Longhorns Coastal Longhorns - Hurricane Harvey Thread

[joeywa]

Everyone in Corpus, Rockport, Port A, Port OC, Galveston, Houston, Padre Island, etc., please be safe this weekend. This is a bear of a storm. Don't take any chances and be smart.

Hook Em! 🤘🏻

[Big Daddy Cane]

Well said joey. Stay safe everyone!

[dillohorn]

I bet  the RV site we usually get in Rockport has been devastated.

[tejasrulz]

I bet  the RV site we usually get in Rockport has been devastated.

 

 

Sad to say I fixed that for you. I have family up and down the coast of Texas and they're all staying and I'm in Austin with extra bedrooms. 

[Texhorns]

Brought my family to San Antonio from Corpus. If the power comes on tonight, we're headed back, otherwise tomorrow. Everyone along the coast needs your continued prayers.

[java]

The school where I teach is being used as a shelter. I am staying with my daughter's family right now, which was an unexpected benefit.

 

My concern is school starting again, but not having power at home, or having both routes to school impassable (both county roads for about 15 miles.). One of the routes is certain to flood, but the other is 50-50.

 

May need to commute much further.

[HornSports Staff]

Everyone, please be safe - thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this brutal storm.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Aaron is in Pearland, which has received 25+ inches of rain so far. Is Aaron okay?

 

 

 

[Coot]

Local Austin rain gauge: 8.6 inches as of Sunday AM.

[joeywa]

It's a mess for sure. And now the models showing it is likely headed back to the Gulf to recharge and swing around and come back. Ugh. Not good for Houston area and SW LA.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Just got a text from Aaron. They're okay but it's getting worse. 

[Daniel Seahorn]

Just got a text from Aaron. They're okay but it's getting worse.

Glad you heard back, because I texted him earlier and didn't get a reply.

 

I got plenty of family and friends down there, so I've been a wreck keeping up with everything from afar.

[Sirhornsalot]

Aaron and his family are pinned in there in Pearland. They can't get out as roads are flooded in all directions. His street is flooded to his yard. But forecasters say they're going to get another 20 inches of rain, so I fear he and his family will need to move to the second floor.

 

Prayers for Aaron and his family and hopefully this thing will move out soon.

 

 

[CharcoalPuppy]

Glad you heard back, because I texted him earlier and didn't get a reply.

 

I got plenty of family and friends down there, so I've been a wreck keeping up with everything from afar.

 

 Have a lot of folks in my extended family that live down there as well.   This is Katrina type stuff.

[joeywa]

This is not good, folks.  They're talking about intermittent release of water from Addicks Dam and one other.  Officials are saying that the affected homes will have water in their homes for the next 2 months.  Think about that.  Ugh.  The other option is to do nothing, and one or both dams fail, and Houston becomes what New Orleans did when the levees failed in Katrina. 

[joeywa]

Aaron and his family are pinned in there in Pearland. They can't get out as roads are flooded in all directions. His street is flooded to his yard. But forecasters say they're going to get another 20 inches of rain, so I fear he and his family will need to move to the second floor.

 

Prayers for Aaron and his family and hopefully this thing will move out soon.

 

Yes.  I've been in contact with him as well today/tonight.  Hope things settle a bit and they see the waters recede.  This storm system is doing all the wrong things right now. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

They're still calling for another 20 inches of rain. The average elevation of the Houston area is 50 ft above sea level. The area does not drain very fast. This isn't good at all.

[joeywa]

If you get a Mandatory Evacuation notification, don't screw around. Get your family and whatever you want to take packed and GET OUT. There is a very real chance that these levees are breached by tomorrow afternoon. This is not something to dilly dally on. When they say mandatory, they mean GTFO.

[North Texas Golfer]

Glad you heard back, because I texted him earlier and didn't get a reply.

 

I got plenty of family and friends down there, so I've been a wreck keeping up with everything from afar.

 

Know what you mean. My brother and his wife live in Pearland and one of their kids, with small kids of their own, in Dickinson. Haven't heard from him since Saturday night and haven't been able to reach him. 

[CoachEmUp64]

Praying for y'all who live in the coastal areas/h-town. Stay safe!

[joeywa]

Got a text from Aaron this morning.  He's still holed up in his house, but the rains have continued to come down.  They're still dry in the house at this point. 

 

Mandatory evacuation in Dickinson just announced.  Thing just keeps spinning over the Houston metro area.  Barker & Addicks dams are releasing water from the gates.  Conroe dam is releasing water from the gates.  Sienna Plantation trying to pump their water out, but are apparently having issues with the pump system.  Mandatory evac in Ft Bend County, (Missouri City/Sienna Plantation)

 

Stay safe folks.

[Daniel Seahorn]

[Sirhornsalot]

Looks like Aaron is going to be fine. He is of course still surrounded by water and can't get anywhere via car, but he was able to walk to a convenience store today and pick some things up. He posted some pictures on FB today. Just unbelievable what they're going through.

 

I have heard that Mayweather has donated $200 million to Houston relief. The owner of the Rockets has donated $10 million.

 

Don't forget about our friends down in the Rockport, Refugio, Port Aransas areas as those town were totally devastated and most of the attention seems to have been focused on Houston for the past few days.

[Daniel Seahorn]

Looks like Aaron is going to be fine. He is of course still surrounded by water and can't get anywhere via car, but he was able to walk to a convenience store today and pick some things up. He posted some pictures on FB today. Just unbelievable what they're going through.

 

I have heard that Mayweather has donated $200 million to Houston relief. The owner of the Rockets has donated $10 million.

 

Don't forget about our friends down in the Rockport, Refugio, Port Aransas areas as those town were totally devastated and most of the attention seems to have been focused on Houston for the past few days.

I believe the Mayweather donation was fake news. The Alexander donation is legit though. The support is coming in from all directions and it has been fanstastic to see.

[joeywa]

Looks like Aaron is going to be fine. He is of course still surrounded by water and can't get anywhere via car, but he was able to walk to a convenience store today and pick some things up. He posted some pictures on FB today. Just unbelievable what they're going through.

 

I have heard that Mayweather has donated $200 million to Houston relief. The owner of the Rockets has donated $10 million.

 

Don't forget about our friends down in the Rockport, Refugio, Port Aransas areas as those town were totally devastated and most of the attention seems to have been focused on Houston for the past few days.

 

JJ Watt did a fundraiser and raised $3 million in less than a day as well. 

 

Also, Marucci is selling shirts where proceeds go directly to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort, paying it forward from when Texans helped out the folks in Louisiana during their last hurricane.

 

Hurricane

Harvey Relief

Hurricane Harvey brought unprecedented rainfall, flooding, and destruction to the state of Texas with thousands of people losing everything, including their homes, businesses, and for some, even their lives.

Being no stranger to natural disasters ourselves, Marucci is committed to assisting in recovery efforts and raising awareness for our neighbors in Texas, who were there for us in Louisiana after last year’s devastating floods.