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Hey everyone,
I live at an apartment with stilts right next to Buffalo Bayou in Houston. The water has already breeched the first floor as you can see. Once they release the dam at 2am, the water is supposed to rise 4-6 inches PER HOUR and not to mention there is just no end in sight for this storm. I've kept high spirits and prepared as best I could. The complex even opened up empty apartments above for us to me to. I cannot begin to explain how petrified I am right now and don't want to tell all my loved ones that. So I'm telling you. I just want to break down but I can't yet..
Oh and I smell like a dog's ass and have no idea when the next shower or bath will happen. So all y'all out there with running water, take a good one for me. Edit:
Thank you all for the kind words. When I was feeling low, you guys helped inspire me to be strong. I'm lucky to still be above water and safe. The apartment community has kept me going. I've got water, food, and friends ( though cabin fever is strong and tensions can be high at times). We still have days of rain and they are NOW opening the floodgates (they didn't last night so more people could leave if they can)x This city has a lot of rebuilding to do once the aftermath sets in. I'll be here helping. You all have been such an inspiration, so continue your kind words because you each have made a change. #teamimgur
Oh and I bathed with rain water from a fountain out of a small cooler. It was the best bath of my life....
Tinydancer1586
Hey dude, stay safe. My parents live in Dickinson and lost everything last night. It's going to suck, but it's gonna be okay. You're alive.
tasan
My sister is <1 mile from the flood zone from the releases. I keep telling her to leave but she won't. Stay safe, friend.
Lvaneede
Stay safe. I hope things dont turn out too bad for you
Notanotherdamnone
Distance from water / 4 will give you an approx time in hrs until your next bath starts.....stay safe. Move up a level maybe?
Reallynotagirl
Fingers crossed for you, be safe.
LosPer
@op hang in there...sorry this is happening.
Cats2cats
Been through this. Have a small evac kit ready. Change of cloths , dry shoes. Buddy up with a neighbor. Hugs.
kirbyvictorious
Always welcome to evacuate our way, we're in Beaumont and high and dry at least for the moment.
sparklequeef
I'm in SC but I have room for 4 if anyone is evacuating this way.
Mr3inches
It's been 7 hours, you ok @op? Some people have been posting on Facebook asking for help and have been rescued because of it
alibroobroo
Still doing okay! It's receded about a foot. Waiting on some more dam action. Cabin fever is kicking in.
MYLASAGA
Shit man. Be safe and don't give up hope
Venusflytripp
Much love.
Aranyszin
Hang in there, brother (or sister). Be glad you don't own the building, or have to worry about rebuilding it. Be safe, be patient, and think
Aranyszin
of the cool stories you'll get to tell of how you weathered the great flood of 2017!
makemineadouble
garghuul
Stay safe, be strong. You can do this.
Bejaran
damn i thought this is a prison at first
onefaller
it is, now
DerelictBuildings
Best wishes from England. Wishing you a fast recovery from the fierceness of mother nature. Stay safe, and look after those around you.
Emmyexley69
Stay safe OP, and keep us updated. Sending hugs from the UK.
DontLookAtMeInThatToneOfVoicee
Thoughts of peace and love headed your way from England x
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
HEy @op how are you now ? are you ok ?
alibroobroo
Still surviving.the community in my complex is binding together. It's really fantastic. Thanks for the concern!
Sissi555
Do you know how it looks like on Eldridge/Briarforest? I live on the first floor and have been on lock down at my work place since friday...
Sissi555
I got out for a few hours. At 6PM Westheimer was half flooded. Eldridge is on some parts bad. Around the bayou everything is blocked.Be safe
alibroobroo
I wish I could help you friend, but I have no idea.
Sissi555
That's ok. Maybe I can convince my boss to let me go home for 3 hours. I ran out of clean clothes... i hope you are safe!
fuckingtnuc
It got pretty bad over by Nottingham Park last night. It stopped just in time to spare the houses and apartments across from the park
Janusha
Im on the 4th floor. Im fine.
alibroobroo
Hey friend!!
