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[Pete_Pittock]

Hope we can hear from out southeast Texas folks that they are all right. Best wishes on recovery.

[Steve Lang]

  Thanks Pete, I wondered how long it would take for someone to post something....... since there's almost no classic or important gca in the area of note. 

Per our neighbors in The Woodlands, which is 30 miles north of downtown, our homestead is dry, above any water flooded streets, our courses and most all in area are flooded from the creeks' overflows.  Meanwhile, we're strategically located 1350 miles north in Mich., watching things like the rest of the country, figuring out a path home to avoid the rain that'll be hitting between the 30th-45th parallel... likely along Miss, Tenn. & Ohio river valleys.

Worried about Mike Nuzzo out on west side, especially as they let out water from the two big reservoirs, Addicks and Barker, into Buffalo Bayou, already filled... which you see flowing on north side of downtown pics

Imagine Wolf Point is completely under water, down coast...

Worried about Bill McB's son & family on south side in Clear Lake area ... and others of course

Folks are taught to run from the water, hide from the wind.  Looks like many unfortunately reversed that advise, till too late.

[Jeff_Brauer]

Emailed friends in Lake Jackson, and they just replied that they are waiting for rivers to rise.  South of Houston, they would seem to be right in it, along Buffalo Bayou which has been mentioned.  Still trying to get info, but am sure the Wilderness golf course down there will be underwater soon, if it isn't already.

[Peter Pallotta]

My thoughts are with you.
My apologies: I'd been following the news, but when the storm was 'downgraded' I assumed the worst was over, and that there'd be no loss of life.
I forgot all about the flooding.
Be well
Peter

[RJ_Daley]

Does Don Mahafey live near the course?  Port La Vaca is reportedly very bad.  I once looked up Mike Nuzzo's address on Google maps and I fear it is also in a bad place for the continued Buffalo Bayou crisis.  Remember the first responders, firefighters, cops etc., all have homes in the involved area as well.  Tough to go to work whilst your own home is in peril.  But, that is what they do...

[Pete_Pittock]

Steve,


Worried about Bill McB's son & family on south side in Clear Lake area ... and others of course


B McBride' son and family are fine, and their house is above the water level (as of last night).

[Bill_McBride]

Thanks Pete, I wondered how long it would take for someone to post something....... since there's almost no classic or important gca in the area of note. 

Per our neighbors in The Woodlands, which is 30 miles north of downtown, our homestead is dry, above any water flooded streets, our courses and most all in area are flooded from the creeks' overflows.  Meanwhile, we're strategically located 1350 miles north in Mich., watching things like the rest of the country, figuring out a path home to avoid the rain that'll be hitting between the 30th-45th parallel... likely along Miss, Tenn. & Ohio river valleys.

Worried about Mike Nuzzo out on west side, especially as they let out water from the two big reservoirs, Addicks and Barker, into Buffalo Bayou, already filled... which you see flowing on north side of downtown pics

Imagine Wolf Point is completely under water, down coast...

Worried about Bill McB's son & family on south side in Clear Lake area ... and others of course

Folks are taught to run from the water, hide from the wind.  Looks like many unfortunately reversed that advise, till too late.

Thanks Steve. Water came to within 10' of David's house but no higher. His fairly modern neighborhood has a really well designed and maintained stormwater system and there hasn't been a back up from the bayou it runs into. So far so good. His big challenge lies ahead as he will have to transition his exterior residential construction business into a renovation business. He has good crews and all the tools so he can handle it, but it's going to be a lot of work.

[Don Mahaffey]

I'm on GCA, so the worst must be over...my power is back on and soon I'll be off a diet of ham sandwiches and warm water.

[Tom_Doak]

I'm on GCA, so the worst must be over...my power is back on and soon I'll be off a diet of ham sandwiches and warm water.

Good to hear ... I was afraid to call you.  Hope everyone down there is OK.

[George Pazin]

Thanks for the thread and the updates, hope there are a few more following. Didn't want to ask anyone involved, as I figured they probably had more pressing concerns.

[Mike Nuzzo]

I'm with Don except I didn't have any ham sandwiches or lose power - I did get some ribs at one point.
Our town borders Buffalo Bayou where many have been evacuated - we're currently an island within Houston.
We live on the high side of town above the Bayou's bank.
I spent the nights monitoring water levels and clearing one of our towns trunk line basins in between bands of the storm.
Twice the water got to an 1" from being above our foundation - from rain / sheet flow not from the Bayou.
The nearest rain gauge reads 37" of rain from the weekend.
Peace & Thanks for asking.

[John Cowden]

Hey Mike and Don, what do you know about Wolf Point?  Cheers.

[Don Mahaffey]

John, WP GC is fine - we could've played yesterday. Lost a few trees around the edges, that's it.

We were fortunate to be in the "middle"
At landfall we had sustained winds of 40-50mph, and received about 12 inches of rain. But areas to our south got much higher wind, and to the north got the incredible amounts of rain. Counties on both sides of us have many, many people living in shelters.

I helped fly in some supplies to the Beaumont area yesterday and even though we've all seen the news, the magnitude of the humanitarian crises was overwhelming to witness. USAF C-130s, one after another ferrying people to Dallas, 1000s of people in 100s of buses waiting to be the next ones boarded, some having been in the buses for over 12 hours, and just a day or two removed from being forced from their homes.  The outpouring of charity is amazing, semi truck after semi truck fully loaded streaming in. But I worry about a month, a year, from now. I saw 1000s of homes still in the water. I can't imagine many of them being livable anytime soon. 

[John Cowden]

Good news, bad news, Don.  Thanks for the report.  And thank you for contributing your time and effort to the recovery.  Best wishes to you and yours in the "new normal".