Man Where Is This F*king Storm

Nobody could have predicted it could be this bad. Originally Posted by Snapper069

"They" did! And kept repeating it.

I'm reminded of a stuffed Kodiak bear in the sporting good store in St. Louis where Teddy Roosevelt "shopped" ... it was standing in the store front window with teeth bared and claws extended. There was a sign around his neck which read: "He was talking when he should have been listening!"

When "Harvey" was 100 miles off shore ... the prediction was that it would get trapped between two highs (one ahead of it and one behind it) and stall .... dumping copious amounts of Gulf water on the Houston area ... and one model had it pulling back and going Northeast into Galveston and perhaps taking a left into the Houston metro area. Those were the pretty little drawings with colored lines!!!!

Rain estimates were at least 2-3 feet, and upgraded to total of up to 4-5 feet of rain after it hit land if it stalled in the Corpus area. It was all there ... all over the Weather Channel.

For days! Some body heard, because the stores ran out of water and much of their nonperishables and canned foods ...

Hope everyone stays safe and gets whatever help they need

Nobody could have predicted it could be this bad. Originally Posted by Snapper069

Yes...they did.

It's crazy because I was downtown for Ike and things were 100 times worse then this. Broken windows and debris were everywhere. Versus now downtown, you can hardly tell a storm blew through. Same thing in Montrose and Midtown, life as usual over there.

The difference is Ike was a focused hurricane that hit Houston head on. Harvey was a meandering mess, Houston is catching the rain from the NW quadrant that is still be fed by the Gulf.

We are still only HALF way into what this is forecast to be!

We are still only HALF way into what this is forecast to be! Originally Posted by Oneputbirdie

No shit. I'm on the East Side, and the whole damned place is under water with no end in sight.

It's not as bad as Ike for us. With Ike, we had a shit load of rain AND 150 mph winds.

The difference is Ike was a focused hurricane that hit Houston head on. Harvey was a meandering mess, Houston is catching the rain from the NW quadrant that is still be fed by the Gulf. Originally Posted by pyramider

There is no real difference. For both times, Houston's infrastructure hasn't changed for the better. I hope this flooding problem will finally force the powers to be to adequately address the city's dilapidated and archaic drainage system. This shit was 100 percent preventable.

The NOAA statement was that they have no models for this. It hasn't happened before. Yes, people are taking it seriously. Yes, I didn't get any bread. Yes, everybody upped the rainfall total after it stalled. Yes, nobody predicted this amount of rain before landfall. Yes, I lost my home and everything I own during Ike.

Be safe everyone.

Snap!

There is no real difference. For both times, Houston's infrastructure hasn't changed for the better. I hope this flooding problem will finally force the powers to be to adequately address the city's dilapidated and archaic drainage system. This shit was 100 percent preventable. Originally Posted by WolfWhistle

Again you are typing out of your ass. Not preventable. Unless developers are taken to task.

Man this storm is a joint conspiracy brought to you by Ozarka and Servpro.

You forgot Empire Carpet.

Again you are typing out of your ass. Not preventable. Unless developers are taken to task. Originally Posted by pyramider

It is 100 percent preventable. City managers can easily convince developers to accommodate the needs of the city. However, most of these city managers are corrupted by greedy developers. Houston needs to clean house internally. Get rid of the bad apples and replace them with men and women that really care about the people and not about making money for corporations.

.... you can hardly tell a storm blew through. Same thing in Montrose and Midtown, life as usual over there. Originally Posted by Brooke Wilde

That's because a "storm" didn't "blow threw"!

But be patient. grasshopper!