Galaxiedan
Blackhawk
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Flooding in Texas
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mikewriter
Blackhawk
Almost worth a flood to hear Stevie Ray again! Took a black friend to lunch one day when I still worked, who was a damn fine guitar player. Had Texas Flood on my player on our way back, and he asked me NOT to turn it off when we got to the parking lot - either "Little Wing" or "Lenny" was playing. Hal borrowed the CD from me, returned it in a day or so - by which time he'd bought his own copy and learned to play several of th songs. He had never heard SRV, said he honestly preferred his version of "Little Wing" to Hendricks!
Mike
Mike
Ruger Randy sent me a picture of the flood creeping out of the swamps towards his house. As of earlier today the house was dry.
gramps
gramps
#1rugerman
Single-Sixer
Hurricanes are amazing things, it is hare to believe how much destruction several days of rain followed by sustained winds for several hours can cause. That beautiful old oak tree becomes a wrecking ball under those circumstances crushing homes, cars, etc. and to top it off hurricanes spawn tornadoes.
Logic and common sense does not allow me to build anything I can't afford to lose on a flood plain. Anything built within feet of sea level(coastal flood plain) should be considered expendable. The amount of rain that has fallen on the nearly flat areas is a real eye opener. Two to four feet of rain on "no slope" land simply can't get away especially when coming up against the "storm surge" rise in the Gulf.
mikewriter
Blackhawk
Storm surge was not as bad as predicted, from what I saw on a drive around this morning. We have two major rivers that sometimes help drainage, other times flood. Right now they seem to want to flood.
On the other hand, crime is low, cost of living not that bad, and there are jobs for those who want them. This kind of rain is never expected - as "logic and common sense" might tell you - anymore than is a massive forrest fire or earthquake.
Mike
On the other hand, crime is low, cost of living not that bad, and there are jobs for those who want them. This kind of rain is never expected - as "logic and common sense" might tell you - anymore than is a massive forrest fire or earthquake.
Mike
Mobuck said:
Hey How About I send you 36" of rain in a 48 hour period and you tell me how your hilly country handles it. This is a once in a 1000 year storm. Storm surge had nothing to do with 50" of rain and that is what the total 3 day amount will end up being.
I'll UPS the next one to you :wink:
bogus bill
Hunter
Wondered how you were doing. Good luck! Seen the pavement tore up in Rosenburg on the news.
Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
Wyandot Jim said:
Sorry Wyandot Jim, BUT Galveston got flooded out by Cat 4 hurricane in 1900 with between 6000-12000 dead (official guess 8,000).
Colonialgirl said:
So what are you trying to say???? It isn't about how many were killed or how strong the wind is. Most hurricanes/tropical storms don't have land fall three times in about the same place, stay in the same place for 2-3 days, and dump 50"+- of water in one location. That is what make this one in a 1000 year storm. I'm very aware of the 1900 hurricane's history and why so many were killed. It is still the largest natural disaster in the US. We have gotten a we bit better at forecasting and evacuation now :wink:
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Wyandot Jim said:
Hi,
Jim, if you can get Jerry Brown to cut loose with a few of the billions he has earmarked for his stupid train and put them to work building pipelines, we could help you out with a lot of that "extra" water!
Rick C
mikewriter
Blackhawk
Rick, that would be a logical thought, that many of us have had before!
Mike
Mike
Jimbo357mag
Hawkeye
There is no place on earth that can withstand 30+ inches of rain in 3 days and not suffer flood damage. Thank god the death toll seems to be low for this one and thank god for all the citizen rescuers. Sheltering and feeding all those evacuees is the next big job that plus rebuilding. Texas is in for a rough time in the next few years. I hope FEMA has got it together this time.
ifithitu
Single-Sixer
I got kin folks who live in Houston,they got out but wont have anything when they return home.
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
mikewriter said:
Hi,
Yes, Mike, I was just thinking of the last time you guys got overly wet down there and Jim first made the offer. He's even got a tiny bit of pipeline experience, ya know. Unlike our so-called governor!
Rick C
mikewriter
Blackhawk
When I worked in Louisiana, nearly all the cajuns in the plant had some sort of sideline business going. One of them told me the best plan was to find something hard to get in one area, but plentiful in another, and go get it from the first location and sell it in the other.
Mike
Mike
mikewriter said:
Yep The Crawfish business is a GREAT Example
Who but the Cajuns and FEW knowledgeable Texans ate Mud Bugs 15-20 years agomikewriter
Blackhawk
The guy who explained it to me used the commercial catfish "slat-trp" business as an example. When they couldn't get cottonseed cake for bait locally, he and a few buddies rented a large truck and drove it to San Antonio, Texas, loaded it with cake, and brought it back to the Baton Rouge area and sold it for more profit than they made fishing.
Mike
Mike
