Harvey headed to south texas

[BBQsam]

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from:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/28/16211392/100-500-year-flood-meaning





How an AHer would view the Houston flooding:



ps    Everyone in Texas   STAY SAFE

[Traveler]

I noticed the one where the is catching fish in his house that the lights are on. That means he still has electricity. The water is about an inch from the receptacles in that room. Can we say electrocution?

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The water will short out the receptacles and the fuse will go.  At least that what happens most of the time.  Could see some shorted electric boxes causing fires in homes.  That what happened to some flooded homes during Sandy , what wasn't underwater was on fire.  I lost my home to Sandy due to Ocean waves ,  house ended up in Sandy Hook bay NJ.

[Shuffler]

I'm east of Houston, little place called Highlands Texas.

In this home 28 years and never flooded till this storm. I have 4 inches of water in my home. Many down here much much worse.

My family is fine and the wife and I are staying in our RV. Have had flood insurance all my adult life but never used it till now.

Going to be awhile getting my home back in order. Probably will be on boards but not in game. I will keep my account up to support AH though. I didnt come this far with those folks to jump ship. Which you would not do in all this water anyway.

I'll be around....

[ghi]

Be safe Shuffler! 
I just watched the news story about Addicks dam, NW of Houston, i understand the waters could reach the fail level this evening https://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=08073000.   I just checked your area out of curiosity on google Earth, you are just downhill, and low elevation, google Earth shows 38 ft above sea level  few miles south from Houston lake dam, was designed and  built in 50s maybe weak, i would consider evacuating to higher ground.
 Look what's there, still raining crazy,like in the days of Noah http://www.weather.gov/hgx/ this dams could fail without warning in the middle of the night. And i understand Harvey is strengthening, the low pressure area moved over Gulf waters gaining momentum. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/08/28/233415/battered-by-harvey-houston-braces-for-even-more-flooding/

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/water-gushes-from-dam-near-houston?pl=pl-hurricane-harvey

[donna43]

I have no idea about that.  A lot changed in the last 100 years, if that is the case.  The worst one I went through was Celia in 1970.  It caught everyone flat footed as it was only a mild storm (about 90MPH winds) but then did something no other hurricane has ever done.

After crossing Padre Island it underwent an intensification no other hurricane has done and shot to 135MPH sustained winds with micro bursts over 190MPH in the trailing western edge of the storm.  It was devastating.

One of a kind.  I was braced against a glass sliding door with a mattress behind me for 14 hours to keep the door from blowing in.  I watched our neighbors house, quite literally, explode.  In seconds there was nothing there, but a concrete slab and I was 50 miles inland at a lake house at the time.

Our home in Corpus was destroyed.  No one was hurt as we had a storm cellar everyone got into.

Me too, lived in Portland at the time, now in Austin got 11" according to my rain gauge. Watched the neighbor across the street roof blow off and the only damage my house got was my bedroom window being blown out.

[Traveler]

I'm east of Houston, little place called Highlands Texas.

In this home 28 years and never flooded till this storm. I have 4 inches of water in my home. Many down here much much worse.

My family is fine and the wife and I are staying in our RV. Have had flood insurance all my adult life but never used it till now.

Going to be awhile getting my home back in order. Probably will be on boards but not in game. I will keep my account up to support AH though. I didnt come this far with those folks to jump ship. Which you would not do in all this water anyway.

I'll be around....

I lived in Highlands NJ on Sandy Hook Bay for 35 years, must be something about the town name Highlands...   Good luck.  Sandy was 2012, I finally settled with both the Flood and Home Owners Insurance companies in July of 2016.  They fought me on every item and every nickle.  Had to take them to court.  They settled one hour before the trial started.   

[Randy1]

Been through a flood.  Some tips on recovery after the water goes down.  Get those walls open if you can.  Cut sheet rock above the water line but remember you have to replace it so minimize just hacking away.  Plan on replacing all receptacles below water line.

Scam artist will be coming.  Watch out for contractors that say, "I need a deposit so I can buy materials."

