Harvey

[gotbeer]

2 Houston Reservoirs Now Overflowing; Officials Say Some Homes Will Be Inundated For Up to a Month

Most Harvey flood victims uninsured, face big bills alone

 

[Chuck]

22 minutes ago, Taylor said:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/08/28/dont-blame-joel-osteen-for-keeping-his-megachurch-closed-during-the-hurricane/

 

[nando714]

Move to Texas....it's cheap they said...

[Jason]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

2 Houston Reservoirs Now Overflowing; Officials Say Some Homes Will Be Inundated For Up to a Month

Most Harvey flood victims uninsured, face big bills alone

 

It's like here in California, if you want earthquake insurance you have to get supplemental coverage for it. I'm sure it's the same in areas that a subject to tornadoes  

[RallyMo]

5 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Move to Texas....it's cheap they said...

Post a dumb comment on Angelswin, it takes no brain they said.

 

[red321]

This is the 3rd 500+ year flood they've had in the Houston area in the last few years. Much like New Orleans, Miami, and other low lying cities there are going to need to be some harsh conversations about how much and where to rebuild.

 

[Jason]

14 minutes ago, red321 said:

This is the 3rd 500+ year flood they've had in the Houston area in the last few years. Much like New Orleans, Miami, and other low lying cities there are going to need to be some harsh conversations about how much and where to rebuild.

 

If it's not done wisely we an expect more and more of this 

[gotbeer]

16 minutes ago, red321 said:

This is the 3rd 500+ year flood they've had in the Houston area in the last few years. Much like New Orleans, Miami, and other low lying cities there are going to need to be some harsh conversations about how much and where to rebuild.

 

From what it sounds like, Houston being a concrete city isn't helping.  I'm hoping Los Angeles takes notice, because if we had a torrential rainfall like what Houston is getting, we'd be just as fucked.  But there are technologies if implemented large scale, which could help.  Like water absorbing permeable concrete.

[Jason]

1 minute ago, gotbeer said:

From what it sounds like, Houston being a concrete city isn't helping.  I'm hoping Los Angeles takes notice, because if we had a torrential rainfall like what Houston is getting, we'd be just as fucked.  But there are technologies if implemented large scale, which could help.  Like water absorbing permeable concrete.

I don't think there's anything that can absorb that much water

[Jason]

Damn!

[gotbeer]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

I don't think there's anything that can absorb that much water

They say up to 42 inches an hour.  Of course that's in a science lab, and don't know the real world effect and how long it can sustain.

[gotbeer]

6 minutes ago, Jason said:

Damn!

Vultures. 

[Jason]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/29/harvey-relief-donations-overwhelm-at-dallas-drop-off-center.html

Contrary to what we see via the media, there is still plenty of humanity left in Americans

[Angel Dog and Beer]

On 8/28/2017 at 11:16 AM, Geoff said:

Ummm ...   !!!

 

Fake news!

[red321]

http://m.chron.com/news/houston-weather/hurricaneharvey/article/Gallery-Furniture-opening-I-45-North-location-as-12018531.php

nice story. Local furniture store putting their inventory to good use. 

[red321]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/floating-venomous-fire-ants-add-threats-hurricane-s-wake-n797261

 

Sharknado has nothing on this....Floating fire ant colonies

[Jason]

2 hours ago, red321 said:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/floating-venomous-fire-ants-add-threats-hurricane-s-wake-n797261

 

Sharknado has nothing on this....Floating fire ant colonies

Get the script going! Anything is fair game these days

[Brandon]

6 hours ago, Jason said:

Damn!

I've waited years for this shit. even the smug asshole at the end that says, "looks like you have an upset family there" like they are out of line while they just do their jobs. the rhetorical and just dumbass line of questioning and sensationalism from networks is so absurd.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 8/28/2017 at 11:16 AM, Geoff said:

Ummm ...   !!!

 

Not sure i believe that. Pics like that always pop up after events like this, usually photoshop. Houston is pretty far inland

[Amazing Larry]

9 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Not sure i believe that. Pics like that always pop up after events like this, usually photoshop. Houston is pretty far inland

It's fake and about 5 years old. 

[Amazing Larry]

Now this is real. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

13 hours ago, LHalo said:

It's fake and about 5 years old. 

Figured.

Funny enough though, in australia, theres a golf course with bull sharks in its pond. They ended up there after some heavy floods.

[NJHalo]

Just made a donation to the Red Cross, as well as a couple of animal welfare organizations, such as Humane Society and SPCA.

I saw a story on the local news about dogs being transported from Houston to a shelter here in NJ, and it really made me feel bad for these poor things. Seeing a picture of them up to their necks in water was a moving image.

[gotbeer]

Texas chemical plant in critical condition, raising possibility of explosion

Scary stuff.  I had to chuckle at this bit though.

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Arkema, a maker of organic peroxides commonly used by the plastics and rubber industries, evacuated all personnel from the plant and was attempting to operate the facility remotely.

Chemical plant, and organic just doesn't seem to fit.

[Tank]

man, you look at all of the damage and wonder just how long it's going to take for these places to dry out and where all of those people are going to live until their housing is available. there's an awful lot of work ahead for many, many people.

insurance companies are going to be incredibly busy, also - home, property, cars, health, you name it.