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Title: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 27, 2017, 05:33:01 PM Yikes
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 27, 2017, 05:34:25 PM 50" of total rainfall possible? This would be the biggest tropical rain in AMERICAN HISTORY https://t.co/w4P5BYb5Ix
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 27, 2017, 05:35:16 PM https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-texas-storm.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=https://t.co/yaqRLn4jYV?amp=1
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 27, 2017, 05:36:05 PM A freeway. The morning and now
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 28, 2017, 08:40:37 AM (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIP7EXrVYAIRy1g.jpg)
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 28, 2017, 08:41:03 AM (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIQGIIiXYAQ1NnL.jpg)
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 28, 2017, 08:43:08 AM airport runway
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIQd-LqVwAAzYFT.jpg) Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 28, 2017, 08:43:58 AM This is jaw-dropping, if true.
ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/27/texas-flood-disaster-harvey-has-unloaded-9-trillion-tons-of-water/ (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIQeoXlUMAELNnB.jpg) Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: teddybloat on August 28, 2017, 09:48:32 AM is it though?
if i gathered all the water in my bath and put it in my sink it would likely be somewhat more full Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: Doobs on August 28, 2017, 10:01:11 AM is it though? if i gathered all the water in my bath and put it in my sink it would likely be somewhat more full Pretty much what I thought when I read it. It would be 20 feet high over a wider area? What has struck me is just similar these are to those in Macau just a few days ago. Two very severe storms in such a short period. Whilst they aren't the oft-used "unprecedented", they are pretty close. Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: SuuPRlim on August 28, 2017, 12:49:05 PM Jesus
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 29, 2017, 08:18:00 AM Some spots may get 50+ inches. Many textbooks have the 60-inch mark as a once-in-a-million-year event.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/27/texas-flood-disaster-harvey-has-unloaded-9-trillion-tons-of-water/ Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 29, 2017, 02:33:13 PM Really excellent piece about how Houston built right over the wetlands that are crucial to preventing floods.
https://qz.com/1064364/hurricane-harvey-houstons-flooding-made-worse-by-unchecked-urban-development-and-wetland-destruction/ Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: MintTrav on August 30, 2017, 02:26:35 AM 15 people killed by the flooding in Houston is terrible.
In the same few days, 1,200 people have died as a result of 1 in 10 year flooding in India, Bangladesh & Nepal - 130 in Bangladesh, 150 in Nepal and the rest in India. Didn't make the news. Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 30, 2017, 08:12:04 AM National Weather Service: Cedar Bayou, Texas, records 51.88 inches of rain from Harvey; new continental U.S. record.
Title: Re: Houston. We have a problem Post by: TightEnd on August 30, 2017, 08:24:01 AM How did climate change worsen Hurricane Harvey?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/29/how-did-climate-change-worsen-hurricane-harvey?CMP=twt_gu |