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Just saw a newsfeed saying some Houston folks were shoulder deep in water.

Don't need to tell you Katrina veterans how devastating this must be.

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Tulane law school classmates of mine in Houston posting pictures from their high-up apartments of I-10 completely under water, looking like a river. Ugh.

P.S. FS54, not a good idea to ever use the phrase "go back to Africa". Just sayin'.

Predicting 50" of rainfall before it's all over

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After a while, the residents of the sea do not hear the sound of the waves.
How bitter it is, the story of routine- Arabic (Anon)

One hospital in the Medical Center is starting to evacuate critical care patients. Most of the hospitals moved all electrical and critical building support systems to higher floors after the last time Houston flooded.

The Governor of TX asked Houston's Mayor to call for a controlled evacuation the Mayor said that wasn't necessary. I wonder if he would like a do over.

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After a while, the residents of the sea do not hear the sound of the waves.
How bitter it is, the story of routine- Arabic (Anon)

Looking ahead to this weekend...The Houston Cougars are @ UTSA (not sure if that is any better than being home), and the Rice Owls have the weekend off. So at least those teams aren't facing any rescheduled or cancelled games.

Fan since '54

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The question is whether their facilities or even campuses are usable this semester. We've, uh, been there, done that.

The water is still rising, but so far it looks like UH, at least, doesn't have totally catastrophic damage.

http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2017/August%202017/08252017Harvey-storm-information.php

UH, interestingly enough, opens with 2 on the road against UTSA and Arizona and don't play at home until the 16th against Rice, which is otherwise an irritating Dicksonian scheduling quirk but might work out for them pretty well.

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Banks was in.

The mayor has consistently defended his decision since the flood.

And the more I read about it, the more I'm
Starting to feel like he's right.

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“We will expect success in all endeavors and be prepared to assess and hold ourselves accountable when we aren't successful. Tulane is a top 40 academic institution and it should expect nothing less from its athletic department.” --Troy Dannen 11.5.16

10 people have died so far in Harvey.

As many as 109 died during the Rita evacuation (and Rita missed Houston after all).

Driving through Houston on a normal Thursday at evening rush hour is an impassible slog. I used to time my drive from New Orleans to my folks place in Austin in order to hit Houston at non-peak times. The infrastructure there is simply abysmal. No public transit to speak of, 6 million people, and only 4 highways. If they had ordered an evacuation on Thursday, in all likelihood thousands would still have been trapped in traffic on the now flooded highways when Harvey hit. It would have been an unimaginable humanitarian disaster.

The time to order an evacuation would have been days before landfall-- at which point Harvey didn't even have a name yet.

100% nailed it right there... there was literally no time to order it when it was going to be a tropical storm and suddenly, 24 hours later, they said "oh sheet... it's going to be a Cat 3 and stall over Texas for a week!!"

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