Flooding photos and footage from Houston.

[C Moon]

This is bad.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/photos-show-texas-under-water_us_59a2da9ce4b06d67e3383e02?5sq

[dalton99a]

1. Another gallery - Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-tropical-storm-harvey-20170827-story.html

[C Moon]

3. +1

[Glimmer of Hope]

4. So devastating. How can it possibly get worse?

[BruceWane]

6. It's still raining here.

Also, the general topography of the region is such that stuff drains from the northwest to the southeast. So all the rain that has fallen northwest of the Houston area is coming our way..............most (if not all) the major waterways here are out of their banks now, but will not crest until sometime Tuesday.

We have two major reservoirs on the west side of the region. They're both filling too fast, so the flood control district, along with the Army Corps Engineers, are starting to release water from one of them in three hours, the other is planned to start in 24 hours. This will flood many homes downstream, and still flood many homes upstream, too. They can't stop the level rising in the reservoirs, they can only slow it.

As the flood control district spokesman put it "we're doing this because a controlled release is better than an uncontrolled one". In other words, they're trying to prevent failure of the dams.

[Glimmer of Hope]

16. Thanks for the explanation. I hope you stay safe and sound.

[Dustlawyer]

9. I am 90 miles East of downtown Houston and the rain is coming down in sheets

as I type. The sound of water hitting water is deafening like being behind a waterfall. It hasn't stopped in hours. It can get worse, believe it will be!

[Glimmer of Hope]

17. Take care dear!

[hamsterjill]

21. Dustlawyer can you check in?

DU'ers were concerned about you in another thread. Here's hoping you are safe and sound.

[Dustlawyer]

22. Nice to have people that care, thanks!

Doing better today, been between the bands most of the day. Came close early morning to getting flooded with the ditch overflowing. It was about a foot away in a ditch that is 35-40 feet deep.

The next couple of days will be close. The storm surge is going to back up the drainage that has been able to keep the water moving. If we get rain like last night it will be bad. The track has Harvey going right through town Wednesday at 1 p.m.

[hamsterjill]

26. Glad to know you are safe at least for the moment.

Please stay that way!!! Do what you gotta do, and keep us posted as you can.

[dalton99a]

19. More photos - New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-pictures-hurricane-storm.html

[Scurrilous]

2. K&R

[yuiyoshida]

5. K&R

[napi21]

7. How do you ever get back to something normal after all this? nt

[C Moon]

8. I was thinking the same thing.

[Duppers]

10. Same here.

Besides all the devastation, one touching thing that stands out to me is that many people are taking/carrying their dogs (and hopefully their kitties) with them.

[C Moon]

11. Yes! I'm always concerned with the pups, etc. It's so sad. I hated seeing that photo

someone posted on DU with the poor dog in the truck cab. :_(

[Skittles]

12. in the past, often people were expected to leave pets during rescues

the authorities finally got wise and realized many people, if not most, consider their pets to be family members, not possessions

[C Moon]

14. +1

[PunkinPi]

25. You'll like this post...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029528005

Hi Duppers!

[Duppers]

27. Pi! ❤

Thank you! I posted there.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Kick and Rec

[RobinA]

15. People Amaze Me

Driving along the flooded highway - "I'll just drive into this deep water. Everybody else's car or truck is floating, but mine will drive on through."

[Luciferous]

18. Yeah I was thinking that about the guy in the white truck at the link. Why

do people even try to drive through it? I'm in the Memphis area and we get a lot of flooding so most people know better.

[Sunlei]

20. I'm in SSW Houston, lucky to not have the house flood. Can't drive more then a couple blocks

in any direction without the street blocked by water. rushing water. People are trying to get out of flooded homes, neighborhoods and areas that will flood tonight when they release the dam and levies.

This is the worse floods Houston area has ever had.

[Luciferous]

24. Stay safe down there!

[Sunlei]

28. much much better today-even a bit of sunshine! & I had time for a nap :P

still quite a storm to the east

Live weather radar

https://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=HGX&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

[dalton99a]

23. The following types of people are most likely to drive through flooded waters:

- people age 18 to 35

- people who do not take warnings seriously

- people who do not know that motor vehicles are involved in most flood fatalities.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2016/04/19/turn-around-dont-drown-is-a-cute-slogan-why-some-dont-do-it/

[Sunlei]

29. around houston streets & roads flood first. Streets are intended drainage-with their storm drains.

once storm drains stop draining because major bayous are full-water quickly backs up towards homes and gets in homes.

50 inches of rain over a couple of days- it is amazing thousands didn't die.