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Hopefully our brothers, and sisters heeded the warnings and moved out early.
Material possessions are replaceable, stay safe.
Our thoughts are with you.
My son and daughter-in-law live near Houston and they left yesterday morning on a trip to Victoria (Canada) that had been planned for months. They had reservations about leaving their home near The Woodlands but figured if there is no power, etc. at some point during the storm they are probably better off not being there. Returning on Monday evening might not happen depending on the airport and flooded roads. Before the flight the airline was offering $3,000(!) per seat for passengers to give theirs up on a severely overbooked flight. Even with all the prep and warnings you know there will be some bad outcomes.
Tornado struck last night less than a mile from my house (thy were showing on Fox News) Lost power for about 4 hours but Centerpoint is on the ball. Tons of rain and high winds but other than that... the worst is yet to come. Flooding is our huge problem.
My wife's brother and his wife live in Victoria, Texas and we invited them to come stay with us but he isn't well and isn't up to the 14 hour drive. Keeping our fingers crossed for them and all the folks in the path.
First and foremost, hopefully everyone here from Texas comes out of this safe and sound, that's obviously the most important thing. But it will also be sad to hear about any damaged or totalled C7s from this storm, as I'm sure there will be a few Stay safe everyone!
So far so good, looks like high water probably is the worst for most of us. Praying for those in lower lying areas than I. Hope this thing just hits and dies out. If not keep your family safe the rest can be replaced.
It can be almost as dangerous to evacuate than to stay in place. There were many people that died from getting stranded in traffic jams along the coast in previous storms.
A relative of mine that lives in Houston tried to evacuate before one of the earlier hurricanes and he was afraid he would run out of gas before he could get far enough away because of all of the traffic, so he turned around and went back home... Everything worked out OK.
What is crazy is that even when there is no gas shortage, people create a shortage by going and buying gas all at the same time... Most of the gas supply is not stored in gas stations or storage tanks, but in CARS. So, even if no shortage exists, if everyone tops off their tanks on the same day, the station s will run out of gas...
A station close to me in Longview, TX ran out of gas yesterday just for that reason... no shortage, no storm, but out of gas.
Last edited by TEXHAWK0; Aug 26, 2017 at 05:52 PM.
Was on a two day work assignment Thurs. & Friday to Houston, from my home base of Dallas.
I was able to get out of Houston @ 3:00 PM Friday afternoon. Interstate 45 North had a 20 mile bumper traffic jam from Conroe to Huntsville, so I drove 100 miles North Northwest to College Station, Bryan, TX. It's been raining for over 24 hours with tapering off Sunday night (tonight). Bands of moderate rain coming down in endless succession overnight. High winds starting tonight in College Station.
I may stay over another night in College Station.
This is a duplicate of a post that I just made in a similar thread in the C6 forum.
My optimism from yesterday was certainly premature. At that time, I had gotten 6 total inches, with 3 of that coming in a 45 minute heavy burst. But then 10pm rolled around. Over the next 4 hours, I got another 16”, plus 3” more in showers since then, for a running total of 25” and it’s not over. Fortunately, my house has not (yet) flooded, nor has my daughter’s about 2 miles away. At the peak, rain was over both our curbs, coming up the front yard. But thankfully, it has receded for now. While Houston has many more dry homes than flooded ones, there are a whole lot that are flooded. Travel is pretty much impossible, with way too many of the major arteries having sections blocked with high water.
If you have friends in Houston who you can’t contact, don’t necessarily assume they are flooded. My internet and phone were out until about 30 minutes ago, and many are still out. With so many landline and internet connections out, cell service (voice, text, and data) has been somewhere between seriously slow to totally clogged. So all in all, not a pretty picture.
So far lucky in Austin. strong winds and rain.
Got 8" of rain Saturday and 4" of rain as of noon Sunday.
Prayers for those on the coast, from Rockport to Houston
and those towns downstream from central Texas whose
rivers are flooding now.
Hopefully our brothers, and sisters heeded the warnings and moved out early.
Material possessions are replaceable, stay safe.
Our thoughts are with you.
Thanks we are going to need lot prayers before this is over. My kid said Houston will take forever to get it back in shape. Still raining and wind blowing hard.
Reminds me a lot of Allison in '01. I was living downtown at the time and recognize the flooded areas that are being shown on TV. Bad stuff and it's only going to get worse, the weather guy just said they think it might go back in the gulf then through Houston later in the week.
I got out of College Station by mid afternoon Sunday. It was still raining in College Station. Had been raining almost 24 hours straight there. Got over East to I-45 and booked it North and out of the hurricane's endless rain!
22" of rain over the past 2 days in West Houston here. Nearest Bayou is still 2' from going over the banks. Luckily, my street drains well & no standing water yet. My Vette's safely in garage. It's the 15 - 30" of more rain in the coming 2 - 3 days that I'm worried about.
Going out tomorrow to help out our other not so fortunate neighbors...
It can be almost as dangerous to evacuate than to stay in place. There were many people that died from getting stranded in traffic jams along the coast in previous storms.
A relative of mine that lives in Houston tried to evacuate before one of the earlier hurricanes and he was afraid he would run out of gas before he could get far enough away because of all of the traffic, so he turned around and went back home... Everything worked out OK.
What is crazy is that even when there is no gas shortage, people create a shortage by going and buying gas all at the same time... Most of the gas supply is not stored in gas stations or storage tanks, but in CARS. So, even if no shortage exists, if everyone tops off their tanks on the same day, the station s will run out of gas...
A station close to me in Longview, TX ran out of gas yesterday just for that reason... no shortage, no storm, but out of gas.
You're so right, during a break in downpour, I live a little in the country, ran to c-store for a couple of things, most were closed, none had gas.
Good luck Texas!
Stay safe everyone!
