Hurricane Harvey
News and weather reports say this storm is unprecedented...different than Katrina and Ike and Rita. My take on that is that those devastating storms hit hard and fast whereas Harvey is hanging around, swirling slowly through SE Texas and into Louisiana, dumping millions of gallons of rainwater on the southeastern portion of Texas...most especially the Houston area. Those folks are in a world of hurt. So are those in Rockport, Port Aransas and Corpus Christi. So far, one fatality, as far as I'm aware.
I haven't left my house since I got home from work at 9:30 p.m. Friday night (the 25th), in case you're reading this years into the future and Buda got washed away a week from now and you're wondering which Friday night. It hasn't stopped raining since it started around 3 - 4 a.m. Saturday (the 26th) morning. It's a steady rain, not torrential, with a steady wind that gusts fairly hard (25-40 mph) on occasion, driving the rain at an NE angle that permeates the screens on the back porch windows letting in enough water that I have to mop up the excess and put down a bath rug to keep it from getting to the dryer.
We have food, water and electricity. We are super lucky.
I'm terribly curious what Onion Creek looks like and the Blanco River down near Five Mile Dam Park near Blanco Vista where I'm building a house. Oddly, I'm not worried about the house so much because it's technically not mine yet...it's the builder's issue. Now, after the storm, I will worry that they will do the right things to correct any damage so that I'm not buying a home with rotting wood in the walls. It was only just framed...no walls, nothing but housewrap on the studs. In the infamous words of Scarlett O'Hara, "I'll worry about that tomorra."
My daughter went to work in downtown Austin yesterday and drove for Instacart last night. She said the roads were not too bad and thankfully she made it home safe and soaking wet. The office where she worked, closed today and she cancelled her shift with Instacart. We live in an area with lots of low water crossings and I would worry like crazy if she were out in this mess.
I'm new to the whole flood zone terrain where one never knows if the road up ahead is going to be covered with an impassable amount of water. Several surrounding school districts have closed the opening of school on Monday. I'm used to snow days, but flood days, this will be my first. The stories I've heard, while funny in retrospect, instill in me a sense of caution. I know my immediate area, so I may venture out to the corner drugstore for a prescription later...and ice cream...I mean what the heck...if I'm already there, may as well get a treat, right?
I haven't left my house since I got home from work at 9:30 p.m. Friday night (the 25th), in case you're reading this years into the future and Buda got washed away a week from now and you're wondering which Friday night. It hasn't stopped raining since it started around 3 - 4 a.m. Saturday (the 26th) morning. It's a steady rain, not torrential, with a steady wind that gusts fairly hard (25-40 mph) on occasion, driving the rain at an NE angle that permeates the screens on the back porch windows letting in enough water that I have to mop up the excess and put down a bath rug to keep it from getting to the dryer.
We have food, water and electricity. We are super lucky.
I'm terribly curious what Onion Creek looks like and the Blanco River down near Five Mile Dam Park near Blanco Vista where I'm building a house. Oddly, I'm not worried about the house so much because it's technically not mine yet...it's the builder's issue. Now, after the storm, I will worry that they will do the right things to correct any damage so that I'm not buying a home with rotting wood in the walls. It was only just framed...no walls, nothing but housewrap on the studs. In the infamous words of Scarlett O'Hara, "I'll worry about that tomorra."
My daughter went to work in downtown Austin yesterday and drove for Instacart last night. She said the roads were not too bad and thankfully she made it home safe and soaking wet. The office where she worked, closed today and she cancelled her shift with Instacart. We live in an area with lots of low water crossings and I would worry like crazy if she were out in this mess.
I'm new to the whole flood zone terrain where one never knows if the road up ahead is going to be covered with an impassable amount of water. Several surrounding school districts have closed the opening of school on Monday. I'm used to snow days, but flood days, this will be my first. The stories I've heard, while funny in retrospect, instill in me a sense of caution. I know my immediate area, so I may venture out to the corner drugstore for a prescription later...and ice cream...I mean what the heck...if I'm already there, may as well get a treat, right?
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