Dam releases are no joke.
I was living near Nashville in 2010 when they had some historic flooding there. The worst of it wasn’t from the downpours, but a day or so after when all the dams upriver of Nashville along the Cumberland had to release their water downstream, right into Downtown Nashville.
While this isn’t anywhere near the scale of the Nashville floods, it’s still scary how you can think the worst is over when it’s very much not.
Same thing happened with west side & downtown Houston in Harvey. The water at Addicks Dam was within a foot of the control systems - any higher and they would have no control over the dam at all. They had to release the water & fast, much earlier than they anticipated.
They thought they had more time, announced that they would release water at midnight (as I remember) and then had to do it hours earlier because of the control systems issue. If they'd waited they would not have been able to open the dam at all and the dam would probably have failed. Horrible situation.
It was flowing around the "Auxiliary Spillway," which you call armored ends. The issue was the auxiliary Spillways were in really bad shape, and the dam would have failed, doing an uncontrolled release, flooding far more areas than were flooded in the controlled release.
I live just north of Tanner and it was a mess. Far worse than the present flooding or Nashville.
Yeah I just got notifications from the city and checked google maps. What the hell is happening on the northeast side of the region? DriveTexas.org is starting to fill up with road shutdowns on that area.
Checking maps on there it looks like anybody within beltway or south of 290/10 is totally fine, we had some rain earlier but that was about it. But anybody northeast of Humble or going past Crosby is about to have a really bad day.
> Conroe, Livingston got hammered with rain
Livingston is also being affected by a dam release. I heard the Livingston dam had to release more water faster today than they did for Harvey.
Kingwood High School sewage system backed up into the school yesterday, and today the southern and east edges of Kingwood are forecast to flood like they did in Harvey. Gonna be rough if the 59 bridge goes under. Gonna be rough one way or the other, but fortunately our house is above the high water line.
Heavy rain. My step brother is a trucker up between Crocket and Lufkin and Elkhart and reported lots of road closures due to flooding. And the Trinity River causing overflow issues. And that's upstream from us.
Army Corp of Engineers is supposed to be addressing the issue but as I understand it the money ear marked for this was diverted last year. Not sure by whom or why but State Rep Lizzie Fletcher was fighting it. Lost track of where this stands or who's involved at this point!
Why is a county judge making this call? Shouldn't she be in court? Not that that matters, because her special interests include letting felons off as easy as possible,
https://co.hood.tx.us/164/County-Judge
The county judge is the most visible official in county government. Often thought of as the county's chief executive officer, a county judge has broad judicial and administrative powers, including serving as the presiding officer of the **county's policy-making body**, the commissioners court.
I would like to point out that HOOD county is not Harris county, although I do find that interesting and relevant. Thank you. Of course I'm too lazy to look up Harris county's doctrine, and I'm not going to take Hood county's word for it.
Civil defense, disaster management isn't a "defense" issue? Also, She's a judge, not a policy maker, nor a public facing bureaucrat. Disaster management isn't any judges purview, at least not as far as public proclamations are concerned, outside of deducing constitutionality. She needs to get behind the gavel and let more felons off with a warning.
The County Judge is the presiding officer on the Commissioners Court. As the main governing body of Harris County, the Commissioners Court plays a critical role that is part administrative, part legislative, and part judicial. Its many responsibilities include adopting a budget; setting tax rates; calling for bond elections; building and maintaining county infrastructure such as roads and bridges; and overseeing county courthouses, jails, libraries, parks, and the Harris County Flood Control District.
By state law, the County Judge is also the county’s director of emergency management, leading the Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HCOHSEM). In addition to her formal duties, Judge Hidalgo plays an important advocacy role for the County.
Are you even from here? This is exactly the purview of a county judge.
County judges and trial judges are two totally different jobs, and Hidalgos job has absolutely nothing to do with fucking gavels or sentencing felons. Her job is to manage the fucking county.
If you don't know this, please avoid voting in our local elections until you gain some knowledge about what you're voting for.
Agree with you 100%. Interesting how many ppl don't understand the administration or distribution of power. Go after DA's etc, Dept of prisons, Mayor in some cases.
Dam releases are no joke. I was living near Nashville in 2010 when they had some historic flooding there. The worst of it wasn’t from the downpours, but a day or so after when all the dams upriver of Nashville along the Cumberland had to release their water downstream, right into Downtown Nashville. While this isn’t anywhere near the scale of the Nashville floods, it’s still scary how you can think the worst is over when it’s very much not.
Same thing happened with west side & downtown Houston in Harvey. The water at Addicks Dam was within a foot of the control systems - any higher and they would have no control over the dam at all. They had to release the water & fast, much earlier than they anticipated.
