I am watch on youtube a video of the flooding in Houston and a lot expensive houses flooded out.

[Demtexan]

Some really nice neighborhoods flooded out.

In the past floods it was more of the poorer low laying neighborhoods.

The video is an hour long taken from an helicopter.

My yard had at most a one foot of water if that much.

That was in my drainage area where the water should be.

I am feeling really lucky.

We have 4 storm drains on the corner and Lake I-10 behind me which did flood again.

The holding ponds did their jobs and there are 4 of them.

Really big ones.

You would never know that their was a flood in my neighborhood.

I am one thankful Texan.

[Not Ruth]

1. This one makes Houston car owners sad

The cars alone would pay for a nice house, well would have.....

https://www.facebook.com/1533912596927046/videos/1885417388443230/

[femmedem]

2. Glad you're relatively ok. Haven't heard from TenHouseCats since last Monday.

I think her last post was "we're drowning." Meaning her city, not her literally, but her building was taking on water.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9532576

Anyone know her or heard from her?

[Demtexan]

4. I am fine.

I lost nothing .

So many people lost everything.

It feels overwhelming.

I guess we should do a check in to everybody is ok.

[Igel]

3. Yeah, it's hit or miss.

I keep saying there are two floods layered on top of each other.

Those caused by lack of adequate drainage of *manmade* systems. Often that's the poor areas in the north/northwest part of the city. They used to drain fine. Then neighborhoods just beyond them hooked into their storm drain system and overloaded it--in fact, in some areas higher neighborhoods' drainage systems cause the older systems to back up and gush water *out* instead of in.

Then there's the bayou system that collects the water by means of natural watersheds. The nicer houses are along the bayous. Many had flood mitigation measures in place--they were built up from the street. But the 40" of rain just overwhelmed them.

Good to hear you didn't flood. Doing errands the last few days some neighborhoods looked like they just had a thunderstorm and nothing more. Some you could tell there was some flooding, but you had to look really closely at things like water marks on berms or sand patterns on sidewalks and parking lots. In others a few structures were affected and you could tell by the piles of gypsum board and carpet by the side of the road. Others had lots of piles of debris, and in some you could see the highwater mark on the buildings and nobody'd come along to start working on them yet.

Driving along some of the main E-W surface roads I was really aware of how when the road dipped significantly the roadside frequently got greener and more open, though, and when the road rose the area seemed to have more buildings on it.

[Demtexan]

5. I have on the north side of town and their little neighborhood did not flood.

The surrounding neighborhoods did.

Hit and miss.

My neighborhood is going town house which saved us because the builders had put in the holding ponds first.

Good old I-10 is below ground.

That flooded big time.

Changes will have to be made in Houston.

Lots of holding ponds and big ones.

And they can be made to look nice.

That is just for starters.