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As a meteorologist, the weather can be awesome. Tornadoes, hurricanes, snowstorms, all crazy and jaw dropping. When you start to impact people's lives, it's when it doesn't become fun to watch. It's a tough field to work in, and the only thing we can do is make people aware of the dangers. This forecast of 30"+ of rain had been out since Thursday, but its tough to realize how bad that is until you witness it first hand. At that point, the damage is already done. This honestly sickens me, and the picture speaks loud.
The damage won't be fully known until at least next weekend, so please do all that you can, donate anything. Whether that's clothes or money, anything is better than nothing! Let's hope and pray that we don't see Katrina level fatalities with this disaster
live830
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and local officials had given conflicting messages about whether to evacuate Houston ahead of Harvey -WAPost
igotenoughgrillstopaythebills
Hey Texas. Global warming doesn't exist.
girltoimgur
Does anyone know of collections happening around the Dallas area? I will be traveling there in two weeks and wish to donate clothing.
WeatherWiz
I'm not from Dallas, but I found this: https://www.unt.edu/story/charities-accepting-donations-help-hurricane-harvey-survivors hope it helps
KamikazeKlondike
We were told to shelter in place. Thanks Ed Emmitt for putting people in harm's way.
philoticparallax
What? Where???
potus50
That or die on the freeway, if you were here for Rita you'd remember the people sitting on the freeway for day in the middle of a hurricane
Puppysaysmeow
How do you safely evacuate a city of 5 million+ people ? It would cause widespread panic and chaos. So far few fatalities and lots of help.
Orleanskat
Donald Trump flushing out illegal immigrants.
ayymamacita
not sure to take it as a joke or take as a racist comment
Orleanskat
Yes
Orleanskat
When Mexicans don't vote, you get Texas.
CarolanneVachon
i live in quebec canada thats super far but ill try to donate and if anyone needs a place i know i can always havespot on my couch
WeatherWiz
WeatherWiz
Hmmm, your username is familiar...
CarolanneVachon
idk its my real name :D
AboveAverageUsername
Yeah that hurricane really snuck up on everyone
thejadedcynic
It intensified from a tropical storm to a category 4 rather swiftly. And this is just off the scales weather regardless.
WeatherWiz
I had a feeling people weren't going to take the flooding seriously :(
nipplepanties
live830
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and local officials had given conflicting messages about whether to evacuate Houston ahead of Harvey -WAPost
twitmerican
You can't just evacuate 4.5 million people, it would be chaos
LLMain
and evacuating those same 4.5 million people after/during the hurricane is somehow better?
phukerstone
i had heard it's not great for everyone to all donate at once, at the start. it overwhelms the workers accepting it. donated blood expires.
phukerstone
stagger donations, to keep people supplied.
Blastergv9
Look for the helpers
angelphyre001
Mr Rogers?
FlamedLion
And helicopters.
joborel
It's great to see my fellow houstonians coming together but it's not over, Harvey is expected to go back into the gulf and RE landfall
joborel
Directly over the city.
WeatherWiz
There's still model confusion, but we will see what happens once it goes offshore. My hope is it heads well easy. At least landfall in.....
WeatherWiz
Louisiana instead of Texas, this way the bulk of moisture will stay well east of them, and Harvey won't be sitting over LA anyway
NomDeImguerre
"When you start to impact people's lives"? You're not causing the weather, are you?
ceallachan
As another meteorologist. I warned my people there Tuesday.
WeatherWiz
Oh neat another fellow meteorologist! Glad you spread the word out to your followers in any case.
1Plebian
How is this sickening?
GuinnessSteve
I, too, am confused.
WeatherWiz
What's sickening is the catastrophic damage this is causing and the lives that will be lost
1Plebian
How old are you?
CCGert
I don't feel sorry for any of them. They had like a weeks notice to get the fuck out.
CCGert
I saw on one of the news channels the Govenor saying unless you can't for some reason, get out. Maybe he was referring to another area
TheGoodDrPepper
Houstonians were told by our mayor to stay put.
Vatricidal
They were specifically told (and are still being told, unless in immediate danger) to shelter in place.
CaptainPirate8
I am seriously surprised at the lack of Sandbagging I am seeing in pics.
oieokillertofu
They did sandbag, that's why they're still there.
beerlady
The only prepping I saw was the stocking up okn chips and beer.
Vatricidal
Its hard to get a sense of scale from these photos. Kinda hard to sandbag against six feet of water a full 360 degrees around you.
skitsmcgee
It flooded in locations that have never flooded. Places that have survived countless hurricanes and tropical storms. My house included.
CaptainPirate8
I said I was surprised, nothing more and I understand that comment could seem like blame or judgement.
Huitzilpotchli
Meteorologist said we were only going to get 12"-15" of rain from Friday night to Wednesday night SE of Houston. We already have 20"...
Tforme22
Oh my gosh! Hang in there and be well and safe. Prayers coming your way.
YourMomJokes
that's like saying, "i'm seriously surprised at the lack of original content on this site." It's there, you just haven't seen it.
HeyGuysAmIRelevantYet
Decent analogy given the ratio of OC to reposts now as opposed to the ratio a year ago.
CaptainPirate8
You're probably right and none of the pictures I have seen show sandbagging.
HeyGuysAmIRelevantYet
It's Texas. My wife won't even let me buy candles in case we lose power.
CaptainPirate8
Her logic is irrefutable.
Totallyscrewedinaustin
I'm in Texas and I bought candles. Better safe then sorry!
HeyGuysAmIRelevantYet
Agreed lol
WeatherWiz
To be fair, even with sandbagging, they would need to be built like 20 feet high in spots to even make a dent
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Dsharppe
Only on half the city, though.
deathstar008
Which we did here in Iowa during our last flood in 2016. In areas the sandbagging went 30 feet high.
CaptainPirate8
Yeah I know some of the residential areas it would have made a huge difference though.
WeatherWiz
That's true. I'm not sure why there wasn't anything done to prepare. The forecast was spot on.
waylenwarren1
That part of Texas is basically totally impervious/ concrete. Their natural "drainage" is basically non existent/ under developed