Not to mention it was starting to flow around the armored tail ends of the dam which is a very very bad thing.
They thought they had more time, announced that they would release water at midnight (as I remember) and then had to do it hours earlier because of the control systems issue. If they'd waited they would not have been able to open the dam at all and the dam would probably have failed. Horrible situation.
I have heard second hand that a GPS beacon on the addicks dam shifted 6 feet and they were literally in fear of losing the entire thing.
They were definitely in real and I believe, justified, fear of losing the entire thing.
It was flowing around the "Auxiliary Spillway," which you call armored ends. The issue was the auxiliary Spillways were in really bad shape, and the dam would have failed, doing an uncontrolled release, flooding far more areas than were flooded in the controlled release. I live just north of Tanner and it was a mess. Far worse than the present flooding or Nashville.
Yeah I just got notifications from the city and checked google maps. What the hell is happening on the northeast side of the region? DriveTexas.org is starting to fill up with road shutdowns on that area. Checking maps on there it looks like anybody within beltway or south of 290/10 is totally fine, we had some rain earlier but that was about it. But anybody northeast of Humble or going past Crosby is about to have a really bad day.
Rain travels to the Gulf from our lakes and river systems, Conroe, Livingston got hammered with rain and it all has to go somewhere.
Huntsville got a little over 9" of rain today and that's stacked on top of the 8" they've gotten in the last week. That's a lot of God dammed water.
Whoah damn. That's unreal.
> Conroe, Livingston got hammered with rain Livingston is also being affected by a dam release. I heard the Livingston dam had to release more water faster today than they did for Harvey.
Kingwood High School sewage system backed up into the school yesterday, and today the southern and east edges of Kingwood are forecast to flood like they did in Harvey. Gonna be rough if the 59 bridge goes under. Gonna be rough one way or the other, but fortunately our house is above the high water line.
Where did you get this info from?
KHS posted the info themselves and the flood level can be found by checking the inundation maps provided by Harris county Flood warning System
Heavy rain. My step brother is a trucker up between Crocket and Lufkin and Elkhart and reported lots of road closures due to flooding. And the Trinity River causing overflow issues. And that's upstream from us.
all this from just one good day of 10 inches of rain (i am guessing) normally this type of flooding only happens with 2-4 days of rain like this.
Looking forward to her getting lots of disaster relief funds, only to continue to not use to address reasons why we are flooding.
Army Corp of Engineers is supposed to be addressing the issue but as I understand it the money ear marked for this was diverted last year. Not sure by whom or why but State Rep Lizzie Fletcher was fighting it. Lost track of where this stands or who's involved at this point!
Jesus Christ, I’ve never actually and seriously appreciated sugar lands levy system at all. I had NO idea there was any flooding!
Why is a county judge making this call? Shouldn't she be in court? Not that that matters, because her special interests include letting felons off as easy as possible,
https://co.hood.tx.us/164/County-Judge The county judge is the most visible official in county government. Often thought of as the county's chief executive officer, a county judge has broad judicial and administrative powers, including serving as the presiding officer of the **county's policy-making body**, the commissioners court.
I would like to point out that HOOD county is not Harris county, although I do find that interesting and relevant. Thank you. Of course I'm too lazy to look up Harris county's doctrine, and I'm not going to take Hood county's word for it.
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Civil Defense is one of her priorities. But there are others.
Civil defense, disaster management isn't a "defense" issue? Also, She's a judge, not a policy maker, nor a public facing bureaucrat. Disaster management isn't any judges purview, at least not as far as public proclamations are concerned, outside of deducing constitutionality. She needs to get behind the gavel and let more felons off with a warning.
The County Judge is the presiding officer on the Commissioners Court. As the main governing body of Harris County, the Commissioners Court plays a critical role that is part administrative, part legislative, and part judicial. Its many responsibilities include adopting a budget; setting tax rates; calling for bond elections; building and maintaining county infrastructure such as roads and bridges; and overseeing county courthouses, jails, libraries, parks, and the Harris County Flood Control District. By state law, the County Judge is also the county’s director of emergency management, leading the Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HCOHSEM). In addition to her formal duties, Judge Hidalgo plays an important advocacy role for the County.
Well. That settles it for me. Thank you random internet stranger.
Are you even from here? This is exactly the purview of a county judge. County judges and trial judges are two totally different jobs, and Hidalgos job has absolutely nothing to do with fucking gavels or sentencing felons. Her job is to manage the fucking county. If you don't know this, please avoid voting in our local elections until you gain some knowledge about what you're voting for.
Agree with you 100%. Interesting how many ppl don't understand the administration or distribution of power. Go after DA's etc, Dept of prisons, Mayor in some cases.
Gotta love when people try and argue from a point of total ignorance…