Posted on 08/26/2017 4:39:50 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport TX about 10:00PM CDT Friday night. Top sustained winds were 130mph. Rockport High School sustained heavy damage when a portion of the roof collapsed. A senior housing complex collapsed. The Rockport courthouse sustained major damage with “a cargo trailer halfway in the building.” Multiple tornadoes reported in the Houston/Galveston areas. There are reports of scattered structural fires and a shooting was reported in Corpus Christi. Residents along the San Bernard River were advised to evacuate and most TX Gulf coast counties are under flash flood watches.
Many locations are under a boil-water notice. Power outages are widespread. President Donald Trump promptly granted a Disaster Declaration to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s request. More than 700 members of the Texas Army and Air National Guards, Texas State Guard and the Texas Military Department have been activated and are positioning themselves throughout the state ahead of Hurricane Harvey and its anticipated landfall later this week. Ahead of the storm, FEMA sent supplies from its warehouse in Fort Worth to a staging point at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio.
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Thread I: Potentially Catastrophic Hurricane Harvey Approaches Texas Gulf Coast
LMAO best photo!
Yes, Obama was adding to accepted engineering analysis of 100 year flood plain maps to generate more government regulation and flood insurance dollars. They mandated that the religious implications globull warming be constantly updated raising elevations on flood plain maps.
Pure Leftist drivel.
Knock out the references to climate change and it may be a sensible reg.
until it impacts, destroys the value of, or takes away your property
*27 hospitals have closed and/or evacuated patients from the Texas Gulf Coast due to Hurricane Harvey
*An estimated 1500 patients have been evacuated from area hospitals
*CHI St. Lukes in Houston and Sugar Land completed evacuations late Monday
*Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital also evacuated 75 patients Monday
*Another 25 hospitals have reported storm-related problems that hamper their ability to accept new patients
HCA Corpus Christi re-opened its hospital and behavior health center Tuesday
Update Ben Taub Hospital: Reversed its decision to evacuate 345 patients. Flooding prevented safe ground transport. The hospital was able to repair a water main break, restore its kitchen, and received a food delivery. The hospital is discharging about two dozen patients to prepare for new patients expected as the flood waters recede.
Source: WSJ
People arrive at Brown Convention Center....Though soaking wet...Dry ground at last!
Flag wrapped in electic lines...and still she waves....
Big developers pay off politicians to be able to build in flood control areas. Insurance companies may collude by insuring them, and the rest of us who live prudently pay the resulting costs. As an experienced builder I hope President Trump will study the issue carefully. As to whether a climate warming trend is caused by human activity or not, there is a definite trend to warming. And warm sea water spawns very wet storms and greater flooding.
Meanwhile officials are reacting to possible crime danger like what happened in New Orleans.
So far very little looting as officials have made it clear they will heavily prosecute....20 yrs to life if caught now in a crisis situation as this.
They have suspended ICE. Harris County sheriff’s office tweeted that out a few days ago, I believe.
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