And You Thought You had a lot of rain

[JoePa]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/27...n-airport.html - 50 inches - can't even picture that much

[skypilot]

It rained here 4 times on the same day last week, but I really sympathize with the people in Texas. It will take weeks after the rain stops for the water to work its way out of that area.

[dutchhunter]

We went on vacation this past we to Huntsville. Had 4 inches if rain in two days.lol. I do feel for the folks in texas thy are in for a few days of heavy flooding

[jaycee]

With all that rain that they are getting and still going to get, where are all the rattle snakes going to go?, and think of all those feral hogs that are causing damage whats going to happen to them ?

Maybe they will come further north up here into Canada, heaven forbid

However, on the serious side, I do feel for those people down there, that is a lot of water to contend with, we'll have to see how Mr. Trump deals with the situation down there.

[sawbill]

My wife and I spent last February on South Padre Island which is part of Corpus Cristi. That's about where the hurricane made landfall but most of the damage has been to the northeast of there. Just hoping we still have our place to go back to this coming winter.

[skypilot]

Having lived in that area, I believe it will be several weeks after the rain stops and they quit dumping reservoirs before the water is low enough to even travel in those areas.

20-50 inches of rain over several hundred sq miles is a huge game changer on the ability to quickly mount any meaningful response.
Many folk will likely not return(Katrina/New Orleans dropped the population by ~ 50 % initially) and the government will likely offer penalty free use of one's retirement funds(no penalties on pre 65 withdrawals)if people will use the funds to move out of hurricane zones.

Houston has had a flood and traffic problem for decades. That population center will bear the brunt of damage and logistical issues due to flooding and failure to evacuate.