Here's a picture of our creek levels. This is directly behind my house.

Our thoughts are with you, Raven.

Keeping you in my prayers, Raven.

That is terrible Raven! Praying it stops before flood stage.

Raven I'm praying for you, that you do not flood.

Here south of Houston where I live it has pretty much not rained for three hours just a sprinkle here and there and the wind is minimal. So far all I will have to do is sweep the deck because a bunch of leaves fell when it did rain in the early AM.

I am so sorry, Raven. Prayers, hugs and hope to you, your family and neighbors.

So glad you are doing well there Lucille! I hope everyone is doing well. There's some really bad damages on TV in various areas. Thank God we are doing well. We just discovered a couple of wet spots in the ceiling which appears to be leaks. We have a new roof so not sure what is going on there.

Power company is here now. They turned our power off. It was a very dangerous situation. The main ground from the pole had snapped but the live power was still coming to the house. We are very lucky we didn't burn down or lose everything electric. Thank you lord!

It is not raining right now, these poor men have to get up that pole and deal with the electrical issues. So thankful they have responded. We had no idea how serious it was.

Thanks for the prayers and good wishes it's working!

Does somebody know how the weather is where marilyn c lives? Isn't she somewhere in the area too?

Yes she is down closer to the coast. I am north of Houston she is south. She is on chocolate Bayou. She usually doesn't flood when we do but this is a different situation. I think she was on Facebook and said she was OK yesterday???

So glad you're okay! Power and storms are a bad mix. Prayers continue.

Raven are you still ok? I've seen what think is your area mentioned in the tornado warnings these last few hours.

We had a wall cloud come through near us, but not overhead.

We are OK. These tornados are freaking popping up all over. Some serious damage for these poor people.

Right now here it's raining and lightening and thunder. 9pm

No kidding. There is one area near us that may have been hit twice.

Raven

• We just discovered a couple of wet spots in the ceiling which appears to
  be leaks. We have a new roof so not sure what is going on there.

If it if a normal single type roof, they are designed for rain falling more or less straight down. With strong winds the rain can be blown up under the shingles and some of that can then drip down onto the ceiling. Either that or if some of the shingles blow off then water can get in there.

Good luck and stay safe.

Just woke up to pounding rain, non stop lightning. Harvey was just late getting here but he has arrived.

I hope you got some good sleep. The alerts kept waking me up last night.

We're watching the news right now. How often do people need to be told not to drive on flooded streets and roadways? We just watched some idiot drive through and stall out. They are watching some other streets. The people put their hazards on and drive through. People have died in these situations in every single flood we've had.

Well unfortunately the creek is at the top of the bank so it looks definite that we will be flooding. We have been working like crazy pulling out drawers and moving furniture and doing everything we can in the house to protect what we can. I have stuff ready to go to the rv. I am just sick, actually nauseated.

I hope you are all OK in the area!

Raven, I'm so sorry. We feel so helpless with nothing we can do to help, I cannot imagine how you must feel. Please don't let yourself get sick - if you are able, get some rest. Both of you.

(((Raven)))

We had another tornado alert wake us up so got everyone out of bed to watch the weather.

We have water in the house! We are wet vacuuming as fast as we can. We are too old for this crap.

Oh no Raven I am so sorry.

Raven, I have been thinking of you....worried about you and all the others affected by the flood. I'm so sorry.

The bayou was still within the banks yesterday and even fell a little. I don't know what it is like now...won't know until daylight. No water in our house and except for puddles, no water in the yard.

Animals all okay. I got a baby squirrel yesterday...but don't know if he will make it. I am sure the wildlife center has literally hundreds that blew out of trees. I think they had 1200 after Hurricane Ike.

Jody thinks he is going to check the boats when it is daylight but I don't think he realizes how flooded every place is. One boat is on Gum Bayou and the other is in Seabrook. They should both be okay but need pumping out.

Marilyn I'm glad you and the critters are OK. Please tell Jody to be careful out there.

There is a lake at the end of the street where the street used to be. Further rain and I will be flooded, the garage first, because the house is pier and beam and is higher.

And it is raining.

Edit:

Just saw someone's mailbox, it is floating past the water in the street in front of my house.

Marilyn, good to hear you & your animals are doing alright. Here's a website showing how much rainfall our areas are getting: https://www.harriscountyfws.org/.

Unfortunately the bad news... they're predicting much more rain for the next 4-5 days :-( Although, I'm dry (I'm not home, staying at mom's apt. on 2nd floor), my house is flooded by now. If not, it will be with more rain coming.

The good news... I received a text from Verizon giving their customers in our area an extra 3GB to use in case of power outage. So, we would be able to receive weather alerts & warnings :o) I hope the other cell phone services are doing the same.

I wish that we could take some of the rain from you all down south. Prayers for all affected by the storm.

Marilyn, I am soooo glad to see that you posted. You, Jody and the animals stay safe.

I am glad that you let us know how you are, Marilyn. The rain just don't seem to let up. Have been hanging on the weather channel for two days now and wish I could do something, one feels so helpless. A couple of groups around here are planning to head your way as soon as it is advisable to to help with clean-up, but they need abler people than me. Keeping all of you in my thoughts.

I was amazed at the city official's warning to those that didn't heed advice to evacuate (Not sure what city he was in): Put your social-security number on your arm in indelible ink so that we can identify your body (those weren't his exact words, but the message). So frightening!

It's so good to hear from you, Marilyn. I so hope you will stay high and dry but if you don't, do you have a plan to get yourselves and your animals out? I can't even fathom what you all are going through. It seems Jody must be well enough to be moving around now--that's a good thing. Sending loads of prayers for everyone.

