RE : O/T: Hello Houston

[Lew Hodgett]

Getting news reports that Houston got hit pretty hard.

You guys OK?

Lew

[Martin Eastburn]

You mean in the thunderstorms and rain ?

I'm 200 miles north and we got over 10" though the locals don't say that at the airport... Hum.

Massive lighting storm - thousands of strikes. The app I have was almost white with strikes covering up the purple, red, orange and yellow with the three shades of green of rain.

I had a friend that got Baseball sized hail. That would make your day in a windshield or head...

Flooding everywhere. Rivers are at over 100 percent for several weeks. Then a day off of rain and then more rain.

I mowed the acreage grass last time with a Hog cutter. Large weeds. Now the grass is in full swing and growing. I have running water across the yard, and down the sides of roads.

Trees are falling - I haven't lost one yet, but I suspect I will in the coming weeks. These are 100' to 125' oaks.

Mart> Getting news reports that Houston got hit pretty hard.

[Leon]

In the last 4-5 weeks, almost 14" of rain where I live. Clear Lake, just south of Houston got 13" in 3 hours last weekend. But no big deal on the west side if Houston, mostly a problem if you live near any of the local rivers. The whole state has been getting rain and many of the rivers enter the gulf near Houston.

[Swingman]

It rained??

[Dave in Texas]

I mowed the acreage grass last time with a Hog cutter. Large weeds. Now the grass is in full swing and growing. I have running water across the yard, and down the sides of roads.

Ditto a place I keep SE of San Antonio. I've kept the eight-foot, twin-blade shredder hooked up [vs. the grooming mower] for the last two cuts. Pretty ragged looking but you can't keep letting it grow. About 25 inches of rain there since March. Rancher I know has abandoned his remaining wheat to be combined; what remains is laying over. Old mine pits and stock tanks full to the brim or overflowing. The last seven or eight years I've been saying I don't complain about the rain anymore. I'm ready to shelve that refrain.

Dave in SoTex

[Martin Eastburn]

Here is another massive line / bow front / of Rain - in the Yellow and Red. The time passing will be 5 hours. We are about half the way through and thankfully it didn't dump like before - likely 4 or 5 inches, but my dry creek didn't overflow while taking water from the house to the creek.

Mart> You mean in the thunderstorms and rain ?

[Martin Eastburn]

It doesn't have to in Houston. They are downhill from DFW and a lot of East Texas Forest lands. Water a-plenty is heading there - the lakes are in full overflow. Earlier in the year - over winter - you could see dirt in lots of bass hide outs. Now 20' of water or more.

Mart> >>> Getting news reports that Houston got hit pretty hard.

[Swingman]

That was a jest.

The streets are inundated, again, as we speak.

My home is in no danger. 3' above grade, and grade is 1' above the curb.

Never again...

[Roy]

11.5 inches of rain out here in Pecan Grove/Richmond last night. It still beats burning up the countryside due to a drought.

Regards, Roy