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Roland99
(53,342 posts)Just devastating and no end in sight
jpak
(41,757 posts)It's bad
jpak
(41,757 posts)jpak
(41,757 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)no rescues, people wandering around neck- and shoulder-deep looking for help.
The only way there are no casualties is if the water stops rising.
http://abc13.com/live/
malaise
(268,846 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Potentially being picked up in a single boat working thru neighborhood - 12 hours later.
Trump tweets:
Link to tweet
malaise
(268,846 posts)People are on bridges just like NOLA
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)My mother just emailed me from west Houston and said still OK where she is - but Houston is terribly devastated, she says.
Looking at a live radar, the rain is not going to be letting up.
Those comments and pictures at WU Cat6 are heartbreaking. No rescue. Nursing homes!
malaise
(268,846 posts)is that this time everyone has a camera
Heart-breaking is an understatement
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)City opening George R. Brown Convention Center for shelter.
malaise
(268,846 posts)Fitting
B2G
(9,766 posts)What does this even mean?
malaise
(268,846 posts)They don't believe in government or community
B2G
(9,766 posts)The mayor? The people of Houston?
B2G
(9,766 posts)you of all people should know better.
malaise
(268,846 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)malaise
(268,846 posts)Did you get the impression that the Texas Governor was told to praise the Con over and over?
malaise
(268,846 posts)They just showed it on CNNand said 20 folks were rescued
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Tornadoes will continue to be a threat in the rainbands east of Harveys center. The NWS Houston office has issued more than 100 tornado warnings since Friday, a record-smashing total, and 20 tornado reports have been compiled by the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center for Friday and Saturday.
malaise
(268,846 posts)Just wait until they reach the mobile home parks
suffragette
(12,232 posts)And cronies are looking to implement "shock doctrine" and calculating what can be privatized for profit.
More and more like Katrina, complete with Democratic mayor of city to blame.
marybourg
(12,607 posts)they've been showing private individuals bringing in boat after boat; jet skis, kayaks, rubber dinghies, everything you can imagine, launching them at the interstate and pulling them into the neighborhoods, rescuing strangers.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Is KPRC running?
I could only get KTRK this AM, so I stuck with them.
Seeing photos from Meyerland. Single story homes underwater.
marybourg
(12,607 posts)if I recall correctly) has taken over and are on Facebook, Youtube and KHOU.com where I watching them now.
KatyMan
(4,189 posts)Than a stream at this point. Sometimes a little levity helps, sorry. And yes I'm in the Houston area, far west suburb. We've had about 15" of rain since Friday.
riversedge
(70,180 posts)Victoria Brownworth @VABVOX
Trump doesn't believe in climate science & some Americans will lose everything because of it.
#HurricaneHarvey
Link to tweet
malaise
(268,846 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)He had unbelievable coverage from Rockport Friday night, from the eye wall.