Thread: It's floodin' down in Texas

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Bad nasty for Texans and Okies lately. I hope all are OK.

Yeah Tom, "Liked" it in agreement. Lots of the Okie vids are my small hometown. We've had 20+ inches, 8.56" in less than 8 hours Sunday. Tornadoes and warnings, (?) It's a mess!!

Sorry for the damage to your home!! At least mine, so far is outside! Hope it stays that way!!

Regards,

Howard

Good to hear you are okay, SirStropalot.

I hope all in the flooded areas are ok. We've had a fair bit of flooding here in Saskatchewan the last few years. I was in South Carolina last year ( July) visiting my Mom and sister. We got a text telling us about the flooding that took place near where I live. Thankfully we didn't any damage. Some people weren't so lucky. A few years earlier..... We got a nasty storm and it flooded many of city streets and a lot of houses. Quite a few house had their basements filled up! Took many years to recover from that one. When Mother Nature is PMsing.... She is pretty mean!

Thought and prayers with those affected with the flooding and the havocs of the nasty storms.

My son is there right now and I can't get a hold of him. Probably holed up in a bar somewhere knowing him....... I hope.

"I'm so darn glad He let me try it again,
'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin.
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then.
Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground."

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It was certainly bad here in Houston. Lot's of folks lost a lot. I now know the meaning of a 'flash flood'. Got half the houses on my street in a matter of a few hours. (including mine! )

Sorry to hear this Tom. That sucks! We had a flood here in 2012 that got our house too. Luckily our sewer didn't back up and me and the family were all over it removing carpet and squeegee the water back in the sump pump once it cleared the top. Setting up fans and moving everything to a higher spot. As hiralou said it can bring a family together.

I'm glad that you are safe and you still have a home. Sorry this had to happen to you. On the bright side you will get to update some parts of your home. Hold those insurance companies accountable. Hopefully FEMA is able to be of some assistance.

Very sorry Tom

My prayers are with you

Whoa, just heard how far above sea level Houston is and the layout of the 'bayous.' Texans say it a little different than the folks in Louisiana do......take care Tom.

MickR had a similar experience recently in brissie, though it's persisting down in WA we have come out of it fine except for a leak or two in the roof, I guess that's an advantage of living half way up a hill.
I hope you get it all sorted out relatively painlessly Tom.

Tom I hope everything is ok