Hurricane Harvey

currently 1000 calls in the 911 queue for rescue. Coast Guard and anyone with a boat called in.

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and where it falls historically:




and the forecast has it moving back offshore and making a second landing in the next few days. This is just unbelievable.
 
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Its crazy to look at the radar loops from Houston and just seeing wave after wave just coming and sitting over the city. And then watching the "predictor" forecast and seeing nothing but yellow and red radar sit over the area for hours on end.
 
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Its crazy to look at the radar loops from Houston and just seeing wave after wave just coming and sitting over the city. And then watching the "predictor" forecast and seeing nothing but yellow and red radar sit over the area for hours on end.

Also, how accurate that seemingly unusual forecast was for it to do just as it seems to be doing. Science!
 
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Okay, I had to check out what Frankie had to say. He was focused on San Antonio and not Houston. His reputation is shot. 100mm of rain though.
 

Why I didn't say it wouldn't't end up worse, just that it came ashore in a relatively remote area that wasn't as prone to flooding. For days forecasters have been saying the major impacts from the storm would come from the prolonged extreme rainfall. I was replying to those saying the storm was overhyped, which it obviously wasn't at cat 4 status.
 
I like to think this is God giving Houston a chance to rebuild with better zoning laws.
 
the next thing to watch are the two dams that are 20 years past their 50 year lifespan. They made some improvements last year but there is a lot of concern about how they will handle a extended period of high saturation (earthen dams).
 
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That's some serious water. We were living in Texas for Ike and while bad this is just insane.
 
I like to think this is God giving Houston a chance to rebuild with better zoning laws.

was literally just reading about the Sierra Club losing a lawsuit to try and prevent a strip mall and neighborhoods from being built in the area and that would increase runoff to the dams and put them at higher risk of failing.
 
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not great that they are having tornado warnings on top of flooded areas. Hard to go to the lowest level of a structure when the water level is rising.
 
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