YIKES, Raven, I had no idea Houston is getting it now. I do know, some parts of Texas had it as bad, or even worse than we had it here... but wasn't aware of Houston.

Have not had the TV on this morning. Still sick, and was very occupied with getting to see a doc this morning. Well, going there did not help for today, but I have an appointment for tomorrow, at 9:10 AM

I hope, you won't get flooded.

Moni

It was absolutely horrible all night! Raven, so sorry about your new roof. I had a dr appointment down by the Galleria today, tried calling them, no answer. Guess I'll stay home and dry!

I just saw on the news that the galleria area has major flooding and closed roads so no need to head that way. It is amazing to see the 18 wheelers completely under water with just a few inches showing. And the ground is so saturated there's no where for the water to go.

Stay safe! This is not what I want to see Houston on the national news for. The mold is going to be horrible.

Sorry about the roof. I hope that was about the worst of it for most people.

It was so loud and so much lightning. We got 4.5 inches of rain in our rain gauge last night. I didn't get much sleep. My 11 yo came and got in my bed so I took her and went to the guest room with her until she fell asleep. Our cell phones are set up to alert us for bad weather. Those went off 5 or 6 times in the middle of the night. We woke up to find out most/all of the schools are cancelled for today. I just walked my dog over to the drainage ponds. They were up several feet last night, but have gone down a bit.

My kids are still snoozing. Will wake them up and make lunch in a little while.

We've only seen Dallas area footage on TV. Here I was thinking Houston wasn't as hard hit. Stay home! (Do you have power?)

We're just having the typical rainy week around Memorial Day in the Chicago area, but tree and mold counts are high, and my nose knows it.

Moni -- Glad you're seeing the MD. I hope he/she can help you feel better. This has gone on too long.

We had to go to Houston from San Antonio last weekend for a family wedding. Left Saturday, our trip bypassed San Marcos, where there was major flooding. The express way there was later shut down.We had rain almost the whole way to Houston and it's maze of expressways. Once it was so heavy we could not see the lights of car in front of us. Fortunately, everyone around us took the weather seriously and we were traveling about 20 miles per hour at one point .There were no low water crossings as we made it to Pasadena but all the creeks were rivers now. A three hour trip took almost five hours. We spent a wet night at the hotel and went to the outdoor now indoor wedding in a slighly drizzly morning. Local folk said they knew there would be more rain coming since the wind was still had been coming in from the Gulf. We left soon and stayed just ahead of the really heavy rains. Even with the obligatory stop at Buc-Kees. We beat the rain home. A twister was spotted on Saturday near our house. We had emptied the rain gauge before we left on Saturday. On Sunday when we reached home we had had three and a half inches of rain. Felt like we threaded the needle the whole 400+ round trip miles. Only for family.

oh my gosh that was not a fun trip at all for y'all. I hate being out driving in that kind of weather. I tend to pull off the road because my eye sight just is not trust worthy in heavy rain.
You got lucky on the trip back home. We have been staying at home a lot lately because of this weather. I don't know how we did not lose power but we did not thankfully. The creek behind us is up to the top of the bank so more rain will be pushing it.
Lots of people will be sick from the mold and crud.
Moni take care!

So sorry to hear about all this bad weather! Must be frightening. We were watching the bball game on tv last night and were surprised to hear the arena offered to let everyone just stay the night, basically, as the roads were treacherous. Good call. Stay safe everybody and Moni, feel better, finally!

This storm season has been horrific. I have been watching the plight of Houston on the news. Wanted you yo know that I'm working as fast as I can.

raven perhaps you can tell me was the flooding up to the woodlands? dh's xsil and 2 nieces all have homes there....

I am in North Houston near the Woodlands area and we are not flooded here. However some of the creeks in the outlying areas have gone over their banks so it really would depend on the specific areas and what creeks are there. I have not seen any thing about the woodlands though. The worst areas are more South.

If only there were a way to send some of that wet stuff here to SoCal.

Sorry for all the crazy weather so many are enduring.

I'm in Colorado, getting record rain here too..but nothing like THAT! Whoh......just turned the TV on and saw the situation. So sorry, mother nature can be cruel...

AAAudrey....if I see you rowing by, will you pick us up?

Hell yeah...I'm building it big enough for all! With a big ole table in the middle!

I am keeping all in the path of these storms and flooding in my prayers. We have friends who are full time RVer's that are in San Marcos at Pecan Park. They evacuated to the little church they go to, then had to move to Walmart's parking lot because of flooding. They have a small truck, so went back to the park the next day to help the owners move furniture out of the house, only to have to move it back in again the next day for round 2, because the insurance company has to see the damage to the furniture before they will pay out. I have not been on face book today long enough to see how things went yesterday.

AAA, I think that ark may be needed by many!

As I watched TV last night, the thunderstorm warning came on and predicted that it would pass over in about 45 minutes. Well?! It didn't. It stalled and dumped heavy rain for about 6 hours. I was up all night watching the local news which came on around 9pm last night when the storm just started. The news stayed on air up until 1pm today. With the lack of staff (staffs were stuck in flood & traffic), they sure did a superb job in reporting what was happening all over Houston.

The worst part was on the West and Southwest of Houston, including Hobby airport. They got 10"-11" of rain dumped within 6 hours. The water couldn't drain fast enough.

Basically, there were 3 groups of people that got stranded on the highways at the same time. People that drove back from Keemah, people that drove back from Galveston and people that got out from the Rockets game at the Toyota Center.

Now, people from the Toyota Center were told to stay input but many didn't take the heed. They got on the roads and got stuck. Those that stayed inside got breakfast served this morning.

I would have been less nervous if my area wasn't under "flash flood emergency". Have never heard that warning term before but now, I know. The street where my home resides is at a slope with my house being the 2nd highest. The water rose and barely got into my next door neighbor at her front rooms. Fortunately, the last cluster of severe storm decided to change its direction and did not hit our area. Otherwise, I would be busy cleaning now. I certainly felt bad for my neighbors.

Sometime, I don't understand some of my friends. I checked on them and there were many things that they didn't know about the storm. Why? Instead of watching the local news, they turned on CNN to watch the report. During Rita, I noticed CNN blew things up and made it worse than actual events that was happening.

Raven, I had the same thing happened to me when I got my roof replaced. The leak came from a small area that didn't get a chance to seal up with the heat. A few days later, when the sun came out and the weather heated up, it sealed up the area by itself. No more leak since.

It's so frustrating and horrifying when some areas get deluged with bad weather and others are in a drought.

We're not in a drought but we need rain badly. For the whole month of May we only got 5 millimeters of rain. Just a drop in the bucket. I walked by the school where they were mowing the lawn and it smelled like hay instead of nice freshly mown grass.

Jasdip we've had just over 30" as of friday. And its rained every day since. It smells like mold here.

This is not the norm here, it's usually very dry and hot here this time of year. I have not had to water any plants at all this summer except when I first planted them. They are drowning. My atrium is like the tropics in there. I have that green growing on the back wall of the house, the rest is white stone and it even has mold growing on it. It smells moldy outside. And I can tell because my allergies are kicking up. We have been in one of the longest periods of drought ever, I am hoping we can we can recover from the drought.

Ntt_hou, I am glad to hear you are safe and dry. We have been on the road for almost 5 weeks, got back just before Mother's Day from 4 weeks, then I was gone for another week the day after. We had not seen much of the news while we were gone. And now that we are home, I am thankful to hear that my friends and family are safe and dry.

Thanks Tami. We've been having rain almost every day that my back yard is becoming a jungle. It needs major clean up (trimming, pruning, weeds killing, etc.) this year.

I haven't been on KT much in the last month or more, but you have been on my mind, as when I was around, you had not been posting. I am glad to hear from you!

Has anyone heard from Marilyn C? I know that she lives somewhere around Houston, but don't know if she is in the affected area. She's on FB, but seldom posts. She is an infrequent visitor here too. She is verrrry busy caring for her animals. Hoping she's safe and dry.

She hasn't been at MH either, I will try and find her number and call her tomorrow.

I have not heard from her but have been worried because she lives right on a big bayou. And she is down South where there is a lot of flooding. I am hoping she will tag in here. If anyone talks to her ask her to let us know how she is doing please.

