One more update just for those in Fort Bend County : Follow above all else for updates (they also have shelter addresses) : http://fbcoem.org/ Twitter : @FBCOEM (Twitter) Mandatory and Voluntary evacuation map : https://fbcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d1a054f74789410bbe35bed305c81841 Follow traffic/road closures : @FBCTraffic (Twitter)
Just because rain lets up doesn't mean water levels don't rise. There's a potential for water levels to continue rising as creeks, rivers, bayous, etc start flooding from water draining south from the north. Not to mention the release of that damn dam water out west.
Please keep up the posts and updates. Some of us are without power. That post earlier from Twitter with all the boats and the 18 wheeler is the entrance to my subdivision. Lost power around 5pm, but I'm conserving the fuel in the generator.
It depends completely on the location of the reading. The rivers crest at different times in different locations. Impossible to make blanket statements about when will start to recede. Places further south are not projected to crest until sat.
So did it break or not because that is what I keep hearing. What does "uncontrolled release" mean because to me, it sounds like something may have gone wrong. The gauge also stopped worked
Use this map to see when crest and at what levels... https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=hgx This doesn't show all the other creeks at many other location that is usually not track... I think this the statement that "we don't know what will happen" (from one of Eric Berger's post) is to be taken seriously because we never had this situation before. So don't assume it's over. It's not. The flood in Baton Rouge last year was a historic one and NOBODY had a good idea of what would happen. Lots of folks were caught off guards and had to evacuate last min.
dams have gates and spillways designed to overflow. They use the gates to release slowly and have been doing that. The uncontrolled release is when the water level gets so high that the spillway barrier is over flowed. the thing that has gone wrong is there is too much water. the dams are designed to no break when uncontrolled "releases" happen.
