Oh Good!  Rain is Coming!

"PatBateman" (PatBateman) 04/29/2016 at 19:44 • Filed to: Mild Precipitation, Fucked

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As many of you know, Houston has been under a severe drought as of the past few weeks, and we desperately need the possible 7-9" of rain that the meteorologists are saying we might get this evening. Prepare yourselves for...

...more videos of dumbasses driving directly into flood water and then going “OMG WTF WHERE DID THIS WATER COME FROM?!?!”

Harris County has already activated their emergency management department. This alone is nothing to be overly concerned about, because I’d say that about 40% of the time this happens, no huge emergencies occur. But only time will tell if we’re in for a long night.

I think I’ll be putting the Caddy in the garage tonight.

Oh yeah, this is the same system that just dumped hail and tornados on Oklahoma.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 19:53

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lol its raining in Tulsa, OK right now 7 hours away from you.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 19:55

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Currently in Tulsa too. Other than the fact it looks a lot darker outside, I don’t see any rain.

It’s annoying though, my friend and I had finals and were hoping that a tornado warning could postpone them but now there’s just a chance of a night tornado warning instead and I’m an RA on Duty and now it’s just an inconvenience.

Steve in Manhattan > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 19:56

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Raining here now, raining here tomorrow. That East Coast weather ... for now.

PatBateman > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 04/29/2016 at 19:57

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Norman took as much of a pounding as ou did in Dallas last year.

PatBateman > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 04/29/2016 at 19:58

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Zero U had hail and tornados around them a couple of hours ago.

PatBateman > Steve in Manhattan 04/29/2016 at 19:59

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That sounds like Houston in the summer, but our days are sun/storms/sun/storms/storms/sun. Every damned day.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna 04/29/2016 at 20:08

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The hell you talking about!??

Gone > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:08

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My yard dried out, so obviously we need the rain. Duh.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:10

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It’s pouring here (central Kansas) and is supposed to continue all weekend.

PatBateman > Gone 04/29/2016 at 20:13

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Mine is absolutely parched. And by “parched”, I mean “it doesn’t have any more large puddles”.

PatBateman > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 04/29/2016 at 20:15

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It’ll be raining off and on all weekend here. Some rain isn’t a big deal.

Sudden prolonged deluges are something completely different, though.

EL_ULY > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:19

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I am 100% sure that its going to just normal rain. No crazy flooding, no tornadoes, nothing but normal rain

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:19

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Yep. We have the opposite problem, our ground is saturated so it all runs off too.

PatBateman > EL_ULY 04/29/2016 at 20:21

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Hopefully. Otherwise, Mayor Turner will have to put off his pothole initiative and concentrate on flood prevention.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:27

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Stay dry; I’ll be watching for updates.

In other news, and harkening back to our previous chat about GT Continentals and the like, I just booked a trip to a conference in Brentwood, California, just down the freeway from Beverly Hills and Hollywood. I’ll have a free Sunday to see the sites and I’m going to mount my GoPro in the rental car’s windshield and to trolling. Should be fun.

CRider > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:32

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#California

Gone > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:38

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Bah. They’re calling it off. *turns on sprinklers* ;)

We managed okay. Backyard has two French drain setups, so it drains well.

PatBateman > CRider 04/29/2016 at 20:43

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We’ll share.

EL_ULY > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 20:59

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2 very evil things

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 04/29/2016 at 21:07

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I think I’ve just missed the sudden pourings of rain. Every time I look out the window, the ground is just as wet but none particularly falling out of the sky.

qbeezy > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 21:37

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Dude the lake in front of my house has literally gained a foot in Tulsa since the rain. It’s crazy. Too much rain haha.

Old Red Wagon > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 21:56

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I just moved to San Antonio a few months ago and it is my first time living in Texas. I was curious if in Houston there are no sewage systems to prevent flooding like it is here in SA. Every time it rains hard here it boggles my mind how there is no water drains/gutters for the streets here and every intersection practically becomes a lake.

It’s no mystery that it rains hard out here so why not drain the water somehow when they constructed these roads. I don’t know it’s something i’ve been curious about since i moved here because it is absolutely idiotic to me.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman 04/29/2016 at 22:01

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Stay dry!

PatBateman > qbeezy 04/30/2016 at 00:13

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All the rivers here are still very high. Water is being released from upstream dams.

PatBateman > Old Red Wagon 04/30/2016 at 00:15

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Many areas here had 20" of rain in a span of 12 hours. My house had 12". We have a series of bayous that handle the runoff, but when it dumps that much water, there's no handling it.

Berang > PatBateman 04/30/2016 at 02:48

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We’ve got nothing but clouds and some lightning in Austin so far. I was expecting rain by now as things cool down at night, but nothing.

Old Red Wagon > PatBateman 04/30/2016 at 07:23

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That is completely understandable, i don’t expect any kind of sewage system to handle that much water. But up until the last few weeks of hard rain we’ve been having the water just accumulates alongside the road against the sidewalks in puddles. A lot of times the right most lane i don’t drive in due to the amount of water that’s collected there.

bmil128 > PatBateman 04/30/2016 at 15:47

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Looks like round 1 today was a dud except it canceled my daughter’s softball game. And rain tomorrow will probably cancel her other makeup game.

PatBateman > bmil128 04/30/2016 at 16:30

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Didn't do jack.