Janusha
Also in a different country, so Im fine. Im really fine.
crazycatladywithdogs
I hope you stay safe! Love from Australia
Drosophila281
How are you leaving? If your cars outside it's underwater too much to drive. Staying were you are and moving up floors is much safer than1/2
fourkingbaker
Hopefully a boat
alibroobroo
There is no road to leave. It's completely submerged. Cars in a parking garage high up.
Drosophila281
Being caught outside on a road that's flooding.
danbrazier
Thinking about you in the shower @op.
jtsurfs
That reads creepy
holmestrix
Dare I say, your having a shower thought?
MarkyMarksFunkyHunch
I'm thinking about you in the shower. Guess that needs italics now.
JoehioButNobodyUnderstandsTheReference
jocloud31
ph... phrasing?
hmzzz
Me too
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hmzzz
But you asked me to think about OP.
Soopermanz
Sorry, that was my bad...
sunyudai
Wait, if that's you, then who am I brushing against?
danbrazier
Don't stop.
ImADoctorNotAnImgurian
It's not gay if it's for a good cause.
mdzmdz
So... where're you shitting?
Celticairborne
And this is why you don't want to drink the water or use it to bathe...
alibroobroo
We filled the washer up with water to fill the tanks. The ole " if it's brown flush it down if it's yellow let it mellow.
JoehioButNobodyUnderstandsTheReference
Smart.
mdzmdz
It'll probably just be floating up into the flooded apartments. You could save yourself some time and just cut a hole in your floor
fluxfish
Post Katrina we were told to line the toilet with walmart bags for the brown, no power to water plants. No water/no gas/ no power: the worst
lonelylinguist
I don’t wanna be the bearer of bad news, but if anyone needs a sign of climate change, this shit will only happen more as the planet warms.
brownbag
Better keep that car running then so we at least have warm water to bathe in
MadHakon
Sorry, but that's not necessarily true. Climate change is real, it's reinforced by human activity, but that doesn't necessarily mean 1/2
MadHakon
that the climate is going to churn out natural disasters more often. It could, but that's not something we can fully understand yet. 2/2
lonelylinguist
I thought it was pretty widely accepted that it’s a cause of increasing frequency & severity of extreme weather events. Happy to learn more.
JM2DC
Its widely accepted climate change is real. From there, specifics get a bit less clear cut and much harder to prove.
Jbluberry
There is a severe hurricane in the gulf every decade. Katrina was almost 10 years ago.
PVS3
Um... it's been 142 months since the last one of these. If Hurricanes are a sure sign of AGW, is the absence of them counter-evidence?
governmentgavemeagun
142 months since the last 1-in-500-year storm? Sounds like a warning to me...
DuckTalesOohWooOoh
Yep. A single weather event does not a climate trend make; however, more extreme weather events are a predicted symptom.
DuckTalesOohWooOoh
It is unusual that the winds that should carry the storm inland are not present. Hard to chalk it up to climate change without more study.
rumandbass
It's a good thing we can look at more than 1 point of data and see trends.
tesseract4d2
Your comment is way under appreciated
DuckTalesOohWooOoh
Rereading-- where's your 142 months number coming from?
EazyMarco
Courage and peace from France
bleblebla
Actually courage and peace are last things i'd expect coming from france (it's meant only as a joke, too good not to use)
Wwyrick
Yeah France! America's original freedom buddy.
LittleAldy
Thanks
alibroobroo
Your kindness is much appreciated here!
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LittleAldy
Low quality bait
bondagewithjesus
You clearly no nothing of their history
EnglishPolice
know*
bondagewithjesus
Thank you my mistake, username relevant tho +1
EnglishPolice
Have a nice day.
Ch4rl1e97
What happened?
playedknifeyspoonybefore
Gaaaaaaay
ezzmann
Dahahahah
HypnagogicHallucinations
Venice is so nice this time of year.
