so we had not seen all of it last night. Storm re-started at about 3pm this morning. There are major floodings on the West and North side of Houston and in many communities around. Many schools are closed and my office as well. No Airco or running water.
Our house is fine, we both got to work ok. Eelco's office is fine downtown and all appears normal there. I need to go back home. Wearing my Japanese Wellies (laarzen) to keep my feet dry this time. No sense to spend the day shopping as the main shopping area is flooded as well. Many cars have become stuck or have been completely submerged on some roads and people have actually died mainly in cars being flooded or washed of the road. There was a Tornado also, fortunately not close to our house. We had some 12 Inches of rain since I wrote the last piece last night (> 30 cm). It is still raining and for the rest of today there remains a 60% chance of more thunderstorms. Flash Flood warnings for Houston still apply.
This clip is filmed at a major highway junction 2 exits from my work - I passed there this morning on the higher and dry highway part. http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/07/templates/listpop.html?bcpid=823433113&bctid=21321507001
It is a shame that with the modern technology I can work from home and hence am not relieved from my deadline tomorrow -:(
Weather forecast for the next 7 days:
Wednesday: 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
Thursday: 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
Friday: 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
Saturday: 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
Sunday: 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
Monday: 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms
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