Road 18 miles through west and SW Houston today [View all]

[TexasBushwhacker]

Took my first Uber because my totally functional car is stranded in my apartments parking because the entrances and exits are blocked by more than 3' of standing water.

Here's the thing. Other than some standing water on Westheimer, the roads were DRY. Drainage ditches were not full, at all. Yes, we have tens of thousands of flooded homes and hundreds of thousands of totalled cars. Thousands of our neighbors are displaced in shelters. Roughly half the busses are running and many more will be next week.

One would think, after getting more rain in 5 days than we normally get in a year (wrap your mind around that) after 2 days of sunshine, Houston is, for the most part, back in business. That is nothing short of AMAZING.

I love my city and my mayor!