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"Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven) 04/18/2016 at 06:28 • Filed to: None

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It’s getting pretty soggy out here!

kanadanmajava1 > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 06:50

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Scary. I hope your area doesn’t have a lot of basements. I would have serious flooding basement issues if my area would have that kind water amount floating on the streets.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > kanadanmajava1 04/18/2016 at 07:01

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Nah we don’t have basements in hot climates, that’s something I’ve only seen colder climates do.

A significant number of homes are reporting flooding, highways feeder roads are flooded, I’m quite confident the entire downtown area is shot to hell, and school closures across the board, with the local major university opening at 10am. Fucking bastards. Even the local community colleges closed up. I’m probably going to be locked in to my street as the 100% chance of rain begins again at 8 and 9am.

Malanga > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 07:13

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Yeah it sucks out there, it's been pouring and thundering for like 5 hours straight here in Katy. High school has been closed though, so that’s not too bad

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Malanga 04/18/2016 at 07:31

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Uni. Houston finally closed its doors for today. They seriously wanted to open at 10am!

TractorPillow > Malanga 04/18/2016 at 07:45

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Hey I'm from katy!

PatBateman > kanadanmajava1 04/18/2016 at 08:06

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In Houston, the water table is too close to the surface for basements. Dig a hole 4 feet deep, and you then have a hole with water in it.

PatBateman > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 08:11

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Fort Bend County checking in. It’s wet.

FBISD is closed, reports of flooding in streets on the way to work. YEE HAW!

ETA: After closer examination of the pictures you posted, good luck!!!

PatBateman > Malanga 04/18/2016 at 08:13

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Just south of you on 99. Same here.

kanadanmajava1 > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 08:29

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Ok. Here nearly all buildings have some kind of basement. The purposes for these vary (garage, sauna, heating oil tank etc) but the main reason is that the living space area is counted differently than areas for other purposes (such as basement). The area that a house can have is limited by the lot size.

Currently the land prices in certain Finnish cities is getting very expensive (not San Francisco expensive but still annoyingly expensive) so every available way to build as big house as possible is been used.

Malanga > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 08:29

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Wow. That's pretty much right when it starts to get bad again, I think. 100% chance from 9 to 12AM or something crazy

Malanga > TractorPillow 04/18/2016 at 08:30

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Well howdy, feller!

Malanga > PatBateman 04/18/2016 at 08:30

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Yeah, sucks don't it? I like the rain, but not THIS much rain

PatBateman > Malanga 04/18/2016 at 08:35

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We’re in for more. It’s currently drizzling, but there’s another part of the system knocking on our doors.

The bright side: no lawn watering this week!

Malanga > PatBateman 04/18/2016 at 08:43

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Have fun!

PatBateman > Malanga 04/18/2016 at 08:51

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You too. YEE HAW!!

EL_ULY > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 09:21

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dayum!!!! I was able to get to work but doubt i’ll make it back home since it’s going to keep pouring all day

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > EL_ULY 04/18/2016 at 10:25

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It’s the perfect weather for some skids :P

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > PatBateman 04/18/2016 at 10:27

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Thanks! Water is still the same level, pulled back slightly since the slow down after 6.

PatBateman > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 10:42

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My work’s emergency autocaller just rang me, all offices in Houston are shut down (changed from opening at 11). I have some clients stuck in their homes or at their offices. And if this system meets some resistance from the flow coming off the gulf, it’s going to move right back into Ft. Bend.

We might not be done with this roller coaster ride.

facw > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) 04/18/2016 at 13:25

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Tried to get to work this morning. Didn’t work out.

Bayou quite high:

Normally it would look more like this: