Does anyone know of a website or map showing flooded areas in Houston. Just trying to get an idea of which parts of the metro area are underwater.

sellthefarm said:

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Does anyone know of a website or map showing flooded areas in Houston. Just trying to get an idea of which parts of the metro area are underwater.

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I think Houston Transtar should give you the best idea for high water road ways.

So far we have gotten extremely lucky in Lake Jackson. Only 9" in the past few days.

So how worried should I be about my SIL that is past her original due date? She lives Clear Lake.

24 hr rain totals

WHEW. Just heard from her and it isn't her. Water is creeping up their driveway, but otherwise dry. She has friends currently in their attic waiting for the National Guard to come rescue them, though.

My dad went back to Portland last night from Austin. Took 130 to Lockhart, Luling, Karnes City. 181 in to Portland. Didn't have any issues. No power and the city has shut off water, but he said otherwise, the city looked relatively good

Does anyone have knowledge of flooding near Hallettsville? Specifically CR 122?

Did I hear right that Caldwell has had 18 inches of rain so far

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=HGX&fcst_timeframe=0¤t_color=all¤t_type=all&fcst_type=obs&conus_map=d_map¢er_point_lat=29.42046072768296¢er_point_lon=-95.70190399999679&default_zoom=8&marker=false&refresh=true

HTownAg98 said:

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Brush Country said:

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I think I can make it back relatively easy by taking 35 to SA and 37 to Corpus area. Not sure from there.

Gonna be an interesting drive.

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Read this first. http://www.kens5.com/mobile/article/news/can-i-go-back-home-to-corpus-christi-yes-but/467828663

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Thanks for the info, I'm fully aware. I'm leaving the wife and kids in Austin for TBD. I'm actually in Portland and the situation there may be a little more dire than CC. I've heard widely differing reports regarding how long it's going to take to get utilities back.

Regardless, I've got to get back and start picking up he pieces of my home and business. The situation is just completely ****ed up beyond recognition.

I don't think luling is a safe route anymore.

Edit to add a friend that lives in Gonzales had water in his garage around midnight.

Yeah I'd take 130 into seguin and down from there.

2 and 3 day totals show pretty much all of Houston getting 20+ inches.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge2/RFC_Precip/

Yep. 20" here by Snook

Live east of Caldwell, between there and cooks point and have had somewhere around 12 inches. That's my best guess as the gauge was overflowing when I got up this morning.

Grandma's house in Dickinson has about 18" of water in the first floor. She still doesn't want to leave.

What was his answer?

HTownAg98 said:

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What was his answer?

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Evacuating 6.5mm people takes incredible coordination not just from evac point but along the entire way to the destination. And there was no destination because no one knew(and still knows) what destinations would have it worse. Putting people on the roads without knowing that is the worst thing you could do and unfortunately the safest place to be is your own home.

But emphasized putting that many people on the roadways would have been absolutely horrible, and he's right. You have to manage the situation in such a populous County and city

This probably is not help to you but a quick Twitter search showed this...

Some of the official rain totals are already surreal.

http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html

Yeah. It's just a stupid question on so many levels. I know it's easy to ask ignorantly, but just one level of critical thought says "are you kidding?"

There are 20 major reasons why it'd be a horrible idea. This is just an unknown storm situation... Purely a read and react type of storm.

Well *****...

KHOU evacuated
https://www.facebook.com/wfaachannel8/videos/10154955887411545/

Bunk Moreland said:

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I know nothing about his politics, but this Houston mayor's answer to the "why didn't you evacuate Houston" question was perfect.

****ing morons in the media.

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Amen! I wouldn't have been as calm as he was. His answer was spot on.

Any update from thirdcoast?