Anybody Have An Airboat?

"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
05/07/2019 at 21:41 • Filed to: Rainlopnik, Texas Flood, Houston Flood

All major roads in my area are impassable. I barely made it home with my 3 daughters and wife from a flooded out neighborhood (wife’s Expedition was a boss tonight). No alternative routes through town. We’ve had TEN inches of rain so far TODAY, a nd it’ll be raining until Saturday .

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

DISCUSSION (39)

lone_liberal > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 21:53

Stay safe, and I hope you’ve found

Maxima Speed > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 21:55

I have a Kayak if that helps.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:00

A coworker of mine lost his car in high water on his street already...this came out of nowhere. Glad to hear you guys are safe!

wafflesnfalafel > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:01

holy crap...

Kinja'd!!!

boredalways > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:02

Glad to hear that you and your family are safe.

PatBateman > Maxima Speed
05/07/2019 at 22:02

But airboats are faster!

PatBateman > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
05/07/2019 at 22:05

Yeah, the ponds/flood control bayous in the other neighborhood we were in suddenly came out of their banks all around us. I basically declared a full-on “eff this ess” and bugged out quickly. Fun evening.

PatBateman > wafflesnfalafel
05/07/2019 at 22:08

We’re gonna need a bigger umbrella.

PatBateman > boredalways
05/07/2019 at 22:08

Much obliged!

BaconSandwich is tasty. > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:18

10 inches of rain? That's insane. That's like half the amount we get in an entire year.

HoustonRunner > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:20

Glad you are ok? What part are you in? I’m in Meyerland, and spent the better part of an hour getting my girls from gymnastics class three miles away. All back safe now, but I need a beer.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:22

No airboat, but if you need a rescue, my rental this week is a 4wd truck!

I went through some neighborhoods in the Spring area that were getting deep, but nothing overflowed. Let’s hope it has time to clear out before the next band of rain comes through.

Fuckkinja > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:31

Be glad it is not snow. I h ope you have high ground. Your rain is heading here as maybe snow. We are high and dry. Other locals have had s brutal spring being flooded 3 times.

shop-teacher > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:43

Gadamn that’s a lot of rain!!!

Stay safe!

phenotyp > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 22:52

WOOOOOOO AIRBOAT!

Seriously, though. Glad you made it home safely. We’ve had some rain up here tonight, but not a huge amount. LOTS of lighting, though.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 23:23

10 inches???? That's more rain than we get in an entire year!

smobgirl > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 23:32

I don’t know if it’s the same system but I hit something similar driving through central Kansas on Monday. We also had hail drifts on the side of the road when it was all said and done. That’s some scary shit.

ttyymmnn > PatBateman
05/07/2019 at 23:34

Bayou City FTW.

LongbowMkII > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 00:02

Ahh must be spring. It seems we get these every year now. Keep staying safe!

M.T. Blake > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 00:21

Get on the Oregon Trail and come west like my ancestors. If you don’t get dysentery and die, you’ll enjoy the weather out here much more than the Midwest.

PatBateman > HoustonRunner
05/08/2019 at 09:25

We’re in Fort Bend county. My ‘hood didn’t flood in Harvey, and didn’t flood last night. The areas around us, though... :(

PatBateman > TheRealBicycleBuck
05/08/2019 at 09:27

I tried calling my buddy that lives around the corner from me. He owns an F-650 Supertruck 4x4 that has about four feet of clearance, but he’s out of town. :(

PatBateman > shop-teacher
05/08/2019 at 09:27

Final updated amount was over a foot.

PatBateman > smobgirl
05/08/2019 at 09:28

I don’t think it is. We also have another system coming at us later today. Should be fun.

PatBateman > ttyymmnn
05/08/2019 at 09:29

I’m pretty sure Austin has had some fun weather this week, too.

PatBateman > LongbowMkII
05/08/2019 at 09:29

I blame Sylvester Turner.

ttyymmnn > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 09:42

Yeah, but nothing like this. You guys got twice as much in a day as we are forecast to get this whole week. The USGS rain gauge a mile from my house shows only 2.5" since May 2. But it’s going to be a wet one today. This about this sort of rain, though, is that I might get 2.5" while somebody a mile away gets 7". Of rain, that is.

HoustonRunner > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 09:47

Yeah, areas of Ft Bend wer e hit hard last night. We are drying out today hopefully before the rest of the week. Our challenge is that Keegan's bayou drains to Brays, and when Sugarland gets it as bad as we do the water rises fast.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 09:52

I’m hoping the situation is better for you this morning.

shop-teacher > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 10:47

Daaaaaaang!

PatBateman > ttyymmnn
05/08/2019 at 12:44

“...gets 7 inches.’

Of rain, yes, but other stuff too.

PatBateman > TheRealBicycleBuck
05/08/2019 at 12:47

I appreciate it. It wasn’t horrible in my neighborhood last night, but all around us was a whole batch of messed up.

We accidentally put ourselves in the flood waters last night and, upon realizing our screw up/magnitude of the rain coming down (which we originally underestimated), we were able to nope the hell back to our house and higher ground.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 13:33

One of my coworkers just told me that he found a Maserati submerged in flood water last night. He mentioned Bray’s Bayou, so he must live somewhere West of town.

PatBateman > TheRealBicycleBuck
05/08/2019 at 13:39

One of my coworkers had a Mercedes SLK get covered to the roof last night. Sucks, because he loved that car. My car is at the mechanic since yesterday morning (Hooray for timing chain breakage!) that’s right beside a drainage ditch. I was concerned that my beloved Caddy would befall the same fate, but it’s okay, and now I owe the guy $3,400.

TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 13:59

Was the SLK parked or did he drive it into water? If it was parked, did his house flood too?

Sounds like you’re dealing with an interference engine. That sucks.

LongbowMkII > PatBateman
05/08/2019 at 17:06

Me too (who’s that?)

PatBateman > TheRealBicycleBuck
05/09/2019 at 20:14

Parked on the street. Water came up and swallowed it.

PatBateman > LongbowMkII
05/09/2019 at 20:15

Mayor of Houston. ¯\_()_/¯

TheRealBicycleBuck > PatBateman
05/09/2019 at 23:30

That sucks.