"The rainfall amounts currently forecast are almost too high to comprehend"

[Horse with no Name]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hurricane-harvey-biggest-flood-threat-151452517.html
The rainfall amounts currently forecast are almost too high to comprehend — upwards of 35 inches may fall from the Corpus Christi, Texas area northeastward to the Houston and Galveston region, and potentially extending into western Louisiana as well. Areas inland toward Austin and San Antonio may also be heavily impacted.

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Hal Needham, a storm surge expert, wrote on his blog on Friday that the storm surge will be so prolonged that it will act to worsen inland flooding with a combo of freshwater and saltwater flooding.

The flood threat for Houston and Galveston may be greatest after Monday, as the storm meanders along or just offshore, piling water toward the coast and dumping heavy rain inland.

“The collision of these ingredients looks like a train and car headed for an intersection on the tracks,” he wrote.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Galveston, OH Gal-ves-ton...

has a seawall of 17 feet and the entire place was raised 17 feet after the 1900 hurricane (I googled it yesterday). Therefore I would think that their main concern is the storm surge. The other islands and areas of TX should be worried about the rains mostly.

[Horse with no Name]

2. One of my dear friends....a good liberal

lives on Galveston Island. They didn't leave.

I am heartsick that they chose to stay.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Why didn't they leave, wishful thinking or inability to do so?

[Horse with no Name]

4. Her husband refused

and she wouldn't leave him behind. They have the ability to leave.

[BigmanPigman]

5. I guess it is a macho man thing.

[Horse with no Name]

6. No. He has been sick.

I think it is just too much.

[BigmanPigman]

7. When hurricanes hit NY and NJ there were police and ambulances

there to help people who couldn't do it themselves. Maybe Galveston doesn't provide those supports.

[Horse with no Name]

8. If history is correct....

UT John Sealy will be under water. They even made a movie about the evacuations.
From my connected friends....I understand that they have moved all of the NICU babies in the areas affected to Northern areas....at least two hospitals in Dallas have accepted.

[Horse with no Name]

9. UT John Sealy

http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/11/09-021109/en/

[lunasun]

10. Good to hear about Dallas having the room

[woodsprite]

11. Isn't the CDC or some bio lab down

There in the path as well? I thought it was mentioned in regards to one of the other hurricanes, but haven't seen it this time.

[Horse with no Name]

13. There is a bio lab at UTMB

I am pretty certain it is shut down and moved.

[KelleyKramer]

12. Our local weather guy said it was because. ..

It's moving so slow. He said it was unusual for a storm that big to move that slow

This could get real ugly