Guess it's time for a Hurricane/Tropical Storm Party!!!!!!

[kiebers]

The fund raising has been pretty awesome. One of our football stars JJ Watt started a relief fund that is up to almost 8 million now. Fully expect it to break the 10 mil goal. Lots of awesomeness going on in Texas.

Hurricane Harvey has brought out the best in people.

Very true. Up to 11.6 mil right now.



Grand daughters family got into their house. Power is on. Got about a foot of water. Already have floors ripped out and 4 feet of sheet rock from the floor up taken out. So everything is looking good for them. Could have been a lot worse.

[Blazor]

Thats awesome to hear on the home Kiebers!

[kiebers]

Thats awesome to hear on the home Kiebers!

Yes it was. I was concerned. They just bought that house. Oh and the vehicles, brothers truck was behind the other vehicles and he got a little water in it but nothing more than wet floors. The other 2 had no water at all. Her an her mom both have a Durango so they are a little higher than cars. That was a big relief. School opening was postponed but they start next week. On the road to recovery. Going to be a long ride for Texas.

[Blazor]

I'd help if I could, Virginians and Texans are like brothers, closest in similarities Southern wise lol. I'll just keep y'all in thought  ac_drinks

[Anonymous]

Thats awesome to hear on the home Kiebers!

Yes it was. I was concerned. They just bought that house. Oh and the vehicles, brothers truck was behind the other vehicles and he got a little water in it but nothing more than wet floors. The other 2 had no water at all. Her an her mom both have a Durango so they are a little higher than cars. That was a big relief. School opening was postponed but they start next week. On the road to recovery. Going to be a long ride for Texas.

It's beginning to turn the corner kiebers.

 

[cc]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4842896/Satellite-images-taken-months-apart-flooding-Texas.html">Here's some Before & After satellite shots to put the areas of devastation into perspective



You can sweep across images to see before and after



The powerful general attitude of Texans is remarkable .. . but not a surprise

[Anonymous]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4842896/Satellite-images-taken-months-apart-flooding-Texas.html">Here's some Before & After satellite shots to put the areas of devastation into perspective



You can sweep across images to see before and after



The powerful general attitude of Texans is remarkable .. . but not a surprise

Oh my goodness kiebers..

 

How are you and your family holding up my friend?

[kiebers]

Doing good. Thankful we stayed high and dry and high....LOLOLOLOL



This is a pic taken Thurs afternoon of grand daughters front yard. A lot of the stuff that was torn out of the house is getting piled up. She told me she would take a pic in the morning and send it to me because the pile was much bigger now....



https://i.imgur.com/GHL0KUs.jpg?1">



They had a small "awww" moment with a rabbit in the back yard. LOL



https://i.imgur.com/d4hoDvv.jpg?3">

[Blazor]

Lol, bunny!!!!



And I see clear skies!



Dont know if you saw the "request" in my thread yet  

[Harry]

Just to give you a little more perspective....Something around 15 trillion gallons of water was dropped on Houston. We still had a day of rain left when they said enough water was dropped to run Niagara Falls for 15 days. I imagine a few days could be added to that now

That's mind-blowing.

[Anonymous]

Doing good. Thankful we stayed high and dry and high....LOLOLOLOL



This is a pic taken Thurs afternoon of grand daughters front yard. A lot of the stuff that was torn out of the house is getting piled up. She told me she would take a pic in the morning and send it to me because the pile was much bigger now....



https://i.imgur.com/GHL0KUs.jpg?1">



They had a small "awww" moment with a rabbit in the back yard. LOL



https://i.imgur.com/d4hoDvv.jpg?3">

Is your son or daughters house salvageable kiebers?



Our basement needed a lot of work after the Southern Alberta flood..



Thankfully my husband could do all the work himself.

[kiebers]

Just to give you a little more perspective....Something around 15 trillion gallons of water was dropped on Houston. We still had a day of rain left when they said enough water was dropped to run Niagara Falls for 15 days. I imagine a few days could be added to that now

That's mind-blowing.

IKR!!!!  I think it went up to 19 trillion gallons of water.

[kiebers]

Is your son or daughters house salvageable kiebers?



Our basement needed a lot of work after the Southern Alberta flood..



Thankfully my husband could do all the work himself.

It is definitely salvageable. It's a fair sized house so there will be a lot of flooring and sheet rock to replace. Just about all the down stairs furniture is ruined. But they really came out of it a lot better than we thought.

[Anonymous]

Is your son or daughters house salvageable kiebers?



Our basement needed a lot of work after the Southern Alberta flood..



Thankfully my husband could do all the work himself.

It is definitely salvageable. It's a fair sized house so there will be a lot of flooring and sheet rock to replace. Just about all the down stairs furniture is ruined. But they really came out of it a lot better than we thought.

That's good I suppose.

[Harry]

Just to put things in perspective, 19 trillion US gallons of water is 72 trillion litres.



Sydney,  a city of 4.4m, consumes about 520 billion litres of water per year for all purposes - residential, commercial, and industrial.



So Harvey dumped 38 years worth of Sydney's annual water consumption.