On 8/27/2020 10:08 PM, Sonny wrote:
On Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 9:03:02 PM UTC-5, Leon wrote:

Click on the second video with a guy climbing around on his car.


https://www.click2houston.com/weathe...theyre-seeing/

Well, I would give her a second opinion. She likely doesn't know any better, in that, she used the wrong terminology.

Well maybe. ;~) I think it is the media syndrome of not yet knowing
how to stop talking and think about what you are saying before blurting
it out. Heck the main guy in charge of weather at the particular
station, Frank Billingsley, indicated that September 1 will be the first
meteorological say of "Summer". Actually it is the first meteorological
day of Fall.


That water is more likely standing rain water, flooding capacity.

Yes!

It hasn't drained because the surge water is keeping it from draining
normally.

We saw images from Cameron and the streets were clear of water and
hardly any water was in the ditches. I suspect that Vinton simply got a
lot of rain and the ditches are still full, storm serge or not. Houston
ditches stay quite full for days after a decent rain.


Even at that time of day, though the eye of the hurricane is well
north, circulating winds are still coming in from the Gulf, from off
shore, still pushing Gulf water onto the farther east Louisiana coast.
In all those areas the surge (nor the rain water) won't totally recede
for a few days, a week in some areas. She not so wrong, but I think
she just used the wrong term at the moment.

You are sooo forgiving. ;~)

Anyway. Glad to hear that y'all came through OK. I have been through 5
bad hurricanes, 6 if you count Harvey 3 years ago to the day. But that
was mostly 50 inches of rain in 3 days and countless tropical storms
that caused massive flooding for weeks. It is not for the faint of heart.