to five.
Daily Mail phtographer rescues ' Lucky'.. the dog who broke the world's heart...Soaked, tethered and surrounded by rising waters, Ruaridh Connellan untied her and brought her to safety....When Connellan returned with food and water and to check on Lucky the next day she wagged her tail and he fell in love and says:... 'I would love to adopt her.' but he says he has to go through proper channels if the owners don't claim her.
...Almost Safe!...
...JOY comes in the Morning....
Full Story here:...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4830550/Meet-Lucky-dog-saved-Hurricane-Harvey.html
For a good set of reporting tools regarding the Lower Colorado River Authority, go to this site.
4 Nebraska National Guard Rescue Helicopters are now there assisting. These Military people did Medi-Vac in Afghanistan.
Also, our search-and-rescue team of about 80 members are deployed
It’s nice to be back on a site with sane, intelligent people. Too much network news and facebook in my life these last few exhausting days.
Thanks for all the input everyone!!
Helluva Baptismal Chamber, Pastor...
((((Hugs)))) I decided right away to be with Family.
governor and presented him with an American Flag that he recovered...
The flag had been flying over the City Hall in Rockport.
A woman found the flag and asked the governor to return it to Mayor C.J. Wax.
The photo of the flag exchange.
EMERGENCY EVACUATION AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN CROSBY TEXAS. SURROUNDING AREA IS BEING EVACUATED DUE T PEROXIDE LEAK!
I know...crap like that is all over the place throughout this crisis now.......Libs, Demorats and Violent Groups are relentless on line spilling their vile and then some.....they have no shame because their brains have been fried so much by the left they no longer can discern right from wrong...disgusting brood hardly says enough.... “They strut their evil before you”.....
I heard about that this afternoon.....most of the employees had been evacuated from the sight.....but I thought it was fear of explosion...or is this a different one???
Bless him, poor guy. Hope he doesn’t get ill working so hard. Tough job.
He looks like Aquaman. The photos from all of this are something else.
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