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Come on HARVEY

Renae said:
I will refrain from saying anything that would ding me, as most of my initial replies would probably inflict a 10 pointer on me. I will disagree with you in the most solid of terms. Georgia is small, it's muggy and you have terrible sports teams.
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Clearly all vital elements of a meaningful life, that Texas.
 
‘We’ve been devastated’: Harvey flattens buildings, leaves at least one dead as it hits Texas coast
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The storm caused destruction in the small city of Rockport, where one fatality was confirmed. “I have some buildings that are lying on the street,” the city’s mayor said. Officials say they expect to find further victims as search and rescue operations proceed. The storm dumped what could be catastrophic amounts of rain on the battered central Texas coast, and Gov. Greg Abbott said he had declared 50 counties a disaster area.​





Harvey’s rainfall will cause Texas rivers to flood at new records, forecasts say




Already, rainfall totals close to two feet have been reported, and most locations in Southeast Texas can expect an additional one to three feet through Wednesday.





 
Jack Hays said:
WEATHER
[h=2]Believe The Meteorologists. Harvey Is Incredibly Dangerous.[/h]By Harry Enten, Ella Koeze and Anna Maria Barry-Jester
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Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

The reports that I got off and on today from the Houstonites in my family were mainly about the lakes that are forming in their back yards from all the rain they're getting. Dogs are refusing to venture out there, so their owners are forced to take them on leashes out the front door in driving rain so they can do their business, so nobody is happy at the moment! :mrgreen: To be continued....
 
The bad rain bands appear to have mostly finished in my area (SE Houston) we ended up with about 8" of rain.
We did not loose power, and trees and fences are ok.
It really looks like most people in dangerous areas left.
 
longview said:
The bad rain bands appear to have mostly finished in my area (SE Houston) we ended up with about 8" of rain.
We did not loose power, and trees and fences are ok.
It really looks like most people in dangerous areas left.
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The last big rain we had here, my daughters Acura she loved ended up under water. She's been living with he boyfriend for the last several years, and his house itself was almost flooded. The water came to about one foot under the top of the foundation. This was the high spot of his property, and my daughters car was parked at a lower elevation. This was in a low spot of the storm sewer system, and they simply backed up as it was raining faster than the sewer systems flow capacity.

Now if land use changes haven't covered over 90% of the land with building, concrete, and asphalt... There might not of been such flooding, and the soil absorbed the water.
 
Lord of Planar said:
The last big rain we had here, my daughters Acura she loved ended up under water. She's been living with he boyfriend for the last several years, and his house itself was almost flooded. The water came to about one foot under the top of the foundation. This was the high spot of his property, and my daughters car was parked at a lower elevation. This was in a low spot of the storm sewer system, and they simply backed up as it was raining faster than the sewer systems flow capacity.

Now if land use changes haven't covered over 90% of the land with building, concrete, and asphalt... There might not of been such flooding, and the soil absorbed the water.
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Sorry for your daughter's loss of a car, Thankfully Houston can handle an 8 to 12 inch rain without much issue. the concern was for several 12 inch rains per day for several days.
In the last few decades, it seems that every parking lot needs to be matched with a large retention pond.
It is helping, but Houston does not have any real zoning laws, so land use affects watersheds.
 
Damned thing missed SA for the most part. Wind, rain but I don't think I heard but one rumble of thunder!
 
Renae said:
Damned thing missed SA for the most part. Wind, rain but I don't think I heard but one rumble of thunder!
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I guess I'm supposed to know what "SA" stands for.

I had to search the thread to figure out that SA = San Antonio. I was pretty sure it wasn't South America.
Dunno do people think that using acronyms makes them look smart? Sometimes you just have to live with
the BS (this webpage won't accept the word otherwise I'd spell it out), look up the list of aviation acronyms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation,_aerospace_and_aeronautical_abbreviations
sometime, but for ordinary stuff there isn't any really good reason for doing it.

OK - Rant over
 
Steve Case said:
I guess I'm supposed to know what "SA" stands for.

I had to search the thread to figure out that SA = San Antonio. I was pretty sure it wasn't South America.
Dunno do people think that using acronyms makes them look smart? Sometimes you just have to live with
the BS (this webpage won't accept the word otherwise I'd spell it out), look up the list of aviation acronyms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation,_aerospace_and_aeronautical_abbreviations
sometime, but for ordinary stuff there isn't any really good reason for doing it.

OK - Rant over
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I know the METAR and Taf codes for most of the places around Texas and how to look then up. I was an air traffic controller and later Aviation meteorologist. I was posting on my phone And it was quicker. Sorry I didn't write SAT. Sheesh. Also it says SAN ANTONIO UNDER MY NAME
 
Renae said:
I know the METAR and Taf codes for most of the places around Texas and how to look then up. I was an air traffic controller and later Aviation meteorologist. I was posting on my phone And it was quicker. Sorry I didn't write SAT. Sheesh. Also it says SAN ANTONIO UNDER MY NAME
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Yeah, typing on an IPhone is a challenge.

You can usually get METAR "translations" if you're not familiar with some of the insane abbreviations like BR = Mist.

I have a few relatives in San Antonio she says they are fine.

Just checked the radar
https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php
looks like SA is just north-west of the center of rotation but not so much rain - not so east Texas on the Gulf.
 
Steve Case said:
Yeah, typing on an IPhone is a challenge.

You can usually get METAR "translations" if you're not familiar with some of the insane abbreviations like BR = Mist.

I have a few relatives in San Antonio she says they are fine.

Just checked the radar
https://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php
looks like SA is just north-west of the center of rotation but not so much rain - not so east Texas on the Gulf.
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Yep, just got windy here, it's rained but nothing amazing. I wanted that system to go SW of us before turning, the NE quad is the best place for rain... hopefully the aquifier got a good dose.
 
Renae said:
Yep, just got windy here, it's rained but nothing amazing. I wanted that system to go SW of us before turning, the NE quad is the best place for rain... hopefully the aquifier got a good dose.
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My sister between SA and Austin said they got quite a bit of rain.
 
Renae said:
It JUST missed us here, I mean, it spun and spun and spun but missed the city proper.
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I am waiting for it to leave.
People who say Houston's flood control is inadequate, do not understand how much rain has fallen.
the system is working great!
 
longview said:
I am waiting for it to leave.
People who say Houston's flood control is inadequate, do not understand how much rain has fallen.
the system is working great!
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The previous record was in the 70's in Medina Texas like 48" from a TS. This is an unusual event and people like to panic, panic is easy. Not effective, but easy.
 
Renae said:
The previous record was in the 70's in Medina Texas like 48" from a TS. This is an unusual event and people like to panic, panic is easy. Not effective, but easy.
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Yes Panic helps nothing, and while it has rained a lot, it is not the end of the world.
The water will go down.
 
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