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Location: OH. IO | Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-27 5:36 PM
I am watching CNN and could not believe the picture of the Nurshing Home in Dickerinson Texas, oh my lord those poor people, they were sitting in waste deep water in their room..They were final rescued, thank goodness.
That is so sad to look at:((( everything ok at your place??I thought we lost ya there for awhile. |
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| This morning we had water up to the horse pens and water around one of the barns. About a foot of water under my trailer. So we were able to hook up and get the horses up north. They are in on high dry land and in stalls. So they are put away nicely. They are saying for our creek here to crest tomorrow but I don't see how since we keep getting rain.
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Location: OH. IO | Polly05 - 2017-08-27 8:31 PM
This morning we had water up to the horse pens and water around one of the barns. About a foot of water under my trailer. So we were able to hook up and get the horses up north. They are in on high dry land and in stalls. So they are put away nicely. They are saying for our creek here to crest tomorrow but I don't see how since we keep getting rain.
So far my house is good and no water in the barns.
YAY!!!HAPPY AND LUCKY HORSES!!! STAY SAFE! |
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Location: Arkansas | jake16 - 2017-08-27 11:23 AM
Bear - 2017-08-27 11:13 AM
We lost a run-in shed....thrown about 30 feet and flipped upside down. Horses and cows sink up to their hocks in some soft spots. Road closings all over hell.
A neighbor said we've gotten 16" so far, according to his rain gauge.
We are supposed to get 5" today and another 5-8" tonight. The extended forecast for us, according to Weatherbug is for rain and thunderstorms up through next weekend every day. We could easily get 30+" when its all said and done.
Been hoping you could check in!!im sorry for the disaster!!how's Carol's foot?? Prayers for you guys.The rest of the states are watching which is about all we can do.STAY SAFE!
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | jake16 - 2017-08-27 7:17 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-08-27 5:36 PM I am watching CNN and could not believe the picture of the Nurshing Home in Dickerinson Texas, oh my lord those poor people, they were sitting in waste deep water in their room..They were final rescued, thank goodness. That is so sad to look at: ( ( ( everything ok at your place??I thought we lost ya there for awhile.
The internet went down when ole harvey blew into our part of the woods, we had really high winds 60 to 65 plus blowing with rain early in the morning and all threw the day and night was not a good feeling I thought as far off the coast we were we would not be getting really high winds, lost 2 of our big big Oak trees up front, one was up rooted ground got soft and the other one the top broke off, just sick over them, last year lighting took out 2 big ones. So far we have gotton 8 inchs of rain and that is nothing compared to Houston.. But we are doing so much better then the Houston area, those poor people...Thanks for asking.. :) |
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Location: OH. IO | Im still worried about Rock Port.Earlier they said fourty percent did not evacuate and that's where Harvey hit first.havent seen any updates at all on that:(((I have not turned my TV off in four straight days watching this horrible nightmare.
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| jake16 - 2017-08-27 8:05 PM
Im still worried about Rock Port.Earlier they said four percent did not evacuate and that's where Harvey hit first.havent seen any updates at all on that:(((I have not turned my TV off in four straight days watching this horrible nightmare.
There was 1 fatality due to a house fire during the height of the storm. There were 8 families from an RV park unaccounted for but they are hoping they evacuated. I haven't heard anything more about them. Rockport has been declared uninhabitable and people may only be in Rockport from 7am to 7pm to move their stuff out of homes and businesses. My BIL lives in Rockport but left before the storm. He went back today to start cleanup on his business. The metal mechanic shop was pretty damaged but his house only had a saddle pad sized water puddle in the eating area. He said the well built houses were fared pretty well, but the older ones and metal buildings suffered a lot of damage. He said there was not one single fence left in Rockport, nor did any of the tree have any leaves. Lots of downed power lines and trees and tree limbs down.
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| This is a post from FB: We are pulling boat out of water for the night. It is total darkness and too dangerous and We are exhausted. Today was a day I will never forget. People separated from their families in total panic begging you to find their children or spouse. People begging to rescue them but you can't because the boat is full. It is total and complete devastation. As I was coming in from last rescue I felt terrible because their are thousands more that are going to have to wait it out through the night. I am going back in the morning. If you have a boat and want me to show you how to get down their pm me.
and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Reports are predicting another 25" of rain before this is over. I sm sick to my stomach over the devastation this storm is causing. |
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Location: Arkansas | rodeomom3 - 2017-08-27 8:27 PM
This is a post from FB: We are pulling boat out of water for the night. It is total darkness and too dangerous and We are exhausted. Today was a day I will never forget. People separated from their families in total panic begging you to find their children or spouse. People begging to rescue them but you can't because the boat is full. It is total and complete devastation. As I was coming in from last rescue I felt terrible because their are thousands more that are going to have to wait it out through the night. I am going back in the morning. If you have a boat and want me to show you how to get down their pm me.
and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Reports are predicting another 25" of rain before this is over. I sm sick to my stomach over the devastation this storm is causing.