Raven.........thinking of you all the time.....checking in regularly for reports.....hope and pray so much that your beautiful "new" home doesn't get flooded!

This is my first hurricane. Apparently, the advice to write your social security number on your arm with a Sharpie has been given in past storms also particularly closer to the coast in places like Galveston. I thought it was a bit morbid when I heard that a couple of years ago, but it makes sense. The rescuers really can't help in many of the situations.

Glad to hear from you, Marilyn!

I hope that your situation continues to remain as it is now and that you come through this with no major problems or flooding. Take care.

Will you all check in please when you can? ntt_hou, adellabedella, Lucille, bossyvossy, Hareball, evatx, Terilyn ...and everyone else that I missed.

I read that Ravencajun had to be rescue evacuated and that Marilyn had knee deep water on her property. I am so worried about you all.

We've been lucky so far. Our ponds are getting higher, but if we can get a break in the rain, they may go down a bit. We are at one of the highest places in the area. We're just waiting. Some of my children's friends houses have been taking on water tonight in nearby neighborhoods. Their roads are flooded so they can't leave. Most have two story houses so they can still move up. So far, we do not have flooding on the roads in this neighborhood. The runoff areas are getting full. We have a two story house if we have to go up higher. We're just waiting and watching.

We tried to get one of dh's friends here earlier because his house is below two dams that will release water at 2 am. They couldn't make it, but did find a hotel with a room on an upper floor. They are safe.

I realize more and more that many people there are dealing with illness, dependence on medical equipment, medicines etc and how difficult it must be to obtain these things under your conditions. Saw a picture of elderly folks in a nursing home, sitting in water to their waists while waiting for evacuation.

Praying that you all receive the help and comfort you need, grace to deal with your situations.

Raven, I can't stop thinking of you. I wish we could help you out. Still praying.

PK ponder, any more news on Raven? Where did you read about it?

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/4829202/dire-straits-for-the-people-in-the-houston-area?n=87

I'm not positive, but I think I've been hearing boats from a neighborhood north of me.

One of the local high schools has become a shelter. They are going to feed people from the school breakfasts and lunches that aren't being used this week. Other shelters that have opened up haven't had food.

I'm ok! Thank you for your concern. The hurricane was actually supposed to hit between here and Austin but shifted and headed toward Houston. There have been people and reporters asking people in Houston and near there why they didn't evacuate. Um because they didn't know! That storm shifted last minute and the poor people in those areas had no time to react. And the worst part is the storm is supposed to loop and head back around and dump more rain in those areas. There are so many helping each other. Getting their boats and rescuing people and pets. People and businesses opening up for people in need. Texans help each other out.

A lot of people evacuated and came here so it's a good thing the storm has not affect us with the exception of some rain off and on. Schools are starting today as scheduled. I told my mom and husband why not have some of the middle schools and high schools go volunteer at the shelters here in town and have the younger kids make toiletry kits at school for those in need?

well 56 hours before landfall, Harvey was merely a tropical depression. This one moved and changed fast. Glad to hear from you Hareball, Adellabedella, Raven and Marilyn today. If I feel sick over this so far away, I cannot imagine how you all feel.

Well, I've live in the Houston area most of my life, the worst I saw was IKE that wiped out our beach houses on Bolivar. No one has ever seen such flooding like this. Usually the flooding comes from the storm surge and the islands are evacuated and coastal neighborhoods. These people live inland and never expected it to rain and rain and rain and rain some more. I'm sure that every house that I'd ever lived in except my childhood home was flooded today. These are houses and areas that have never ever flooded before. So why didn't people evacuate? Because they didn't know it was going to do all this! This is unlike anything us Texans have ever seen before! You have to remember that us Texans that live around those areas have lived through many many storms and have never left our homes before.

Sending thoughts and prayers your way. I hope everyone gets to a safe place, including animals/pets.

Yes people east of where the hurricane originally hit did not know until the last minute. Harvey was supposed to hit San Antonio and Austin but shifted towards Houston and nearby, then just sat there. It has been a slow moving storm so it just sits and dumps rain.

I tried sending a tweet to some local weather stations reminding them to tell people to also look out for their pets. I just hope everyone and their pets are ok.

For those that didn't see my other thread. I am OK. My husband and I and Mia were rescued by boat yesterday. Currently we are at a neighbors house that doesn't flood. We have no vehicles they are completely under water. Our house is now under water to the roof, total devastation. The Rv also took in water and is probably pretty full.

The instructions given to all of us from the beginning was not to leave not to evacuate because we would cause road blocks and the ones on the coast being directly hit needed to be able to get out. This was not the track it was supposed to follow. This is of historical proportion we have reached the 800 year flood level. We passed the 500 years flood level. Last year we hit the 500 year level twice.

We are dry, have food for now and safe. We have no idea what our future holds. We have no vehicle so we can't leave. Moving won't take much because we have zero stuff.

So great to hear everyone is doing well. Terrilyn has anyone heard from her?

My phone died in the rescue so I lost my phone numbers.

Thanks everyone!

ravencajun Zone 8b TX I'm so glad you are ok. I'm sorry you've lost everything you spent the last year replacing. But you and your family are alive, safe and dry and that's what's important. I will keep you and your family and the lovely people providing shelter for you in my prayers.

Here is a Houston news station if you want to watch what we are watching live. https://www.click2houston.com/

There has been a lot of emphasis on pets. Some of the shelters are not taking them. The news station said even some shelters not taking pets are allowing them to stay in a covered area at the shelter and you can go stay out with them. Many people are donating extra kennels.

https://youtu.be/QZqZ5ruVCT0

Just to see the amount of water we are dealing with. And increasing by the hour. News just mentioned biblical proportions!