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Originally Posted by mjslakeridge
Thanks Jack.
It was a frog strangler overnight. Solid rain currently from here to the Louisiana border. I am in a small sliver of the map not currently getting rain (down near Sugarland, SW of Houston):
http://i.imgur.com/uRYmlHT.png
What I woke up to this morning in my street:
http://i.imgur.com/QhRHiyH.jpg
Another view of the street:
http://i.imgur.com/FnJTPU7.jpg
"Arkansas rain gauge". This was just overnight Saturday's accumulation as I had emptied it out Saturday afternoon. You may not be able to see the level of rainwater from the angle I took the picture, but it is about 1 inch from the top:
http://i.imgur.com/1vDdPPD.jpg |
This brings it home. Watching the tv coverage and they mostly show the business areas/downtown of Houston but to see people's homes.....
You don't have basements there do you? Here in most of NJ we do and it's always a worry when the rain just won't stop. The day after Superstorm Sandy hit the wife and I took a walk around the neighborhood and about all one could hear was portable generators running to pump out basements.
Love the rain gauge - no need to get fancy with one. I've seen them built out of 2 liter Coke bottles and some rocks to hold the bottle down.