I cry every time I read your latest update. God please have mercy |
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| I have not seen one person yelling and screaming that they need government help NOW. Instead msg people are hugging the ones rescuing them. I think the water here came up very fast early this morning. Have a friend whose niece drove into high water at 5 am and was not rescued until mid morning. We are just strong people here but really need some prayers right now. |
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Location: OH. IO | Gail - 2017-08-27 10:41 PM
Lord have mercy on these people. Many prayers headed their way.
?There has to be more we can do besides pray - ideas anyone?
A fundraiser similar to the one we did for the soldiers house???? |
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | If anyone wants to help after the storm has passed there will be a great need for hay and feed I'm sure. My house still dry but moved horses, dogs and cattle because we will flood from the river. I'm keeping my horses at Fairgrounds and they are bringing rescues in that will need hay at least. As I was feeding mine this morning I had to find water buckets for animals I saw brought in yesterday that still had no water. Going back later to see if feed store is open. It's only going to get worse. |
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Location: OH. IO | mreklaw - 2017-08-28 9:51 AM
If anyone wants to help after the storm has passed there will be a great need for hay and feed I'm sure. My house still dry but moved horses, dogs and cattle because we will flood from the river. I'm keeping my horses at Fairgrounds and they are bringing rescues in that will need hay at least. As I was feeding mine this morning I had to find water buckets for animals I saw brought in yesterday that still had no water. Going back later to see if feed store is open. It's only going to get worse.
Thank you for helping these horses.If you need some money towards feed for them im a PM AWAY. |
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Location: Texas | They've closed the road my parents live on because of run off from pastures. So far their house and barn is still high and dry, and she said it would take a lot more rain before they flood. I've had a sad morning with some farm calls that didn't end well. And one of my horses at my parents house sounds like she's got a hellacious hoof abscess (I hope). Thankful she's not colicking because theres really not much way for them to get her out and I can't get in...almost sounds silly to even mention it because its such small potatoes compared to what other people are dealing with. We are housing four of my neighbors horses who's property is under water. Their house is on stilts and is so far OK but they may evacuate if it gets much higher. |
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| It is almost beyond description the devastation that is happening. I am wondering what percentage of houses are flooding in Houston, estimates are it is more than 300,000. The out pouring of support had been amazing, the "Cajun Navy" had arrived with boats to help rescue, EMS from all over to come help. They are now having to release water from reservoirs to save the integrity of the ****s so now homes that have not flooded yet will flood from the releases. They are calling for mandatory evacuation from these neighborhoods but the rads are flooded and people can't get out. There are many towns surrounding he Houston area that are also flooding.
Here is a video of my place this morning. Steady rain so far today, almost 4" so fa fir a total of 22". He water is still a long no way from the house and barn.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Theres people from the Seguin area and other local towns that are taking their own boats to all the flooded areas helping the flood victums to get out, these people even in their wildest dreams never ever thought this was going to happen, their homes and land never had been flooded, but now with water being releasted from reservoirs theres going to be alot more homes and land flooded and more rain on the way. There was no way of knowing it was going to be this bad, they knew it was going to be a major flood event but not like this, this is a flood thats going down in history a flood that has never been seen like this.. In all the time that the reservoirs were build this is the first time they are having to release water to save the Dam's. And now the rivers are fixing to let loose and this adds even more problems to the problems. :(
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Location: OH. IO | perfectturns - 2017-08-24 11:07 PM
My mom and grandparents live in Victoria... my mom evacuated with her dogs but my grandparents refuse to budge even with the mandatory evacuation. They have my old 33 year old roping horse and pony at their house. I wish they would let me get a friend to pick the horses up and take them somewhere safe but they are extremely hardheaded and think that they will be ok since they have lived in their house for 40+ years. Hopefully they will stay safe, I can't do anything living in Wyoming :(
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| People in Corpus and surrounding towns are collecting donations of money and goods for the victims of this terrible storm. I took all our
food, water and other supplies I stocked up on to a donation site.
Our local livestock auction has canceled their weekly sale in order to house evacuee livestock. I am blown away at all the people taking their boats up to help with the rescue efforts. There are a lot of good folks out there. I thank everyone who has offered help and prayers to us in South and Southeast Texas. This going to be such a long recovery for Southeast Texas. |
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