Or "I am working for your neighbor and they suggested I ask if I can do your repairs".  We had a guy show up at our door and said this after the tornado hit our house.  My neighbor had not sent anyone over.

In Savannah after the hurricane, many news stories about tree removal scams.

[Shuffler]

Been through a flood.  Some tips on recovery after the water goes down.  Get those walls open if you can.  Cut sheet rock above the water line but remember you have to replace it so minimize just hacking away.  Plan on replacing all receptacles below water line.

Scam artist will be coming.  Watch out for contractors that say, "I need a deposit so I can buy materials."

Or "I am working for your neighbor and they suggested I ask if I can do your repairs".  We had a guy show up at our door and said this after the tornado hit our house.  My neighbor had not sent anyone over.

In Savannah after the hurricane, many news stories about tree removal scams.

Let them scam artist come and visit. I'm wearing a 45 on my hip while talking to anyone who comes by.

[Shuffler]

Ok the rain gauge within 1 mile of my home read 51.88 inches. That is the most rain to fall in recorded history in the US. No wonder I had water in my home.

[mbailey]

Headed down for work Wednesday or Thursday this coming week (Large Loss Property Insurance Adjuster) I was down for Katrina as well....One thing I will say, ive seen it on TV and been there in real life, its usually 5times worse than what you see on TV.

Having been in the business of drying houses and rebuilding them from all sorts of insured losses (fire, water,mold,tornado, Hurricanes etc) ...in a situation where the water is a foot or under, we would do a "flood cut" Run a chalk line at 2ft off the floor and snap it.....with 2ft removed, you can get a 4x8 or 4x12 sheet of sheetrock, and cut it right down the middle, You now have 16 or 24 linear ft of drywall...Its the best way to utilize your materials, plus its insurance against any water that may have wicked up the sheetrock. Any higher than a foot / foot and a half...we would just take it to 4ft.

Shuffler, if you (or anyone here) have any questions, Insurance / Remediation don't hesitate to reach out to me....Ive been in the industry of disasters for 25yrs...pretty good on the ins and outs.

I do know this, If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I want to come back as a Texan....You folks really are amazing, and a site to behold. I saw an interview with a 15yrold, that was running his boat saving people, and the news guy interviewing him told him he was a hero....The young man just looked back at him and said very matter of factly "Im not a hero, Im a Texan"

[Hajo]

Shuff glad to see you and your family are in good order.  Be safe!  Don't do anything stupid. 

[Randy1]

. . ..Having been in the business of drying houses and rebuilding them from all sorts of insured losses (fire, water,mold,tornado, Hurricanes etc) ...in a situation where the water is a foot or under, we would do a "flood cut" Run a chalk line at 2ft off the floor and snap it.....with 2ft removed, you can get a 4x8 or 4x12 sheet of sheetrock, and cut it right down the middle, You now have 16 or 24 linear ft of drywall...Its the best way to utilize your materials, plus its insurance against any water that may have wicked up the sheetrock. Any higher than a foot / foot and a half...we would just take it to 4ft. . . .

That is exactly how I did it.  Be careful and remove wood paneling.  Get those walls open, remove that insulation if wet. 

Another thing.  Plan on replacing all wall outlets below the water line while the walls are down.  They will crap out in the near future.

Also make you a short, ground fault detection extension cord with a couple of outlets to plug power equipment and other extension cords into.  Buy one if you can find one.

[Zimme83]

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[ghi]

People are not done cleaning after Harvey,  another hurricane growing strong in the in Atlantic .     From i read in news today, Irma seems to be even stronger, some models show to impact Florida/Georgia others to follow Sandy's path turn into cat 5,  hit Philadelphia , NY/NJ area for September 9-10th; still to far for an accurate forecast.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-48.62,22.53,1282/loc=-46.770,37.488

https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/903731573274533896

https://twitter.com/hurrtrackerapp/status/903354979313995776

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/11L_gefs_latest.png

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2017090118/gfs_mslp_wind_eus_36.png

https://twitter.com/paulythegun/status/903746498218876928

[Maverick]

We have had relatively minor hurricane seasons the last few years. We are due for some major ones now.