Texas - massive storm approaching

[nkped 1,208]

Only in the city of Houston once and I remember it being extremely flat.

[jacko 8,932]

Only in the city of Houston once and I remember it being extremely flat.

Correct, I was there many times. Hot as hell in summer.

[VPI78 11,840]

Correct, I was there many times. Hot as hell in summer.

 

Hell is less humid.

[mrgreenjeans 29]

I have a connector through Houston on 9/5 and 9/11. I sure do hope the airport is still there.

[Bullfrog 2,231]

I wish the TV cameras and live reporting were just as intensive during monsoon flooding in Bangladesh. I wonder how TV companies calculate public interest.?..1 dead cowboy's horse = 5,000 dead Bangladeshis??

 

Sorry but I find the disparity too distateful for words

 

Perhaps the person that redded this comment would like to comment himself on why he thinks that global News coverage is warranted in this case with direct comparison with the far greater flooding in Bangladesh which is regularly ignored by the News organisations..??

 

In fact, don't bother replying cos I won't be on the board again to read it..

[midlifecrisis 4,057]

 

Perhaps the person that redded this comment would like to comment himself on why he thinks that global News coverage is warranted in this case with direct comparison with the far greater flooding in Bangladesh which is regularly ignored by the News organisations..??

 

In fact, don't bother replying cos I won't be on the board again to read it..

 

Whoever redded you should have redded my response. America and American media is isolated. We have always paid too little attention to the fate of others. I shouldn't think it will change. It's just that we are isolated here and far from what happens elsewhere. It is not because of cruelty. We are self centered by isolation.

 

You folks in Europe have much more exposure to other cultures. They are on your borders. We have two neighbors. Most Americans don't travel and experience the world.

[wacmedia 277]

 

We can agree to disagree about clever but it was stereotypical Wac.

 

Harvey has already been downgraded and here in Houston we are expecting a lot less rain and spread over about a week although there will be some localized flooding; it is much less severe than the floods of last year. There are some normal tangential tornado offshoots but otherwise seems as Houston dodged a bullet this time.

 

Hi,

 

Fake News.

[VPI78 11,840]

 

Hi,

 

Fake News.

 

No news Wac. I am in Houston.

[wacmedia 277]

 

No news Wac. I am in Houston.

 

Hi,

 

Midlifecrisis posted this on Garys Houston floods thread.

 

Found this on Houston storm rainfall totals. There could be another two feet of rain.

 

"According to the weather service, 16.07 inches of rain fell on Sunday alone, breaking the record for the most rainfall in a day in Houston. “It is the single highest daily rainfall total in city history. In the last two days, 24.44 inches of rain has fallen."

 

http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/houston-rain-rainfall-totals-harvey-record-wettest-month-tropical-storm-allison/

 

Add to this that a dam upstream has been dumping water as it can't keep up with the storm.

[VPI78 11,840]

 

 

Hi,

 

Midlifecrisis posted this on Garys Houston floods thread.

 

Found this on Houston storm rainfall totals. There could be another two feet of rain.

 

"According to the weather service, 16.07 inches of rain fell on Sunday alone, breaking the record for the most rainfall in a day in Houston. “It is the single highest daily rainfall total in city history. In the last two days, 24.44 inches of rain has fallen."

 

http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/houston-rain-rainfall-totals-harvey-record-wettest-month-tropical-storm-allison/

 

Add to this that a dam upstream has been dumping water as it can't keep up with the storm.

 

 

555, you found a post on a Pattaya website that quotes a source making an apples v. oranges comparison about rainfall and draw conclusions. In some areas of Houston it has rained much more than the factoid quoted and in some areas less. If there is any difference in this storm it's that the rain has fallen longer and over a wider spread area.

 

Visionary you are not.

 

MLC comment about dams dumping water is about Barker and Addicks 'reservoirs' that are releasing water in controlled amounts, i.e., normal in flood conditions which occur annually in Houston ... even in years of solar eclipses.

