[Magdalen] Houston flooding

[L Ronkainen]

yes, David, my first experience in Houston only about 4 months after moving
here was a storm that brought 13"of rain  in an hour in my neighborhood,
and also flooded roads on my way *back* from taking my mom to the airport
the next morning... logs and trees were floating by in the main drag on my
way home that day.  Flooding (and hurricanes) are VERY different from other
kinds of 'weather issues'.  I'm only now seeing photos from yesterday and
still this morning of the downtown area which is considerable.
Lynn

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:02 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 5/26/2015 10:12:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
>
> Serious  storms here and west to SanAntonio last night. Much flooding in
> cities and  bursting earthen dams and levees. Possible consideration for
> federal disaster  aid.
> Lynn>>>>>
>
> The year I entered the Army Medical Corps, headquartered in San  Antonio
> (1966), there were some Texas sized downpours that left this Upper
> Midwestern
> boy flabbergasted.
>
> On one occasion a large parking lot in front of a strip mall suddenly
> flooded
> secondary to some deluge downpours, and a previously empty concrete
> drainage ditch at one end of the lot.
>
> Luckily, my car was at the high point of the parking lot, and wasn't  swept
> away as were other vehicles.
>
> Frightening!
>
>
> David Strang......who otherwise loved San Antonio.
>
>
>


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