Is there a tornado on the ground in Houston?

[malaise]

Just heard that

[dalton99a]

1. At least 50 homes damaged

http://www.khou.com/news/local/homes-damaged-after-possible-tornado-in-missouri-city/467521130

Link to tweet

[malaise]

2. Holy Shite

I hear that the rain coming is unprecedented and Houston is already among the most flood prone cities in America.

[kstewart33]

4. I lived in Houston for years.

There really wasn't a drainage system in Houston though that was many years ago. The real threat wasn't from hurricanes, it was flooding because in many areas of the city, there was no place for the rain to go. Almost every year, we had a flooding event in the city. The basement of the University of Houston library would always flood (I was a grad student then).

Why no system? Very low taxes and so no money to develop one.

[malaise]

5. They will learn

the hard way

[LisaL]

12. This isn't Houston's first rodeo with flooding.

[LisaL]

13. And pretty much every time, the flooding is called "unprecedented."

Just do a google search, year after year, it's "unprecedented" flooding. One would think that after so many times, it wouldn't be "unprecedented" anymore, but I guess one would be wrong.

[Warpy]

9. Not just Houston

People are going to find those picturesque little creeks running through their property have become massive torrents. I hope most of them have bugged out. Inland flooding is horrible. I can remember going through chest high water when I was 14 or so with a friend to rescue a little old lady whose house was just a little too near one of those picturesque little creeks. There weren't even any gators, just snakes and the current on that side of the house wasn't strong. Southeast Texas has gators.

[Warpy]

3. Two warning areas, one to the north and one to the northwest

Not the first ones and not the last. The storm has stalled now and still has 70 MPH sustained winds and a discernible eye.

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=hgx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no

[MineralMan]

6. Tornadoes are often spawned by hurricanes, especially

in the outer bands. Adding deadly insult to grave injury. Nature is a wild and awesome thing.

[malaise]

7. Yep - the real problem - flooding - is on the way

I feel for all in the region.

[MineralMan]

8. We probably won't know the full extent of the destruction

until sometime next week. It is going to have an enormous impact on the lives of so many people.

[underpants]

10. Yikes

[panader0]

11. Savoy Brown---Flood in Houston

[malaise]

14. Well we shouldn't expect record floodsbecause there's no climate change

So there