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re: OT: Stay safe fellow Houston posters
Posted on 8/27/17 at 2:27 pm to Roger Klarvin
Posted on 8/27/17 at 2:27 pm to Roger Klarvin
We're lucky Houston didn't get the cat 4 hurricane. I have a feeling the death toll would be similar
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Posted on 8/27/17 at 2:31 pm to WestCoastAg
I doubt it
NOLA is just a much poorer city with far more old, unstable structures. Also, the differences between flooding due to heavy rain and that due to a levee system failing are significant. The water rose to dangerous levels much faster in NOLA and unlike Houston there was no drainage whatsoever.
In Katrina people were actually dying in their homes because the water rose so fast, which is unusual. Flood deaths are usually almost exclusively outside of the home.
Once the rain stops Houston will be dry within 36 hours. Katrina left standing flood waters for WEEKS in some areas.
NOLA is just a much poorer city with far more old, unstable structures. Also, the differences between flooding due to heavy rain and that due to a levee system failing are significant. The water rose to dangerous levels much faster in NOLA and unlike Houston there was no drainage whatsoever.
In Katrina people were actually dying in their homes because the water rose so fast, which is unusual. Flood deaths are usually almost exclusively outside of the home.
Once the rain stops Houston will be dry within 36 hours. Katrina left standing flood waters for WEEKS in some areas.
This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 8/27/17 at 2:33 pm to WestCoastAg
If the storm would have made landfall in Corpus it would have been like Katrina. We would have had mass casualties and half the city homeless. The mayor chose not to evacuate the city, and he's thumping his chest now about being correct. Over half of our city lives at or below the poverty line. Had we experienced a category 4 eyewall it would have been like Katrina in Corpus Christi.
He didn't even have a fricking shelter open. The Nueces County OEM and the school district ran busses to San Antonio, but the mayor didn't tell anyone to leave.
He needs to drive to Rockport to see what a fricking moron he was.
He didn't even have a fricking shelter open. The Nueces County OEM and the school district ran busses to San Antonio, but the mayor didn't tell anyone to leave.
He needs to drive to Rockport to see what a fricking moron he was.
This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 2:36 pm
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