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Only in Texas are there "always" a few "minor" tornadoes. Up here any tornado is always a BFD! Stay safe y'all.
Actually, I just referring to hurricane related tornadoes. Dallas gets some serious ones from time to time.
Only in Texas are there "always" a few "minor" tornadoes. Up here any tornado is always a BFD! Stay safe y'all.
A charlatan is a charlatan. But this guy is infinitely worse: he enriches himself at the expense of the poor, downtrodden, gullible and those thirsty for faith. Christian, indeed.Apparently "pastor" Joel Osteen is getting a lot of flack for not opening his church to help the masses, but later backtracked.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ng-megachurch-harvey-crisis-article-1.3450244
Also, pastors are worth $50M?! I'm definitely in the wrong business.
.. all 21 mosques in Houston were open and providing relief/shelter for those in need.
Still a bunch to be concerned with. Even with the water reversing it will eventually go up again since they will need to release water from the Barker dam and the Addicks dam. The water going down is giving some folks a bit of false hope. If you know anyone that lives west or south of those two dams they need to be aware of when the water is release. Also for those south if Houston the Brazos River is overflowing at the banks and there has been a levee breach in Columbia Lakes. It was also just reported that the rainfall record had now been broken for the US. Over 50 inches of rain has fallen in parts of Houston. At last report Harvey has dumped more than 19 Trillion gallons on Texas, and still counting.Spoke via text to a friend I have in Houston. He said he and his family are fine. Water made it up to his 2nd step, but no higher. He said that the waters are receding now, and are halfway down his driveway. He definitely acknowledged that they were some of the lucky ones, and that most of the city is in bad shape.
All you PCFers stay safe!! I'll continue with my thoughts and prayers for everyone in coastal TX!!
Is there a place where you can donate clothes, shoes etc.?
Is there a place where you can donate clothes, shoes etc.?
We are in Europe currently and missed all the weather, although little of it hit Tyler. My son-in-law went down to Houston Sunday/Monday with a flat-bottomed boat to help with the relief efforts. He rescued people from 15 houses, piloting the boat over completely submerged cars.
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PS What I've read suggests that intermittent flooding may continue to happen every few years unless Houston spends an ungodly amount of money on water management.
It's hard to say - we've had several massive flooding events recently - two "hundred year" level and this "thousand year" or whatever they are calling it now. The odds are stacked way against this level of activity, but maybe the models need to change. If these levels of rainfall become more common place something will have to be done. Cheaper than the damages sustained every few years for sure.
My brief internet research (now I'm an expert) suggests that these storms ARE becoming more common (global warming??), but that a major contributor is the development of the area, which decreases the ability of the water to "soak in" and thus increases run-off. Houston may need to spend a real fraction (25%+) of what it spends on road construction/repair on water management.
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I read the same info. It makes sense. Because of the major loss of green space, especially for a low-lying area that can't absorb a lot of water to start with, it's time to redraw flood plain maps.
On a related note, why do we continue to insure and pay claims on properties that flood repetitively?
This was an unprecedented amount of rain in the US. Sometimes there's too much water period. 40 plus inches of rain over 4 days...i don't think any metro in the US is ready for that.
The Red Cross and/or the Salvation Army are worthy charities in time like we about to go through.
DrStrange
Give clothes, give supplies, but DONT give your money to the Red Cross.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-not-to-the-red-cross/?utm_term=.6aeb5b1761e1