Just East of Houston - wish us luck!

I'm in east Texas. We are expecting lots of rain, too, but not as much as you in Beaumont.

Be safe!

Hang in there.

At least you prepared for this

One of our own, so close to catastrophy. Please keep posting messages, if you can, so we know you're ok. I hope it's already as bad as it's going to get. Hug your mama for us. The love you have for her and all you are doing will keep her strong.

Stay safe.

Even the smallest storage unit for a month rental.

backpack for easy carrying.

But yes, securing them in water-tight bags or containers is important.

It really depends on whether you're in the area where bands of rain have been heaviest.

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thing is going to last a long time.

the storm ditch behind us has a couple of feet left, but it will overflow wherever it is lowest. We have never had that happen but it is still coming down hard. If it comes over on my side of the ditch my neighborhood will flood. If it goes over on the other side it will get the subdivision behind us.

They are saying we will have rain through Wednesday or Thursday. Mom said the only other time we had this happen was when I was born fifty plus years ago.

and your mother. At least you have each other. Why do these bad things happen to good people?

Yes put everything upstairs, put your documents in ziplock bags, and save your phone for if you need to call 911. Local authorities are urging people to go to rooftops, not attics if waters rise into your house.

My heart goes out to you and your mom, and I'm looking forward to hearing that you've both come through this safely.

Really hoping your portion of that ordeal will be handled quickly and soon be in the past.

Stay safe

We're seeing horrendous footage on CNN. It's like Katrina all over again. Any sign of FEMA?

as the waters rise. I can't imagine waiting on a roof with an elderly parent. But if you need to flee to your attic, bring an axe so you can access the roof if necessary. And bring days worth of food and water. This isn't ending any time soon.

looking for help.

Harris County sheriff says they are looking for boats.

Where's FEMA - Trump said priority was saving lives?

My 83-year-old mother is in west Houston, my sister and her family in Sugarland.

Who could have known a monster storm and rain/flooding event was on the way, FEMA?

Sugarland and and West Houston were hit hard last night. It appears the rain is slacking off there for now. Harvey needs to leave!

I'm on the west side too.

The best kind! Stay safe!

(which I expect you have been doing). Some of the models are suggesting that it may partially drift back out into the Gulf and then loop around and come back east into the Galveston area.

The uncertainty is where the heavy rain bands set up and where they shift as it drifts and wobbles. With it being so close to the Gulf, it is drawing that (hot) water back into itself, which feeds the bands.

So far, just intermittent regular light rain. I'm near Beaumont.

In traveling to and fro through Beaumont over time, I've noticed that Beaumont does have a lot more rain than most other places I've been. In fact, more often than not, it's raining when traveling thru Beaumont. It won't be raining on the other side of Beaumont, or north of Beaumont, or east of Beaumont. Just IN Beaumont. Strange.

Please evacuate if it gets unsafe.

it is TRAGIC....My thought and prayer go with you!!!!

So we're essentially neighbors. Here we're getting constant rain, sometimes very heavy. High winds earlier, calm now.

One of the major highways closed; a local college with multiple locations/divisions has cancelled classes for mon and tues. Local schools NOT closed, just delaying buses for an hour (are they nuts???)

Flood Warning for another hour of so; tornado watch 'til one pm cdt. Flash flood warning 'til 7pm on Wed.

Hope the levies hold down there in Port Arthur. I saw where they had to add giant sandbags by crane yesterday to fill a breach. News says not to worry as it is a storm surge protection and no longer a threat.

They have set up a command post at Ford Park on I-10 in Beaumont for the power companies and disaster relief.

Hope you don't flood. I knew I should have lifted my 4X4 up!

So far they're all doing okay.

We had to evacuate during Hurricane Matthew in Florida last year. I don't think I was ever so stressed as I was then. So understanding somewhat what you are going through. Be safe above all else.

I hope it doesn't come to that for the two of you.

Probably had 3-4 inches in the last 30 minutes and not letting up. My street is impassable to my 4X4 already. I am very high compared to my neighbors and I am afraid they are all going to flood. One left a Mustang parked in the street and it has flooded inside.

I just cannot believe this much water can come from the sky. How does it hold so much?

I don't know if you can contact them or if they can safely reach you, but perhaps you can open your home to people in lower-lying areas.

Unless you are certain of road conditions and it's a very, very short drive.

That said, I hope you are able to retrieve her.

And saying prayers.

in hopes that you, your mom and neighbors all stay safe & dry through this ordeal!!

to take photos for insurance.

Good luck.

Stay safe!

But still hoping the best for you and your mom.

yes INDEED

My thought go out to you and your family.

only a foot from breaching. The ditch is 40 feet deep! Thankfully, We are just out of the train and have a relatively clear radar for a while to let it go down. The local rivers and bayous have all spilled over their banks way ahead of their peak flood levels which are coming with all of the water that fell to the North.

Rita and Ike which were direct hits were nothing compared to this rain wise. Glad we don't have their wind to contend with! That is a big, big blessing!

Looks like my firm will be doing Hurricane claims for the next couple of years. We just finished the BP oil spill (mostly 10,000 cases to a little over 100). One thing we can count on is insurance companies to attempt to screw victims and contractors to do so as well.

Meanwhile we still have to get to Thursday without the house flooding and with Harvey coming at us! My mother hasn't been able to sleep for two days and is now up watching the disaster on TV.

Please keep us posted

I went through 13 insurance adjusters on my mom's Ike claim. They all denied until I filed suit and the attorney, without looking at my claim said, "What do you want, $100,000, $150,000? I said $13,875.00. She paid it immediately.

Had an Ike business interruption claim of significant value being mediated a year and a half after the storm on the top of a 30 story local bank building. Insurance adjusters came from NY and Washington state. They were denying paying anything. Just before we split up into separate rooms for the mediator to go back and forth i had been looking out of the window at all of the blue tarps still on so many roofs. I pointed them out to the rest in the room and informed them that each blue tarp was a family still waiting to resolve their claims. They were going to be the people in our jury pool.

The adjusters later asked the mediator if what I said was true and he said yes. The case settled very quickly that day.

Computers do not swim well

right up to disaster for them, and then backed off.

So glad you got a little respite. Keep us posted on how you do going forward.

Hopefully your mother can get some rest. The poor thing.

I suppose the thing to hold onto is that this will finish and move away at some point.

being projected on radar later today for the Beaumont area look pretty severe!

It is exactly 10 years ago today that our house was destroyed by fire. Yes, the insurance company tried to screw us on replacement
cost of the house, although they gave us no grief on contents claims. We ended up having to hire a public adjuster so we could get
enough to pay off the mortgage (while we were expected to continue making payments on a burned down house) ! And thank goodness for the Democratic
Commissioner of Banks in NC (at the time). The mortgage holder refused to adjust our adjustable loan balance when we sent them the
first check from the insurance company that paid down about 2/3 of the loan balance. They wouldn't return our calls. They ignored letters
from our attorney, but when I filed a complaint with the NC Commissioner of Banks, boom! I had a phone call from the mortgage lender
within a week apologizing for "gee, they couldn't understand how we fell through the cracks".

Believe me, there is a value to a Democratic administration in government agencies designed to protect citizens/consumers.

Holding good thoughts for you and the water staying in the ditch!