About 25 feet from full now and expected to be about 20 feet from full after today. Wow, what a couple of days.
The only good thing about this mess is I can work from home but then again I'm going to sleep. No way I'm checking mail having been stranded all night with little sleep. My excuse is in - power lines are gone so no internet!
Saw two cars and an SUV make it through the Montrose at Memorial entrance heading toward downtown. Near AMLI 2121.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drone Footage of Houston Flooding - Buffalo Bayou Park <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LoveTheNewToy?src=hash">#LoveTheNewToy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/abc13houston">@abc13houston</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KPRC2">@KPRC2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KHOU">@KHOU</a> <a href="http://t.co/Wf01PUPsxr">http://t.co/Wf01PUPsxr</a></p>— Bryan Rumbaugh (@bryanrumbaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanrumbaugh/status/603244412689260544">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In case you need a reminder of why you should keep your kids out of the flood waters. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HoustonFlood?src=hash">#HoustonFlood</a> <a href="http://t.co/3cIGK5FFdP">pic.twitter.com/3cIGK5FFdP</a></p>— Fort Bend Sheriff (@FBCSO) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBCSO/status/603225310838960131">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Lake Travis is at 656' above sea level. Normal for this time of year is about 670'. I suspect that it will continue to go up for a while. The rise is amazing. 30 days ago, it was at 629.38! Terrible that it's come at such a cost. Sounds like the flooding in Houston now is a bit like a flood I remember back in the 1970's. I hitched a ride in a canoe for several blocks through the Montrose area to my place between Richmond and West Alabama, a few blocks towards Montrose from S. Shepherd. It was crazy. Best wishes to those struggling with the flooding in both Houston and Austin.
Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Casket unearthed by flood waters near Braeswood & Honeywell <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mapit?src=hash">#mapit</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/abc13eyewitness?src=hash">#abc13eyewitness</a> <a href="http://t.co/NsPHPWWajz">pic.twitter.com/NsPHPWWajz</a></p>— Kevin Quinn (@imkevinquinn) <a href="https://twitter.com/imkevinquinn/status/603296259126923264">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police say a bicylist found this casket on sidewalk near Keegan's Bayou today. HPD working to identify body inside. <a href="http://t.co/eL2kpmAJgP">pic.twitter.com/eL2kpmAJgP</a></p>— Samantha Ptashkin (@SamanthaKPRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamanthaKPRC/status/603291253610950656">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HPD believes water from last night lifted casket out from ground at nearby Riceville Cemetery.</p>— Samantha Ptashkin (@SamanthaKPRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamanthaKPRC/status/603291423971020800">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HPD confirm victim found dead in car, raising flooding death toll to 3; 3 others still missing <a href="http://t.co/FuIqQZtVlG">http://t.co/FuIqQZtVlG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/houstonflood?src=hash">#houstonflood</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hounews?src=hash">#hounews</a></p>— Houston News (@abc13houston) <a href="https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/603296243364814848">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New danger for owners of flooded out cars: Snakes hiding under the hood - <a href="http://t.co/ZhR9ObWo1o">http://t.co/ZhR9ObWo1o</a> <a href="http://t.co/BdeFMDwVTZ">pic.twitter.com/BdeFMDwVTZ</a></p>— Houston News (@abc13houston) <a href="https://twitter.com/abc13houston/status/603273249141719040">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colin Kaepernick unwisely compares self to Houston floods: <a href="http://t.co/MAb6Z2WXrY">http://t.co/MAb6Z2WXrY</a></p>— Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/603308133696589825">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
When I was last in Austin . .. . Travis looked so dry Glad it is filling up .. . .. . like you said. . . high cost though Rocket River
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/abc13houston">@abc13houston</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/docrocktex26">@docrocktex26</a> I'm sick of these mutha****in snakes under this mutha****in hood!</p>— Leftfielder (@DaleMoss2) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaleMoss2/status/603304402871541760">May 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Abbott has not declared Harris county a disaster. http://gov.texas.gov/files/press-office/DisasterMayProc_05252015.pdf
Photographs from around Texas: http://www.weather.com/safety/floods/news/southern-plains-oklahoma-texas-flooding-photos
