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Burnem Wizfyre

Burnem Wizfyre

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I can't speak for the Houston side but near Corpus, Ingleside, Aransas, Rockport they evacuated well. I evacuated late and the roads west, 44 and 59 to Carizo Springs gambled at kikiapoo in Eagle lake. The roads were clear on 37 north as well, by noon it was a ghost town while leaving.

Looters must have been getting bad, I was pulled over 30 feet from my yard because I was out past curfew, they pull you over and escort you home then give you your DL back.

I'll post some pics if people want, it's pretty crazy. Have water, food, gas, power due to generator which was pricey at $900 but I figure fuck it fema will reimburse me lol. House only had 30 shingles missing, all 3 of my trees were uprooted. No real flooding, just wind damage.

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Oldbased

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Currently they predict the TD will come right over me Friday/Saturday and dump 5 inches in 48 hours. While nothing near Texas, that is borderline what this area can handle before starting to impact those who live in flood areas. 10 inches for this area in 2 days is when shit starts getting really bad. Still that is a damn lot of water across a good swath of the US.

Also good to see Houston get a break. I wonder when peak will be due to the amount of water in that area. I assume 48-72 hours once it all moves out but I honestly don't know. I know it is around 24 hours here.
 
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Burnem Wizfyre said:
I can't speak for the Houston side but near Corpus, Ingleside, Aransas, Rockport they evacuated well. I evacuated late and the roads west, 44 and 59 to Carizo Springs gambled at kikiapoo in Eagle lake. The roads were clear on 37 north as well, by noon it was a ghost town while leaving.

Looters must have been getting bad, I was pulled over 30 feet from my yard because I was out past curfew, they pull you over and escort you home then give you your DL back.

I'll post some pics if people want, it's pretty crazy. Have water, food, gas, power due to generator which was pricey at $900 but I figure fuck it fema will reimburse me lol. House only had 30 shingles missing, all 3 of my trees were uprooted. No real flooding, just wind damage.

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Post every picture you have! I'd love to see them.
 
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Sadre Spinegnawer

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Hey Houston and the surrounding area people:

1) thoughts with you.

2) Show everyone how its done. Take care of each other and rebuild and come back stronger than ever.

sincerely
Sadre from Cleveland
 
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Oldbased

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Doesn't show amounts for Dr. D but guessing Woodlands saw 25-30 inches or did it drop off majorly above that line?
How ya holding up in floodville D?
 
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TJT

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This is going to sound shitty, but this is FoH, so fuck it.

I feel like these events might just be good "mini-purges." Yeah, it sucks people die, but we've got a lot of people. A lot of net negatives to society. More than likely the bulk of the people who die will be people who weren't really contributing at all.
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But really. No money and nowhere to go?

Literally anywhere is better than being underwater... Come on.
 
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Oldbased

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Less than 18 hours until 5-10 inches of rain here. House 20 feet from me ( Ya these old 70s homes are close ) the old lady passed away a few months back and family is auctioning soon. They are tearing off the whole roof right now. My crew could have done it and they can as well but I wouldn't do a complete tear off with less than 24 hours to a flood. What if there is massive sheathing damage from age. What if some rafters snap. All sorts of unlikely what ifs but these mexicans give 0 fucks.

I miss the old lady though. Sucks it is going to be rented to a bunch of shit people probably.
 
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Dr.Retarded

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Doesn't show amounts for Dr. D but guessing Woodlands saw 25-30 inches or did it drop off majorly above that line?
How ya holding up in floodville D?
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Looks like we managed to avoid most of the serious flooding in the area. Our little neighborhood is right west of Lake Woodlands in Panther Creek. Told my girlfriend to keep checking the drainage ditch by the school near our house when walking the dog, and if it started overflowing the banks, then we've got issues. It got fairly high by Sunday, but has been receding steadily once the rain started to subside. She actually said there was sun out yesterday afternoon and evening.

Biggest worry was Conroe releasing water, but it looks like the San Jacinto is far enough north, and flows east pretty quick. Still, didn't know how much of it tied into some of the creeks throughout the area, and no flood maps I could find gave decent info.

Just thankful we ended up renting the house we're in currently. Definitely dodged a bullet, because there are some areas that are royally fucked. Everything south of Lake Woodlands by the golf course is probably underwater. Spring Creek overflowed, and that's just south of us by maybe a mile or so. Bear Branch Resevoir is overflowing, but it releases into a flood plain (probably not designed for the capacity though).

I'll say one thing, it seems like the master civil plan for the area was well designed. Not near as bad as things could have been.

Here are some vids floating around of our area. This is the heart of soccer mom suburbia:

Lake Woodlands & golf course:


Spring Creek:


Bear Branch Resevoir:
 
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Burren

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Reports last night said a record 49+ inches due to the storm. Highest for any recorded storm in the continental US (Hawaii had one over 50 inches).

My neighborhood was very fortunate to be on higher ground and our bayou is only fed by a small area, so it drained every time the storm broke for a few hours. Today, our street just looked like we had a small rain overnight. But, driving into my office, you can see some of the shit that took a big hit. Of all of my employees and partners, only one had issues and had to leave his house, so we're thankful for that.

I guess the Galleria is high enough compared to the other areas of town.
 
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Borzak

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No place set up for that kind of rain that quickly. My parents were living in a small town 175 miles of Houston 10 years ago. At an elevation of 375ft, not exactly coastal. They got 25 inches overnight just from a freak storm that stalled. It washed houses off their piers that were 100+ years old.

Motiva (the Saudi owned refinery, largest in the US) shut down this morning. Pretty big deal to shut down a refinery. It's not a big switch someone flips and it's off. As far as I know no refineries in the New Orleans or between NO and Baton Rouge on the river shut down during Katrina.

Some chemical plant I didn't recognize in Beaumont lost it's generator power and whatever they make has to be kept cold so the national guard was trying to restore power.
 
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Kiki

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I heard exxon plant on hwy 90 was going to blow. Alot of rescuers are moving east to port arthur and orange. Anyone need help or volunteers?
 
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Borzak

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I haven't heard anything about Exxon. But I can tell you from dealing with them for the last 25 years they have a contingency for everything. Everything from hurricans, power outages, plant takeovers, earthquakes even in Louisiana and Texas. Having visited their vault on a daily basis they have a plan to endure anything and will have people on hand 24/7 in living conditions the entire time that never leave. We'll see. Exxon has a variety of plants, with possibly the refineries being the easiest to shutdown since time in the cracking unit is limited. Turn off the flow in the flow out goes away. Now the chemical plants are a different story.

But the number of chemical plants and refineries on the east side of Houston and out to Beaumont are lot, same for other side of the Sabine into Lake Charles. I don't have numbers, but between New Orleans and Baton Rouge there are 100+ in the 90 river miles, I would swag there's a larger number in that area from Houston to Beaumont if you inclue both towns and in between.
 
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Borzak

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You would think TV reporters who are from out of town/state would ask how do you pronounce the stuff they are reporting on. Just heard one go on and on about the Brazos river. I can't even begin to pronounce it they way they did. It took me a few times to understand what they were trying to say.
 
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Borzak

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Wonder how bad Aransas got hit. At least the whooping cranes were out of town.
 
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