DavidMil Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I dodged a bullet these last few days. The water rose to about four inches from coming in my door. It was about 30 inches deep in the street, and we saw canoes, and kayakers, and kids on inner tubes going up and down the street all day Sunday. We never lost power either. To give everyone an idea of how much rain fell in three days: The city of Houston is just over 700 square miles, the surrounding area plus Houston is called the metroplex and is 8,778 square miles (or about the size of New Jersey). So imagine the state of New Jersey covered with 51 inches of water and you'll get an idea of the rainfall just in Houston area. The total rainfall area is almost 25,000 square miles, but the average for most of that area was only a measly 36 inches. Interstate 69, Interstate 10, and Interstate 45 are still completely closed in some places in and around Houston. As of noon today we still can't get out of our subdivision. So the dog and I have been taking a lot of naps and I think I'll go take another one now. I hope everyone else in the Houston area was as lucky as we were... DavidMil 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Good luck and dry weather to you. Thanks for the update. Looks bad on TV (headline news even in Europe) but sounds even worse when told by someone looking on a river from his front door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Holy crap, that's terrible. Hope you have ample freshwater and food on hand. I cannot imagine ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Glad to hear you're safe and secure. I've been watching the news and our hearts goes out to the whole area. We've been through a storm or two here on the east coast but nothing like Harvey. Hoping the gulf coast gets back on it's feet fast, clean up and rebuilding seems like it takes forever when you have to live through it. Yogi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Glad you made it! Especially since you keep finding old Atari stuff laying around your house you forgot about, like the 320k 130XE I bought from you. I wouldn't want anything to happen to your Atari collection! (Or you and your family... ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Glad you are okay. A friend just posted a photo of the 50+ foot deep retention ponds in his subdivision, and they are nearly overflowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Glad to hear you are OK. Mother Nature is a cruel beast, and it really shows us that we are not in charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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