sam dupont
Well-Known Member
Back in 2001 Tropical Storm Allison dumped 35+ inches on Houston over 3 days. I lost track of how much I got but remember dumping my 6" rain gauge at least 5 times. There was a couple of times where it was over flowing when I went to look at it. It was the only time in 37+ years that I started to wonder if my home was going to flood. There's county flood control ditch behind my place that's at least 75 feet wide and plenty deep enough that you can't see the mowers when they are in the bottom with things are dry....and they ain't small mowers either. Anyways, the water in that thing was almost even with the top. Hurricane Harvey dumped even more rain but it was more wide spread but the Houston area still got around 30". Harvey also had some lulls so the water has somewhat of a chance to drain off before the next downpour happened. Thing bad about Harvey is that it rained really bad in other areas that never flooded before.
They say your coast is being hit right now. Looking at that ditch running full would be impressive, but if it breached all of sudden, that would be a lot of water