I spent a good amount of time yesterday worried about my dad. I had him drowned in the freeway. He was stuck in traffic for 3 hours and forgot his phone. He didn't listen when I told him not to leave his house

and tragic, for the residents, that the places where the most vehement climate denying elected officials live and represent are the ones being hardest hit by the early affects of climate change.

I hope y'all can recover quickly.

16 inches of rain flooded an area larger than the state of Rhide Iskand. It's becoming the new normal.

Another day off for my kid tomorrow

still facing high water in the streets. We're in Klein.

Unfortunately, the solutions to the flooding either cost money (ie. raising taxes) or they are looked upon as anti-business (controlling development, requiring builders include more robust flood control measures). Houston is loathe to do either of these things.

We can't do anything about being flat as a pancake and having clay soils. But Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 was supposed to be a 500 year event. We can handle a lot of rain as long a the storm moves along. But slow moving storms, pouring down more than an inch an hour, are something Houston just isn't prepared for. Thankfully the west side dam held. They just started major repairs. If it broke, the flooding would have made Katrina look like a wading pond.

I know the owner of one of the riding stables (through a friend who boarded there).

The fact that everything north of the Beltway is a concrete jungle doesn't help either.

Going up there for Christmas was 2 lane blacktop the whole way. I can't believe the development. It's built up all the way to Plantersville!

Shades of Katrina and Rita! YIKES!

You guys OK? We got lots of rain here, and a smidge of flooding, mostly side streets, but nothing like that!

Stay dry, friend!

My house has decent elevation. Thanks

You might also consider cross-posting this to the Texas group. I think there are almost as many DUers who "monitor" that group as there are posters in GD

I wish it would stop raining here.

And that line we had go through this morning lasted a good half hour. The rainfall total for today on my side of town reads 0.91". Not good for those in Meyerland.

I see there's still rain on the north and east sides, but it's clear on the west and south. Galveston and Texas City are getting that line of storms right now, though it's much heavier in Louisiana now:

http://wxug.us/1ucp2

TC Jester underwater from FM 1960 to just about halfway between Cypresswood and Louetta... and I am speechless over the Champions area. Hopefully, we are on the other side of it, but I can't see my kid getting back to school this week (hope I'm wrong).

at least until the school year is extended to make up for it

Luckily, I don't have to drive anywhere near all of that. I haven't gone looking around along Braes because I don't want to hamper people's efforts to clean up.

Shopping at my local Kroger last night was interesting. Half of the produce was out because of the flooding. And while I was at the self-checkout, the cashier running it fielded a call about if the roads were clear. She said she was doing that all night the previous night when it was all coming down.

I think last year he would have been delighted. This year, he's worried about them makeup days.

He's heading down your way as we speak.

He'll be there for at least a week to help organize.

Please stay as safe as you can.

I have a lot of friends in north Texas and Oklahoma who were affected by last year's terrible flooding.

Poor people and wildlife

Thanks for these

First of all, more is coming your direction, so please be safe.

As to the horses, I'm hearing conflicting stories. Some stories that all were saved, some that four (or more) were lost. Also that the stable owner has experienced this in prior flooding, and hasn't done a good job to prepare. I'm not sure how someone would prepare to evacuate something like 80 horses, but I sincerely hope all were located and are safe.

...but those issues are also amplified by a developer that wants that land for a subdivision. I am on the side of neither, only the horses.

I don't think they will allow development in an area that's in an active flood plain. Even if they did, they would have to have a flood abatement plan that didn't impact other communities. Even if it's possible, it wouldn't be cheap.

I am definitely on the side of the horses. Very sad to hear.

"Previous events last May, June, and October".

There is a great irony in the fossil fuel capital of the world being forced to endure the calamitous side-effects of the fossil fuel industry's misadventures over the past hundred years or so. Even as oil tank farms in Cushing, OK fill to the brim, and supertankers line up off the coast of Basra, Iraq to bring over more, Americans -- and Texans -- have reduced their consumption by switching to alternative fuels like wind and solar, and protest the mineral barons who are trying to squeeze a few more drops out of their respective lemons.

"Leave It in the Ground" doesn't seem to be resonating with the Persian Gulf oil states.

The Persian gulf states really have no other natural resources but oil, and they are suffering the effects of global warming too. As much as I would love for them to leave it in the ground, I don't think they have much choice.

K & R

I'm just heartbroken over these pics.

I have many friends in Houston, they have all be accounted for right now. Thank goodness!

We were stuck in the house for a few days, but the water didn't come in. The other side of the street didn't fare as well, but the water is finally receding.