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PDittie

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43. So many of my neighbors posting here!

Tue May 26, 2015, 06:24 PM

May 2015

I'm in Willowbend as well. We fared very well; the hardest thing I had to suffer was loss of satellite signal (lights never even flickered). A blue kiddie pool was stranded in the middle of the street near my house; it looked as if a couple of raccoons had tried to make a break for it, but like some Alcatraz inmates, didn't quite make it. Even the limbs I had to pick up were small ones.

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Houston, Texas, Hit by Unprecedented Flooding; Seven States At Risk [View all] Omaha Steve May 2015 OP

it was apocalyptic here last night KatyMan May 2015 #1

4-5 yr dought and now LittleGirl May 2015 #2

My dad used to say that a heavy downpour did little to end a drought because it would run off so jwirr May 2015 #8

It's been running off and into the lakes and resevoirs B2G May 2015 #14

No of course not and that is good but what my father was talking about was farm land. jwirr May 2015 #17

Yep, nothing worse that flooded fields. B2G May 2015 #21

Fine. We will see. jwirr May 2015 #22

0 hours of sleep here in Spring Klein last night. ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #3

But wasn't the lightning display fascinating. Igel May 2015 #47

Al rocker said well at least the drought is over in texas yeoman6987 May 2015 #5

And he's pretty much right. B2G May 2015 #15

I know and glad it is but I just thought the timing was off yeoman6987 May 2015 #16

Ft. Bend County Here. TexasMommaWithAHat May 2015 #39

One of our dogs also. SusanCalvin May 2015 #51

My pup was never afraid of bad weather TexasMommaWithAHat May 2015 #58

Poor things. SusanCalvin May 2015 #62

Whole Foods have a product called rescue remedy that helps Gothmog May 2015 #63

Thanks for that suggestion. TexasMommaWithAHat May 2015 #73

I am also in Fort Bend Gothmog May 2015 #56

I used to go years ago before I went back to work TexasMommaWithAHat May 2015 #57

I am very active with the county party Gothmog May 2015 #60

I have been living in my own little bubble for so TexasMommaWithAHat May 2015 #61

Wow! Hayduke Bomgarte May 2015 #4

don't you mean "how much worse it will be"? olddad56 May 2015 #11

All this is happening in these deep red states with congress critters who don't believe in climate kimbutgar May 2015 #6

i wonder if the repug morons begin to understand how things are connected? samsingh May 2015 #7

Since most of them probably live on the top of the hill - more than likely not. jwirr May 2015 #9

There are hills in Houston? FrodosPet May 2015 #46

Okay. Texas is flat. But there must be somewhere that it is not flood plain? jwirr May 2015 #49

*East* Texas is flat. nt SusanCalvin May 2015 #52

West Texas would be my guess FrodosPet May 2015 #54

Why do you think... cannabis_flower May 2015 #64

Thank youi. Glad you are safe. jwirr May 2015 #68

The Gulf Coast and the Panhandle are flat TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #66

I heard that last night - I cannot imagine 40 feet of water rushing out at you. Horrible. jwirr May 2015 #69

Yeah, when it's that much water it acts like a solid TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #70

I have been through a flood but nothing like what we are seeing. jwirr May 2015 #71

Take a look at this GIS server courtesy of the City of Houston kentauros May 2015 #72

Ive never heard thunder like I heard last night. DamnYankeeInHouston May 2015 #10

about the house you may buy, do not buy near any Hou.drainage canals! call insurance and see if Sunlei May 2015 #13

Oh I know. Allison is my benchmark. DamnYankeeInHouston May 2015 #19

Brays Bayou will flood, no matter the recent work. I can guarantee with the 12+ inches of rain in Sunlei May 2015 #25

It didn't flood this time. DamnYankeeInHouston May 2015 #42

Just paid our flood insurance out here in Katy... KatyMan May 2015 #28

same here 430 to Fema just paid. Sunlei May 2015 #59

But of course this is just an act of God.... ananda May 2015 #12

The commentators at the Rockets/Warriors game were saying they SoapBox May 2015 #18

Build a pipeline and we'll give you plenty. DamnYankeeInHouston May 2015 #20

Cool! SoapBox May 2015 #23

You may be getting your wish Kelvin Mace May 2015 #24

If this article is correct, passiveporcupine May 2015 #32

Yes, but going to the opposite extreme Kelvin Mace May 2015 #45

If the temperature in the arctic has anything to do with it, Blue_In_AK May 2015 #36

Drought change: tblue37 May 2015 #26

BUT--these comments on that article with the drought images make tblue37 May 2015 #27

Arrowhead is at 95%, Kickapoo is at 100% capacity B2G May 2015 #29

One wonders how long they may remain at capacity with the summer season about to begin... LanternWaste May 2015 #65

Well that pretty much depends on their rainfall this summer. nt B2G May 2015 #67

Map From May, 2014 Seems Misleading TexasMommaWithAHat May 2015 #40

I think drought conditions refer more to the amount of water in lakes, rivers, reservoirs, tblue37 May 2015 #41

I made it into my office with only one detour Gothmog May 2015 #30

I was surprised I had no detours. kentauros May 2015 #31

I took the westpark tollway in and had not problems once I got on Gothmog May 2015 #34

I've only driven in water that deep near my credit union. kentauros May 2015 #37

My office sent out an email KatyMan May 2015 #38

Under Perry, they held a prayer day for rain. ChairmanAgnostic May 2015 #33

I used to live in Pasadena Blue_In_AK May 2015 #35

So many of my neighbors posting here! PDittie May 2015 #43

What? Another Willowbend neighbor? kentauros May 2015 #44

God bless everyone caught in the terrible floods in Texas but workinclasszero May 2015 #48

Maybe He was aiming for PDittie May 2015 #50

. SusanCalvin May 2015 #53

It is raining hard again in Houston Gothmog May 2015 #55