Twichy
CeleryBathtub2k19
So dark +1
Mockingbirb
Well... OP would have use for some sort of gondola right now, I guess. Good luck @OP!
brownbag
They're expensive af, about 80€ for half an hour so hope that rain stuff goes away soon huh.
sunyudai
I don't think the gondola taxis are willing to come to Houston. It's a bit of a sail.
beyondblack
First I thought you were suggesting OP take a vacation to Venice but then I got the joke. Fucking right up my alley type of humour +1
HypnagogicHallucinations
...right up my *canal
beyondblack
I'm so annoyed I didn't think of this. Goddamn it.
Soopermanz
We're in sugar Land and they just issued mandatory evac for us because of the releases. I'm packing up my family and leaving at first light.
tehvipah
Where are y'all going?
OliverClothesoff70
Sugar Land is pretty far south. Be safe, amigo.
planetNasa
We have friends on Sugar land. Stay safe!
flacoloco
let us know how you are doing.
LvAllen
Oh shit. I've got multiple family members in Sugar Land.
Splaterson
Suger Land? Is that a real place?
lunarockstar
road closures listed here https://www.facebook.com/fbcoem/
Soopermanz
As an update, we left at 6a and safely made it to the Austin area after 5 hours... usually a 3 hour drive. All members of the family ... 1/2
Soopermanz
Safe and accounted for. Thank you all for the well wishes.
lunarockstar
@Soopermanz hwy 6 from 59 is clear to at least Bissonett. My friend did that and I live in the area too.
djberight
alibroobroo
Memorial is completely under water so I'm stuck. You guys be safe and best of luck!
WinoCrimesand69s
Galleria is luckily only on voluntary evacuation so far
CuteAnimalsForSadSister
We had neighbors meeting up at 7.30 with boats but we are in Katy. Check your neighborhood fb, nextdoor app, etc to see if you have the same
FreelancerRexx
They have the boats coming out from all over. Get in contact with the fire marshal and let them know you need and evac out.
Soopermanz
You too, godspeed
GetUrMindBlown
Would you like to donate some water to California it would be greatly appreciated.
INALLCAPS
WE ALREADY GOT OUR WATER BACK
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sunyudai
While you are probably going to be fine, I'd suggest having a ladder up to the roof handy, [...]
sunyudai
as well as some brightly colored cloth and/or candles/flares to signal for help with, just in case water rises above expected heights.
AwkwardKeming
Did they think this was going to hit you this hard? Did you think about evacuating?
BrisketSandwich24
Whether they did or not remember they're all humans.
AwkwardKeming
I didn't say he deserved to drown if he stayed against advice. I'm just curious about it.
BrisketSandwich24
I know you didn't. But there will always be people who take this as an excuse to pile on. Your comment was a good spot to remind. Cheers
PinkSpongebob
No, it wasn't supposed to hit this hard. Mayor said not to evacuate.
PunjabiMacgyver
they warned everyone and people still stayed!!!!!!
springmom
Good luck evacuating 8 million people in a few hours. Trust me, it's not a good idea.
PunjabiMacgyver
No, in the time before the storm when they warned it was going to be insane, you could leave whenever you want!
PunjabiMacgyver
the news reported it was going to be BAD days before leading up to the storm. not really 8M people heading out of town in an hr.
springmom
Two days before they were predicting it might make Cat 1 status. Maybe. No one leaves for a Cat 1.
sunyudai
Some areas were told not to evac. Think OP is in one of those:
sunyudai
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-08-27/the-latest-harvey-stationary-deluges-continue-near-houston
sunyudai
See "7:15 PM" note: "The mayor also defended his decision not to order an evacuation."
PunjabiMacgyver
thanks for these details. that really sucks :(
TheInfamousPenguin
You... you live in a place called... Sugar land? ._.
BlueManticore
Yea, it's probably gonna melt with all the flooding...
isleepwithateddybearthatisoverthreedecadesold
I stayed in a hotel there once. They had sugar scrub in the bathroom to wash your hands.
lunarockstar
Named after Imperial Sugar. There was a factory here. I live in Sugar Land. Thankfully in an area not under mandatory or voluntary evac.
DoroFuyutsuki
Also of interest: The Imperial Sugar plant is where the sugar for "10-2" Dr. Pepper comes from. Source: Took tours of plant when I was a kid
TheInfamousPenguin
America: The land where entire regions are named after companies