Hurricane Harvey

Stay safe out there man. I jsut heard about this yesterday. I had to deal with a Hurricane warning last October. Just getting shutters up and everything boarded really was very stressfully thankfully it turned at the last minute and did no damage.
 
Hope it's not too bad. Having lived in Louisiana and Texas for many years I've been through many hurricanes. The problem with much of Texas is they are not used to lots of rain, so very heavy rains, even in a short period, results in lots of flooding because the ground cannot soak it up. And having so much of the ground paved over does not help.
 
Porthos said:
Our section of the coast is going to get blasted the way it looks. Even in San Antonio we are expected to get record amounts of rain and wind. Even here our grocery stores (my sister in law works at one) are getting blown out and real long lines to get in and out.

https://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=877c2a43e3d0d9f8&hl=en&gl=US&source=web
Click to expand...
If you want to divert some of that way my way we will take it. Texas is so large that while there is a hurricane on the coast we sit 500 miles away without a drop.
 
I was watching the news earlier about Houston. Reminded me of what it was like living there. Don't need hurricanes to get flooding. Sudden heavy rainstorms are not uncommon and things like Buffalo Bayou, which runs through central Houston, flood very quickly. Everything is paved and the run off overflow dumps into the bayou amongst other places. The water level can jump 10-15' in an hour or two.

Ignoring the levee breaches with Katrina this could easily be one of the worst in recent history. Certainly in inland areas.
 
Because Houston is so flat the flooding is going to end up with serious damage to a relatively huge percentage of homes. In Katrina a lot of it was in the low-lying areas, but Houston effectively is that low-lying area. That also means the same type of damage to almost every kind of business that keeps/kept stock, etc.

And while I don't see a way to switch it to showing land contours, this data center map is interesting in how almost all of them are on the opposite side of the city from the water.
 
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