Texas Floods Again: Governor declares State Of Disaster In 31 counties - Polidicks

[quote]Governor Greg Abbott today declared a state of disaster in Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Coleman, Colorado, Erath, Fayette, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hidalgo, Hood, Jasper, Kleberg, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Lubbock, Montgomery, Palo Pinto, Parker, Polk, Robertson, San Jacinto, Tyler, Walker, Waller, Washington and Wharton Counties in the State of Texas. On Friday, May 27th, Governor Abbott elevated the activation level of the State Operations Center (SOC) in Austin and continues to urge all Texans to stay on high alert and immediately heed any warnings from their local officials related to this severe flood threat.[/quote] [quote]A flash flood watch will be in effect for all of south-central Texas until Friday morning, the NWS said. The storms could produce rainfall totaling more than two inches per hour. "These rates, in combination with saturated soils, will result in rapid flash flooding," the NWS said. Lubbock has been particularly hard-hit recently. Pictures on social media showed residents struggling to cope with rains that have nearly turned streets into rivers. Fort Bend is experiencing flooding it called "unprecedented," the county's Office of Emergency Management said in a news release. ... The latest rains come after a record-setting May when it comes to rainfall totals. [B]As of May 29, Texas had been inundated with more than 35 trillion gallons of rain[/B] -- enough to cover the entire state in almost eight inches -- according to the National Weather Service. [/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/us/texas-floods/[/url] [url]http://gov.texas.gov/news/press-release/22356[/url] Here's a map of all the declared counties: [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/1jSq5B4.jpg[/img_thumb] [B]More to come[/B] [quote]There is no rest for the rain-weary over parts of Texas. Several significant rain events have produced flooding across the region in recent months. ... A southward dip in the jet stream, or trough, has moved into the southwestern U.S. This pattern has repeated itself several times in recent months resulting in many heavy rain and flooding events for parts of Texas. On Thursday, the trough will be slowly sliding into western Texas. Plenty of moisture will once more be transported into Texas from the Pacific Ocean aloft and from the Gulf of Mexico at the surface. The result will be more locally heavy rain and thunderstorms for a significant portion of the Lone Star State into the first half of the weekend. ... Overall, it has been a wet and stormy spring for much of Texas. As of Tuesday night, the following locations have set their wettest March-May: Austin-Bergstrom Airport: 26.11 inches College Station-Bryan: 22.78 inches San Angelo: 14.83 inches Additionally, as of Tuesday night, Abilene has experienced their second wettest March-May on record with 17.08 inches. Houston (24.84 inches) has also seen their second wettest spring on record. Houston's two wettest springs have now been in consecutive years (26.61 inches at Bush Intercontinental Airport in 2015). [/quote] [url]https://www.wunderground.com/news/flash-flooding-texas-severe-weather-forecast-plains-may27-0[/url] [quote]Since March 1, Houston has received 24.84 inches of rain. The normal amount is 11.64.[/quote] [url]http://www.wlky.com/weather/Some-incredible-Texas-rain-totals/39800636[/url] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC_Skxg9cS8[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAGdAU-cgoI[/media] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4wdmXSgycE[/media] Incredible amount of rain this past year. We had historic flooding last Memorial Day, too. And a few times in between. Texas went from historic droughts to historic rains. Why can't we just have normal ass weather for awhile?

I had to drive through some of this rain southwest of Dallas. My boyfriend and I have been driving across the country to return to California for his sister's wedding. We're actually only 120 miles from El Paso now,

I remember last year we had flooding in Eastland county. It rained so much that Lake Leon's water level rose past the threshold and the dam that held the water was about to give. They told everyone to evacuate from the Lake Leon area just in case the dam crumbled under the pressure. Luckily, it stopped raining before that happened, and they patched the dam up in the meantime.

Shit sucks up here in Conroe, but it hasn't been flooding today. It's been really rainy recently, but the rain that hit a little over a week ago knocked out power for 3 days, flooded half my neighborhood up to the first story, made leaving impossible for awhile.

Oh yea, floodings. Germany got hit with some really nasty floodings over this week. Mainly Baden-Wüttenberg and parts of Bavaria are affected by it, 9 confirmed dead across the states so far and several people missing. Nature sure is scary. [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2015/11/15/7cf4a87ee5c7579c.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2016/05/30/dad0567d3fe268a1.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2016/06/02/e245011fc4d963f4.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2016/06/02/39a23dd96d5abfc5.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://www.esslinger-zeitung.de/cms_media/module_img/327/163841_1_gallerydetail_80817518.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2016/06/02/dd66b3f50a9475c6.jpg[/thumb] [vid]http://vid.pr0gramm.com/2016/05/30/ec77d79906d6a44b.webm[/vid] [vid]http://vid.pr0gramm.com/2015/10/14/14331a2a8ce622fd.webm[/vid] [vid]http://vid.pr0gramm.com/2016/05/29/02d6714b418710bb.webm[/vid] [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2016/05/31/086abd69750c0564.jpg[/thumb] ...and nature sure has a grudge against firetrucks it seems.

whats that um inconvieniant "theory" thats been going around for years now predicting that extreme weather events will become more and more common.... global wada....global oh ya global warming. too bad texas and florida vehemently deny it stay safe people

[QUOTE=Sableye;50444981]whats that um inconvieniant "theory" thats been going around for years now predicting that extreme weather events will become more and more common.... global wada....global oh ya global warming. too bad texas and florida vehemently deny it stay safe people[/QUOTE] Nah the gays did it and don't you forget it.

