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Houston gets nailed again!!

Cranky

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Just a little over 2 years ago Harvey nailed the city and here we are again......and many are saying this is worse than Harvey was. I've been thinking of moving for some time now but man, my place is high enough to not get that crap but my rain fall was a fraction of what most of the surrounding areas got. Actually, I got a lot more rain during Harvey than I did with this system and Allison really dumped more rain in my area than Harvey. The shop got some some water during Allison due to poor drainage and not rising water but it was minimal. Thing is, I'm not real comfortable living so close to the coast and the humidity is choking but that's a small price to pay compared to the ones that get flooded over and over and over.
 
Beaumont! I - 10 closed. Wow.
 
Had a persistent insurance salesman that used to pester me all the time about my lack of flood
insurance. He'd use the angle of being soooo concerned, that EVERYONE needed it, every time he called...
I'd politely turn him away, again and again - but anyone's patience has limits.
Finally told him one day to come on out and visit and we'd talk about it.
He damn near set land speed records getting here. :)

I watch him from the porch as he ascends the drive. He's moving quick at first, then he slows down the further
up he gets. When he finally gets to the house, he climbs out slowly, looking around with wide eyes.
It was all I could do to not bust out laughing, but I maintained cool...
He finally stammers out "just how high up ARE you here?"
"About 1700 feet." I'm still straight faced, but weakening...
He asks "how high up off the creek and highway down there, you reckon?"
"About 3-400 feet, I s'pose." Now I'm grinning big.
*He pauses and has another look around*
"You have a good day there, Mr. G"
Climbs back in and heads back down, slooowly...

You know, I never did hear from him again.... :)
 
moparedtn said:
Had a persistent insurance salesman that used to pester me all the time about my lack of flood
insurance. He'd use the angle of being soooo concerned, that EVERYONE needed it, every time he called...
I'd politely turn him away, again and again - but anyone's patience has limits.
Finally told him one day to come on out and visit and we'd talk about it.
He damn near set land speed records getting here. :)

I watch him from the porch as he ascends the drive. He's moving quick at first, then he slows down the further
up he gets. When he finally gets to the house, he climbs out slowly, looking around with wide eyes.
It was all I could do to not bust out laughing, but I maintained cool...
He finally stammers out "just how high up ARE you here?"
"About 1700 feet." I'm still straight faced, but weakening...
He asks "how high up off the creek and highway down there, you reckon?"
"About 3-400 feet, I s'pose." Now I'm grinning big.
*He pauses and has another look around*
"You have a good day there, Mr. G"
Climbs back in and heads back down, slooowly...

You know, I never did hear from him again.... :)
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:thumbsup:

:rofl:
 
Yep it was not good! Luckily we live a1 hr North of the N side of Houston, on a hill. I lived in Missouri for 38 years before here, there... people do not build along the creeks, or in the low bottoms, if thee ground is not high, it is pasture, but we were the one's the city people make fun of!!! LOL
 
We were just married and I was in the USAF in Minot ND when our house was flooded. All our houses after have been on high ground. We learned.
 
Sorry - didn't realize how bad is was until I saw it on the news. I felt bad for the residents of the areas hit hard. Bad as it is tho - it was no Dorian. The people of the Bahamas really got it bad, very bad. Not minimizing what happened in Houston. No stopping Mother Nature when she wants to do her thing.
 
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