[midlifecrisis 4,057]

 

555, you found a post on a Pattaya website that quotes a source making an apples v. oranges comparison about rainfall and draw conclusions. In some areas of Houston it has rained much more than the factoid quoted and in some areas less. If there is any difference in this storm it's that the rain has fallen longer and over a wider spread area.

 

Visionary you are not.

 

MLC comment about dams dumping water is about Barker and Addicks 'reservoirs' that are releasing water in controlled amounts, i.e., normal in flood conditions which occur annually in Houston ... even in years of solar eclipses.

 

My point was it adds to the flooding and not that they need to do it to protect the integrity of the dams.

[VPI78 11,840]

 

My point was it adds to the flooding and not that they need to do it to protect the integrity of the dams.

 

Yes, any release adds to the total water in the area. And no one deserves to be flooded. But Addicks and Barker are not dams. They are designed to retain water temporarily to control flooding through Buffalo Bayou which flows through downtown Houston on its way to the Ship Channel. Without releases the water backs up into even more dense housing and flows around the end of the retention walls other than over the front, again, because they are not dams which normally have spillways. No housing should have been built next to the reservoirs but land developers got greedy and converted sugar cane and rice fields into housing estates ... I know big surprise.

[jacko 8,932]

I wish the TV cameras and live reporting were just as intensive during monsoon flooding in Bangladesh. I wonder how TV companies calculate public interest.?..1 dead cowboy's horse = 5,000 dead Bangladeshis??

 

Sorry but I find the disparity too distateful for words

This past post came to my mind and increased relevance when I saw the death toll as per this clip....

 

Floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal kill 1,200 and leave millions homeless.

 

Not meaning to trivialize what happened in Houston Tx and the nearby areas but sometimes things need a perspective.

[midlifecrisis 4,057]

This past post came to my mind and increased relevance when I saw the death toll as per this clip....

 

Floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal kill 1,200 and leave millions homeless.

 

Not meaning to trivialize what happened in Houston Tx and the nearby areas but sometimes things need a perspective.

 

I think our problem in America is that we are both insulated and isolated. I thought I understood poverty until I was in Manila. What happens outside of America is not covered much here. Maybe 30 seconds on the evening national news. I have seen nothing on FNC and CNN.

 

I don't think we are callous as much as we are ill informed. I think the middle eastern refugee crisis came as a big shock to most Americans. Until something becomes a problem that our media can no longer ignore we are oblivious.

 

There is also an attitude that I am not proud of that encompasses the idea that this happens every year and why don't they do something to mitigate it. I think we expect other cultures to function like we do. We need to get out into the world more. It changed how I view the world.

[jacko 8,932]

 

I think our problem in America is that we are both insulated and isolated. I thought I understood poverty until I was in Manila. What happens outside of America is not covered much here. Maybe 30 seconds on the evening national news. I have seen nothing on FNC and CNN.

 

I don't think we are callous as much as we are ill informed. I think the middle eastern refugee crisis came as a big shock to most Americans. Until something becomes a problem that our media can no longer ignore we are oblivious.

 

There is also an attitude that I am not proud of that encompasses the idea that this happens every year and why don't they do something to mitigate it. I think we expect other cultures to function like we do. We need to get out into the world more. It changed how I view the world.

I would say yes, not many in the west have a good perspective of true poverty. I have worked in India and Bangladesh and seen some examples of it, or I thought I had until I visited Rochdale! (TICH)

Edited September 1, 2017 by jacko

[midlifecrisis 4,057]

I would say yes, not many in the west have a good perspective of true poverty. I have worked in India and Bangladesh and seen some examples of it, or I thought I had until I visited Rochdale! (TICH)

 

I find it hard to believe that huge groups (thousands and thousands) of people near Manchester live on vacant lots in Rochdale, in corrugated shanties, with no sewage, running water or power and with thousands more living as whole families, including pot bellied (malnutrition) toddlers, on the streets of Rochdale with no shelter, food, water, shitting and pissing in the streets and with absolutely no government help.

 

Maybe I am incorrect and the UK has turned into the worst of the third world.