Houston Flooding

[Crusty]

Too much concrete, too many roads, and not enough permeable surface? Or are these floods simply unavoidable for the region?

Downtown Houston is something like 50ft. above sea level. Huge swaths of land around Houston are in flood plains, some controlled via reservoirs and levies to handle the most common storms.

But a big storm like this really has no way of stopping the flooding.

 

[ElFenix]

Too much concrete, too many roads, and not enough permeable surface? Or are these floods simply unavoidable for the region?

Houston is a swamp. We used to grow rice all across the region. Now those rice fields are suburbs.


Basketball courts nearby. Judging by the debris the water was up to the backboards

 

[Red Squirrel]

I never even realized Texas got lot of water, always figured it was basically like California, but different accent, and more guns.

 

[Ns1]

TIL: buy flood insurance in Houston and don't work where Anubis works.

 

[ElFenix]

I never even realized Texas got lot of water, always figured it was basically like California, but different accent, and more guns.

Houston gets almost 33% more rain than Seattle.

Here comes more

 

[Ns1]

Houston gets almost 33% more rain than Seattle.

Places I'm never moving to: Houston

 

[PricklyPete]

Places I'm never moving to: Houston

Agreed. My sister lives there (woodlands). Couldn't pay me to live in that climate.

 

[Paratus]

Agreed. My sister lives there (woodlands). Couldn't pay me to live in that climate.

Hey!
We have four seasons just like everyone else.

Fall, Spring, Summer, and Hell which is 6 months long.

 

[PricklyPete]

Hey!

We have four seasons just like everyone else.



Fall, Spring, Summer, and Hell which is 6 months long.

Haha

 

[Squisher]

 

[JM Aggie08]

Haven't seen a drop of rain since yesterday, but the creeks have on the rise and overflowing all day. Looking like we'll see some more tomorrow.

 

[who?]

I never even realized Texas got lot of water, always figured it was basically like California, but different accent, and more guns.

You're thinking about west Texas.

 

[Crusty]

You're thinking about west Texas.

Can confirm that once you hit West Texas the rest of the country looks the same until you get to LA.

 

[dainthomas]

Can confirm that once you hit West Texas the rest of the country looks the same until you get to LA.

Only place I passed on that route that I would even consider living is Flagstaff.

I just don't get why people live in Texas. It's either cactus and rocks or malarial swamp.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

I'm on the south east side of town, we're doing fine. Looks like the rain is letting up (at the moment). My street isn't close to flooding yet and I live in a semi-crappy neighborhood.... But at least we have a couple retention ponds for this type of thing.

Everyone sent in an email about not coming into work today, which is awesome

Pasa-get-down-dena!

My parents are on the NW side of town in Lakewood Forest, while their neighborhood is fine for the most part the water got pretty close.

 

[luv2liv]

how come none of this is on the news?
is the flood past tense or happening now?

 

[zinfamous]

Only place I passed on that route that I would even consider living is Flagstaff.

I just don't get why people live in Texas. It's either cactus and rocks or malarial swamp.

I was also strangely impressed by Flagstaff. I suppose it's because it is nearby to many, many things.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Bah, just heard my Boss' husband's Viper got flooded to the point that they don't know if it will ever be "right" again.

That sucks

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

My cousin's house and two cars are totally destroyed (at least I assume the house is - it had more than 2 feet of water on the main floor). Thank God everyone is OK . . .

 

[who?]

how come none of this is on the news?
is the flood past tense or happening now?

It happened on Monday with some leftover news yesterday.

 

[ElFenix]

My cousin's house and two cars are totally destroyed (at least I assume the house is - it had more than 2 feet of water on the main floor). Thank God everyone is OK . . .

nah, just cut off the sheet rock at a point a couple feet above the flood line, replace the insulation, roll up the carpet and padding, run the a/c to dry everything out, then replace. there will be a lot of drywall and flooring contractors descending on this area over the next few months to do just that.

 

[Paratus]

nah, just cut off the sheet rock at a point a couple feet above the flood line, replace the insulation, roll up the carpet and padding, run the a/c to dry everything out, then replace. there will be a lot of drywall and flooring contractors descending on this area over the next few months to do just that.

Yup

It's worse when the roof fails. Then you have to take the sheet rock off all the way up to the ceiling.


Btw got another 1.1 inches today.

 

[zinfamous]

I sure don't envy y'all's mosquito situation the next several weeks. D:

 

[Paratus]

Here's the reason you never drive into standing water during a major storm if you don't know exactly how deep it is.


WARNING the video in the article shows the driver drowning.
http://m.chron.com/news/houston-weather/article/Houston-claudia-melgar-floods-SUV-driving-video-7278277.php