OMG it is happening again! We are getting major storms right now and just down pouring rains. I am up and have been because of the severe thunder and lightening. The creek behind our house is at max capacity and this could cause it to go over the banks and begin flooding the area. I am praying this storm moves out fast and does not stall like the one yesterday. However it is slow moving according to the radar. I think lots of people here in this area and probably all the areas hit by this storm need a few prayers right about now.
My roof is still leaking so apparently they did not find the right fix yesterday!

It's unfathomable that Texas is getting that amount of rain. Horrific tragedies.

I don't know what you can do, but do what it takes to keep safe, everyone!!

Raven, MarilynC, Ntt, etc.

You are all in my prayers.

Raven, the storm seems to stall in our area. It won't move!

There's ditch in front of my home. It's filled up to the rim now. The water has flown over my next door neighbor's driveway which is facing to the left side of my home. I'm keeping an eye on the flow.

To KTrs, the flood in this area (Raven's and mine) isn't life threatening as long as we stay inside. If the water gets inside our homes, it'd be just a few inches or a couple of feet. Basically, it's the cleaning up that we don't want to end up with. The 5 deaths in Houston was caused by drivers driving into high water roads. If we stay put inside homes & buildings, we should be fine, messy but fine. Frankly, I wouldn't want to be outside along with snakes and fire ants... LOL.

Yeah! As I just finished typing this, the rain just stopped! Hopefully, this is over in my area :)

Btw, thanks for all the prayers & thoughts.

raven thank you sooo much for the info...now if I can find out about dh cousin's dd...not sure where she is except dallas ft worth area...

be safe!! how about the timing with your new rig...guess if you lose power you can move in the 5th wheel...

The DFW area has sun shining today! We've had some thunderstorms and a couple of EF1 tornados over the past week. A lot of flooding though and a few deaths from people being swept away by rising water. I hope that your family is well.

ntt_hou, thank you for the update

I was wondering how you were doing over your way Pam.
Well the rain that had stopped for a little while is back yet again and It looks like it may stay.
My husband drove over to look at the creek and it is lapping at the edges of the banks so could spill over any minute with the added water. The water in my back yard is up to the little concrete deck I have at the back door it is just coming over that right now so not much more till it is at the slider doors.
My driveway is about ankle deep in water right now or a little more. There is about an inch step up to the door there. In the front the water is well over the driveway and out of the ditches onto the road and we have some deep ditches at the driveway. Probably from the debris that has been rushing past in the water getting stuck in the culverts. This would be a very good time for the county to be driving around looking for culverts to clean out to prevent flooding. That is not likely to happen of course.
I told my husband we might need to be looking for sand bags. AND flotation devices!! I have 2 life preserver vests for my little dog so she is taken care of.
Going into the rv is a real possibility because it is very high off the ground and we do have a generator should the power go out. We have really been fortunate about not losing power.

There are still people missing. One elderly couple that was last seen near a major bayou yesterday.
People just keep doing stupid things like driving into the water which is rushing with lots of force and guess what cars and trucks will FLOAT right on off into the creeks and bayous. Houston is basically at or below sea level in many areas so it does not take too much to cause serious flooding here. All the creeks and bayous are here to help prevent that but they can only handle so much and it is coming down very hard and very fast lately.

I really hope marilyn is ok. I did call her phone number but got a voice mail and left her a message to please check in here or with me.

on the news people are out in the water up to their knees and above with kids and animals acting like idiots in a swimming pool! Do they not get it that the water is also full of sewage since most places have septic tanks which are now under water and flooding out and other disgusting stuff that is being washed into that water? The last place I would be is out there in that water, not to mention SNAKES!!

Susanjf the problems today are on the north side so more chance that the woodlands and those areas could be affected. We got a lot here at the house and so did the woodlands. I am seeing some areas of flooding mentioned on the news today for the creeks up there. A few rescues too. But it is not as bad as it was yesterday. The creek behind my house has flooded out in some areas but thankfully not here at this point.

There have been reports of big sinkholes developing, including one under a runway. I saw a car teetering on the edge of a sinkhole in their driveway, a crew was there trying to save the car from falling in.

Right now the rain has stopped and I have roofers on the roof looking for the dang spot that is allowing the water in.

Would love to see the sun

Please keep us posted, Raven.