Hurricane Harvey and me

[sgt_zim]

Our house didn't suffer any flooding, but by Monday night during Harvey, the water was about a foot higher than it was in this picture. That's my across-the-street neighbor's house in the background. Steep Bank Creek, about 100 yards from our house, and maybe 25-30 deep, was overflowing by this time because the Brazos River which it empties into was also full and getting close to the top of the levees.

Still not sure of total rainfall for our area, but between one of my neighbors and me, we figure 40" in 4 days, or maybe just a bit more.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Glad to hear you didn't have water in your house. I can't imagine dealing with that. I lived in northeast Houston (Kingwood) for 3 years and my old house stayed dry too. Some good friends in another part of Kingwood had 5 feet of water in their house.

 

[enysse]

How is the area recovering down there? I'm glad your stuff stayed dry.

 

[sgt_zim]

How is the area recovering down there? I'm glad your stuff stayed dry.

Sugar Land is in good shape. As much rain as we got, and it was obviously a lot, there weren't that many houses that were damaged, at least not like other parts of Houston.

 

[Ridgewalker]

Glad you came out well! I made a donation to the Red Cross for you guys. They did a good job helping here in Colorado when we had our "100 year flood". Hope they're helping there?
Best

 

[Shootist43]

Glad to hear that you kept your powder dry. Houston's flooding is "old news" and I haven't seen anything on TV recently. Has the water receded to normal levels, have you gone back to work?

 

[BWH]

You were one of the fortunate ones. Bad deal for sure. Glad y'all are safe/dry'ish.....

 

[cpr0312]

Glad you made it through all right, count your blessings!

 

[sgt_zim]

Glad to hear that you kept your powder dry. Houston's flooding is "old news" and I haven't seen anything on TV recently. Has the water receded to normal levels, have you gone back to work?

The gun range where I ordinarily practice is still under water, it'll probably open back up in another month or so. Most of Houston is dried out now, things are moving along. There are still lots of people rebuilding, though.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Interesting link here shows the flooded areas in the greater Houston area and also Beaumont area.
https://apps.texastribune.org/harvey-fema-damage-analysis/

 

[CAustin]

Man that was a lot of water in the street. Glad you and yours are OK

 

[tarbe]

Glad to hear that you kept your powder dry. Houston's flooding is "old news" and I haven't seen anything on TV recently. Has the water receded to normal levels, have you gone back to work?

My office window faces north and looks out over the Addicks Reservoir (I am literally 300 feet from the dam as I sit in my office).

There is still quite a lot of water held in the reservoir, despite them letting a lot out over the past two weeks. It still looks like a lake in there!

 

[sgt_zim]

My office window faces north and looks out over the Addicks Reservoir (I am literally 300 feet from the dam as I sit in my office).

There is still quite a lot of water held in the reservoir, despite them letting a lot out over the past two weeks. It still looks like a lake in there!

How long do you reckon before ASC is open? Since we never lost electricity during the storm, I took advantage of having nothing better to do (and definitely nowhere to go) and spent a lot of time on the reloading bench.

 

[tarbe]

How long do you reckon before ASC is open?

I have not laid eyes on the general area that is ASC in quite some time, probably 3 years. Your guess would be better than mine, I'm sure!

But if ASC was in Addicks (vs Barker) it would be weeks yet, I think. The ASC website does mention they hope to resume corporate events on October 15th.

Maybe they are draining Barker faster than Addicks due to the commercial nature of Barker vs Addicks?

 

[sgt_zim]

I have not laid eyes on the general area that is ASC in quite some time, probably 3 years. Your guess would be better than mine, I'm sure!

But if ASC was in Addicks (vs Barker) it would be weeks yet, I think. The ASC website does mention they hope to resume corporate events on October 15th.

Maybe they are draining Barker faster than Addicks due to the commercial nature of Barker vs Addicks?

I'm about 15 miles south of there. I was up there shooting either 1 or 2 weekends before Harvey hit. I need to join the club over by Pecan Grove, but they only accept new applications in March of each year. It's a total roll of the dice to be one of the first applications they get. Other than that, there aren't any rifle ranges anywhere near me. I have family land in Louisiana, but that's almost 6 hours away.

 

[tarbe]

Here is another private option...but be warned...they let people like me join!

http://www.psc-range.com/

 

[sgt_zim]

@tarbe I've looked at PSC previously. I must just keep missing when they have openings.

 

[tarbe]

They generally open up once a year in the late summer early fall timeframe.

Depending on the renewal rate, some years there are not a lot of openings.

If you are still interested next year, remind me around July to write the membership director an email to nominate you. That is now the only way to get in...an existing member must sponsor you.

We were having some issues with new members from the general public...so we are trying to clean things up by requiring the referral.


Tim

 

[sgt_zim]

They generally open up once a year in the late summer early fall timeframe.

Depending on the renewal rate, some years there are not a lot of openings.

If you are still interested next year, remind me around July to write the membership director an email to nominate you. That is now the only way to get in...an existing member must sponsor you.

We were having some issues with new members from the general public...so we are trying to clean things up by requiring the referral.


Tim

Much appreciated.

 

[jpr792]

sgt_zim
We are glad that you are ok during and after Harvey...