Saw something on the local Oz news about the "Cajun Navy" helping out !
...Wayne
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Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2017 11:11 AM
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Subject: [OM] OT: Harvey
I've been paying close attention to the news since Friday, keeping
track of the progress of Harvey. The storm is presently off the coast,
picking up some strength before making a third landfall and continuing
north. Heavy rains are returning to Houston, and two reservoirs are in
danger of overflowing.
News crews were able to get still photos and video out yesterday, and
the scenes are amazing. A middle-class neighbourhood where friends were
living when I was there is completely under water, and I'm certain that the
apartment complex where I lived is even worse as there was a fence between
it and a bayou. We had an occasional alligator snapping turtle get into the
parking lot. They can take off a finger with just one bite.
The entire Texas National Guard has been called up, and the Coast Guard
has half of its helicopters in the area doing rescue service. Lots and lots
of air boats. I wonder if any of our Navy's assault transports are nearby?
Those hovercraft could make quick work of the evacuations.
The storm will not pass over the Trinity River basin, but instead will
inundata Shreveport, Little Rock, Memphis, St. Louis, and Cairo, all of
which is slow-draining low country that drains into the Mississippi River.
So New Orleans will be seeing the Mississippi get pretty high.
This event is getting to look a lot like the aftermath of Katrina, and
it is not going to abate for a few days.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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