[QUOTE=Sableye;50444981]whats that um inconvieniant "theory" thats been going around for years now predicting that extreme weather events will become more and more common.... global wada....global oh ya global warming. too bad texas and florida vehemently deny it stay safe people[/QUOTE] A few politicians don't make up the opinions of the entire state. Alot of Texas and Florida have rich ecological areas that people care about. Global Warming is something you learn about in public high school and college for the majority of people atleast in Texas. [url]http://www.cbsnews.com/news/these-states-are-least-concerned-about-global-warming/[/url] Like seriously, what a stupid ass comment you just made.

[QUOTE=Sableye;50444981]whats that um inconvieniant "theory" thats been going around for years now predicting that extreme weather events will become more and more common.... global wada....global oh ya global warming. too bad texas and florida vehemently deny it stay safe people[/QUOTE] According to a 2013 survey from Yale, 70% of Texans believe global warming is indeed happening. However, only 44% believe it to be human caused, with the remaining divided between naturally occurring, a bit of both, or not at all. However, it was a 43/47 split on whether or not Scientists agreed that global warming is happening. That, is directly resulting from Polster/Strategist Frank Luntz, who devised a plan to make sure Republican politicians stressed there was disagreement in the "debate." [url]http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2013/09/most-texans-dont-believe-humans-are-causing-global-warming/?cmpid=htx[/url] In short, politics is a bitch. [editline]2nd June 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Tudd;50445684]A few politicians don't make up the opinions of the entire state. Alot of Texas and Florida have rich ecological areas that people care about. Global Warming is something you learn about in public high school and college for the majority of people atleast in Texas. [url]http://www.cbsnews.com/news/these-states-are-least-concerned-about-global-warming/[/url] Like seriously, what a stupid ass comment you just made.[/QUOTE] WOW TUDD

[QUOTE=OvB;50445695] WOW TUDD[/QUOTE] Gotta set the record straight when someone be messing with Texas.

Maybe he didn't mean literally the people of Texas (tho depending on how you define "vehemently" he is still technically right) but just generally conservative states don't do much to mitigate the effects of climate change even when they are the ones most affected by it. See: my honorable governor of Florida Rick Scott, to whom questions about the environment are shrugged off with "idk im not a scientist but check out all these shitty jobs I created". Meanwhile I can see the coast from my house and I live 3 feet above sea level next to a neighbor with Trump signs on his fence. Shit fuckin sucks.

it's been raining basically every week for the past few months, thankfully i haven't been hit hard, but jersey village nearby gets flooded pretty bad

[QUOTE=Raidyr;50445718]Maybe he didn't mean literally the people of Texas (tho depending on how you define "vehemently" he is still technically right) but just generally conservative states don't do much to mitigate the effects of climate change even when they are the ones most affected by it. See: my honorable governor of Florida Rick Scott, to whom questions about the environment are shrugged off with "idk im not a scientist but check out all these shitty jobs I created". Meanwhile I can see the coast from my house and I live 3 feet above sea level next to a neighbor with Trump signs on his fence. Shit fuckin sucks.[/QUOTE] I am not so sure only Florida cause I only visit for vacation, but Texas has quite a few cities like Austin that are quite progressive (to the point of being "vehement") of mitigating effects. And Texas has a abundances of rivers, ranches, and wildlife areas that people care about a shit ton. Even the article I posted mentioned this, [quote]One of the more interesting findings is that Latinos were big believers in climate change, with Latino-dominated Southwestern Texas showing rates 10 percent higher than in other parts of Texas. That builds on earlier research, which found they are the most concerned of any racial or ethnic group in the United States about global warming.[/quote] So yah it isn't California, but people aren't just buying Hummers with dualies and fucking over the environment with some zeal or vehemently or whatever big word you wanna use for that.

Hope FPer's in Texas are safe from the flooding.

I pray for all of you down there, hopefully it doesn't get any worse then it already is. Mother Nature is truly a cruel mother.

