When Mia Heil saw a homeless man underneath the bridge at Loop 610 and Ella Boulevard on her way home from work last weekend, she knew it was unsafe for
That s been open all morning, pretty much the only place open in town, everybody stocking up just before the rain hits, including us. the cashier told us he is closing down in about ten minutes from now and heading for home. the issue around here, fred, is going to be this is a low, flat area and they have seen flooding in the past. 2001, tropical storm alison hung over here for way too long. in 2016, they had according to the police chief 17 inches of rain in four hours, 600 homes flooded, including the chief s. after that, they didn t wait for federal, state or parrish funding, they went ahead themselves to fix their drainage system and try and cope with what is about to hit them today and over this weekend. elsewhere in this area, lafayette just 15 minutes up the road, that s about ten feet higher than we are down here but the river there could be an issue. it s running very low right now, three or four feet, but it is going to rise to 15 feet, fred,
They re expecting something similar if not more here. how do you prepare for that, let alone going to your people to the facility? so, you know, when you look at this event, for houston, it s most likely going to be a heavy water event, same expectation, they ve been talking as with alison with lots of street flooding and other kinds of flash floods. for our people, a lot of them are choosing to stay in the facility and we re providing sleeping quarters and a lot of parts of our facility, so if they don t feel comfortable coming and going, they have to place to stay with us. some who live in areas where they feel confident travelling back and forth are going home. we want them to get the best rest so they can provide the best care for the patients. for the facility, we ve done a lot of work, all institutions have, since tropical storm alison, moving generators
Hadded downgraded to a tropical storm. tropical storm alison was a rain event. the same amount of rain as expected. that was catastrophic, 23 people lost their lives. up to 10 billion dollars. the water comes up quickly and emergency officials warning, do not drive, stay inside, do not risk it. leland: thank you, griff. for our viewer s understanding, where you are is about 150 miles north of where this storm came ashore. quickly, from your perspective, have you guys seen any of the staging of the national guard and the power trucks and everything else that comes along with these storms? and if so, have they started to be able to roll those resources down to where this devastation was or are they still standing by? we have not seen any of that staging here in houston. we ve only seen the local authorities getting ready and