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Houston is Flooding....

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Take careful note Mr Trump!

If you think Harvey was bad, you haven't seen anything yet. As the climate changes, so hurricanes are going to bigger, badder and much more destructive.
 
smartcooky said:
Take careful note Mr Trump!

If you think Harvey was bad, you haven't seen anything yet. As the climate changes, so hurricanes are going to bigger, badder and much more destructive.
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Yes, but they don't strike all that often. He knoews he'll be dead by the time this matters, therefore he doesn't consider it a problem he should dwell about.

McHrozni
 
I've lived in Houston my entire life. I've never seen anything like this. Allison is the closest thing. My dad has been in the same house since 1987, his neighborhood never floods. Right now there is water creeping up into the yard and edging closer to the house.
 
Are you and your father safe, Tony? Are you able to go somewhere that's not going to flood?
 
dudalb said:
Can't pass up the chance to make political points, can you?

lets be frank:Houston is one of America's biggest cities. Of course it is going to dominate the news.
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MIght be in American news, but this thread was the first I'd actually heard about it
Got online friends there, might email em to make sure they are ok
Stay safe anyone who is there
 
I think it's completely understandable that it's dominating US news, but I am concerned that in Europe we're getting wall-to-wall Houston coverage (death toll still thankfully in single figures I believe) while floods in Asia that are killing tens of thousands of people barely rate a mention.
 
Rolfe said:
I think it's completely understandable that it's dominating US news, but I am concerned that in Europe we're getting wall-to-wall Houston coverage (death toll still thankfully in single figures I believe) while floods in Asia that are killing tens of thousands of people barely rate a mention.
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Duck, Rolfe. Incoming!
 
Dominating the news, yes, but with very little actual information. Yesterday they noted it's still raining about every ten minutes showing maps and how the storm would pick up more moisture. And a little about why no mandatory evacuation was ordered. Today so far it's the news conferences giving us statistics as to how many rescues, yadda yadda.

Nothing about all the details the ProPublica article disclosed. Nothing about mitigation of future risk or why nothing was done when it's been known for a long time how vulnerable the city is to flooding. Might also be a good time to remind people about Trump's infrastructure rule change that will allow even more of this kind of flooding.
 
Rolfe said:
Are you and your father safe, Tony? Are you able to go somewhere that's not going to flood?
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I am with him. He is safe. Can't go anywhere. The water is too high to drive through.
 
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Rolfe said:
I hope you can sit it out without being in danger.
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Thanks Rolfe. So far things are ok with us. We have power, food and water. The flooding still has a bit to go before it is in our house. But if it keeps raining, it's only a matter of time before we will have to be evacuated like a lot of other people around the city. Like I said, I've lived in Houston my entire life. I've seen a lot of rain, but I've never seen rain come down this hard, this long, and sustained over this many days. The bulk of the hurricane didn't really even hit us here. We had no wind, no branches or trees down, no power outages. Just a ton of rain. It's sort of the opposite of Ike.
 
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Beerina said:
Where the hell were the local care workers? Was there some reason there was nobody there to help them move to a second floor? Where was the local management to do the 911 calling?
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Was there a second floor? ANd how would they do that if the elevators were not working?
 
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