I am currently in Houston for work. Heavy rains (as reported widely in the news) began on Sunday night, resulting in emergency flash flood warnings. Even though my client’s office is only 2 blocks away, flooding preventing me from walking to it. Most of Houston was shut down on Monday.
Below are a few photos which show the flood situation near my hotel.
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- Cars were stuck everywhere.
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- This driver purposely drives onto the median in an effort to save his car.
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- Cars driving through the water created waves.
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- I went into this restaurant across from my hotel last night during light rain. Heavy rains quickly developed, and I got drenched when returning to the hotel later.
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- Many highways were shut down, with only minimal traffic moving through. There’s a retaining pond next to this highway, which is specifically designed to retain water part of flood mitigation.
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- However, the retaining pond is currently overflowing into the underpass!
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- Hours later, the water has disappeared, but a mess remains.
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Wow Paul! The amount of water or crazy!!