On Sat, 2 Sep 2017 12:48:24 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 3:08:05 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 9/2/2017 1:20 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 12:53:15 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 9/2/2017 11:42 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 12:01:56 PM UTC-4, woodchucker wrote:
On 9/1/2017 2:01 PM, wrote:
On Friday, September 1, 2017 at 12:20:42 PM UTC-5, Leon wrote:

The link above is a shallow point. East of here they expect water to be
around for weeks.

Got an email from my sister. Still no electricity in her neighborhood, but "all of the sudden", the water is receding in their house. They are driving around now, but mostly looking for other places to live. Apartments are lasting (literally) just several minutes when put on the apartment finder pages or on someone's facebook page. She responded within 15 minutes of a posting on a facebook page, and she was already aced out of the unit.

FEMA assessors still haven't made it to their neighborhood as they were considered "moderate" flooding with only 4-7 feet of water in the neighborhood, and only 2' in their house. No word on when they will have a meeting, but she said the govt folks are pouring into the city.

This is going to be a long, long process of recovery that won't really have a direction for another several months.

Robert


I would go up north and buy an RV, and put that on my property so I
could be there to restore.
The RV would then be a weekend user, or sell it.
Much better than being away from the house.

--
Jeff

From what I understand, many of the worst damage was done in areas where
many of the people can't afford to rebuild, never mind buy a "spare house".


Not true


If I extrapolated what I heard correctly, the poorest neighborhoods are in
areas most likely to flood because those that could afford to built/bought
on the higher ground. In addition, many of the people (rich and poor) don't
have flood insurance (or enough insurance) to cover the damage.

Actually the richest neighborhoods are along Buffalo bayou, the one that
is expected to be out of its banks for weeks on end. This was a non
discriminatory flood.

It is true that the vast majority do not have flood insurance, only 1 in
6 have it. I absolutely feel sorry for the poor that do not have flood
insurance, not so much for the rich that do not have flood insurance. I
will always have it regardless of my elevation. I could be 100' feet
higher than my close neighborhoods and if debris blocks storm drains I
might flood before they do. This actually happened about 10 years ago
when a tornado went through our and neighboring neighborhoods followed
by about 3" of hard rain. The lower neighborhoods drained quickly, our
neighborhood flooded and it normally took 10+" to flood.



Being able to stay on your property and rebuild at the same time is probably
a luxury few can afford.


Absolutely

Well, at least I got that last part right. ;-)


;~). It is hard to understand exactly what is going on down here by
watching the news.

You know, it's not just watching it, but reading about also. If you
google something like this...

are poorer sections of Houston more apt to flood

...you'll get articles like the ones at the links below.

It's not just the physical flooding, but the aftermath and the lack of
resources typically available to the poorer areas.

In any case, the bottom line is what we all know is true: The vast majority
of those impacted can't just run out, buy an RV and move back onto their
land. For those in the inner city or tiny border towns, that option is not
even close to being *on* the most unrealistic list of options one could come
up with.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b06d67e3390993

https://www.theatlantic.com/news/arc...people/538155/
Buying an old motor home or tailer would be a LOT cheaper than
staying in a hotel for a few months. Lits available for under $6000.
That's 2 months in a hotel/motel, and you have a kitchen to prepair
food instead of having to "eat out".
Lots of trailers for under $4000