[QUOTE=Sableye;50444981]whats that um inconvieniant "theory" thats been going around for years now predicting that extreme weather events will become more and more common.... global wada....global oh ya global warming. too bad texas and florida vehemently deny it stay safe people[/QUOTE] We learned about global warming and protection of the enviroment in Florida High School. It was practically drilled in our heads. Nice assuming though.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;50445718]Maybe he didn't mean literally the people of Texas (tho depending on how you define "vehemently" he is still technically right) but just generally conservative states don't do much to mitigate the effects of climate change even when they are the ones most affected by it. [/QUOTE] Texas is 6th in Nuclear power generation, 10th in cumulative solar capacity, and 1st in installed wind capacity. Texas is also #1 in the US for solar and wind potential. We also have 3 of the worlds biggest wind farms. Not as high as it could/should be, but it's not like we burn oil for everything down here.

[QUOTE=OvB;50445906]Texas is 6th in Nuclear power generation, 10th in cumulative solar capacity, and 1st in installed wind capacity. Texas is also #1 in the US for solar and wind potential. We also have 3 of the worlds biggest wind farms. Not as high as it could/should be, but it's not like we burn oil for everything down here.[/QUOTE] I'm not gonna lie my post was less about Texas and more about Florida. That's cool for you guys I guess.

Just went to Schlitterbahn last Sunday. It was sunny and PERFECT outside. Tune in to the news 2 days later and the exact parking lot i was parked at is now a raging river of water all over the place.

Lubbock here, but not for much longer. This wouldn't happen every time it sprinkles if the city actually put some funding into some basic fucking drainage systems. Gonna be so glad to get out of this shithole.

Living in Texas is fun.

It's been constantly pouring in New Braunfels. The power's been knocked out I don't how many times this past week alone. I like it though, the sound of rampant thunder and heavy rain always puts me at ease.

[QUOTE=MissingGlitch;50446257]Living in Texas is fun.[/QUOTE] When it's not flooding.

[QUOTE=Demolitions2;50446126]Just went to Schlitterbahn last Sunday. It was sunny and PERFECT outside. Tune in to the news 2 days later and the exact parking lot i was parked at is now a raging river of water all over the place.[/QUOTE] I hate it when parks open new attractions just days after I went there.

[QUOTE=DMGaina;50444974]Oh yea, floodings. Germany got hit with some really nasty floodings over this week. Mainly Baden-Wüttenberg and parts of Bavaria are affected by it, 9 confirmed dead across the states so far and several people missing. Nature sure is scary. [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2015/11/15/7cf4a87ee5c7579c.jpg[/thumb] ...and nature sure has a grudge against firetrucks it seems.[/QUOTE] Yeah shit like this makes me glad I live ~100m above sea level on a hill.

[QUOTE=DMGaina;50444974] [thumb]http://img.pr0gramm.com/2015/11/15/7cf4a87ee5c7579c.jpg[/thumb] [/QUOTE] Dude, I need to figure out that contractor. There's no way the average building where I live could be that waterproof! Also yeah, the rain is pretty bad, I'm just glad the creeks on either side of me haven't flooded, yet. Last time they did I lost a week's worth of work. As much as I hate work, I'd rather that than be stuck at home.

Ah shit, I just found out that the lake in my hometown, Cisco, Texas is now officially overflowing, and the water is going through the spillway at the dam. They issued evac orders just recently. [t]http://www.ktxs.com/image/view/-/39872424/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/msu0n7z/-/Lake-Cisco5-jpg.jpg[/t] [t]http://www.ktxs.com/image/view/-/39872426/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/mdr5cdz/-/Lake-Cisco6-jpg.jpg[/t] Even took out part of Texas State Highway 6: [t]http://www.ktxs.com/image/view/-/39873900/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/omwrhiz/-/highway-6-flooding-jpg.jpg[/t][t]http://www.ktxs.com/image/view/-/39873904/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/nrr1uuz/-/highway-6-flooding-2-jpg.jpg[/t] [URL="http://www.ktxs.com/news/lake-cisco-closed-due-to-flooding/39804680"]Source[/URL]

[QUOTE=AfroNick;50446249]Lubbock here, but not for much longer. This wouldn't happen every time it sprinkles if the city actually put some funding into some basic fucking drainage systems. Gonna be so glad to get out of this shithole.[/QUOTE] I went to Tech for one semester before transferring back to UTD. It really blew my mind that after 15 minutes of sprinkling rain, Lubbock would overflow completely.

Texas floods are [i]nasty[/i]. Flash floods all over the place. The rain down here rarely just drizzles all day - it will pour down with enormous raindrops that actually hurt against exposed skin. When it gets this bad, visibility is reduced to maybe a few yards ahead of you because of how thick the fucking rain is. I'm actually missing the drought from two years ago right now. Last year and this year have had way too much fucking rain. I'm ready for a drought and some dry heat instead of this muddy humid air boiling in hundred-degree weather.

Luckily the flooding hasn't hit bad here. Not too far from Ft. Worth, basically living just on the border of Johnson County. The worst thing I've had to deal with is people not knowing how to drive when the roads are extremely soaked. Like, I almost got hit by a pickup because the person behind the wheel had the bright idea of going super fast and slamming on the brakes just before a stoplight. He almost veered into my lane, but just came up short. I hope that any FPers who are in the affected counties are alright.