edit: 7.25" Emerald Forest
Heismenberg said:
Rain gauge at work was empty when I left yesterday. Got to work this morning around 7:45 and the 6" gauge was topped out. I dumped it and there's nearly another 2" in there. No telling how much more we actually got.
that little thing called Harvey a couple years ago?Eliminatus said:
I legitimately cannot remember the last time it was this heavy and this consistent for this long.
You can't remember Harvey?Eliminatus said:
I legitimately cannot remember the last time it was this heavy and this consistent for this long.
halibut sinclair said:that little thing called Harvey a couple years ago?Eliminatus said:
I legitimately cannot remember the last time it was this heavy and this consistent for this long.
Near Central ParkAggieAces06 said:Heismenberg said:
Rain gauge at work was empty when I left yesterday. Got to work this morning around 7:45 and the 6" gauge was topped out. I dumped it and there's nearly another 2" in there. No telling how much more we actually got.
Where was this?
jja79 said:
No idea but how long will it be cart path only?
Yeah. Shows the stupidity of using Easterwood as the official rain gauge for the whole area.happyinBCS said:
Wow only a third of an inch at the airport and 6 and 7 inches in other areas of CS
Why? It's the historical, consistent collection point that's been operating every day since 1940. Are people stupid enough to believe that if the airport got 1 inch that every single yard in the city got 1 inch? Every city has an official weather gauge that collects rain, wind, (snow), and temperature every single day for decades. I don't know anyone in College Station that's been documenting weather to that extent every day for the last 80 years.techno-ag said:Yeah. Shows the stupidity of using Easterwood as the official rain gauge for the whole area.happyinBCS said:
Wow only a third of an inch at the airport and 6 and 7 inches in other areas of CS
I've lived here 26 years and I've seen it much worse than this. When I first moved into this house the city was kind of half a** about maintaining the spillway and all kind of debris piled up. I've seen lawn chairs, cardboard and one time a plastic kid's pool float down towards the creek and get mixed in with thee branches damming everything. If we had two or three inches of rain it would look like it does in the photo. Any more than that the water would be up to the trees you see in the background.Oogway said:
While there was undoubtedly a lot of rainfall with the last storm, is that much pooling of water common in that area? If not, do you think that the development further upstream is causing more runoff or do the creek beds need clearing/maintenance? Just curious as to your thoughts.
agnerd said:Why? It's the historical, consistent collection point that's been operating every day since 1940. Are people stupid enough to believe that if the airport got 1 inch that every single yard in the city got 1 inch? Every city has an official weather gauge that collects rain, wind, (snow), and temperature every single day for decades. I don't know anyone in College Station that's been documenting weather to that extent every day for the last 80 years.techno-ag said:Yeah. Shows the stupidity of using Easterwood as the official rain gauge for the whole area.happyinBCS said:
Wow only a third of an inch at the airport and 6 and 7 inches in other areas of CS
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Edit: I have a bigger issue with somewhere like Houston that has 200 rain gauges, and the media reports that the ENTIRE city was devastated by a 500-year flood (Harvey excluded) every time any single gauge registers a big rainfall and most of the people had less than a 2-year storm.