Harvey was a bad one all right. Camped over SE Tx. and it just kept raining. Usually storms/hurricanes they keep moving and it can be bad, very bad, but in a few hours, it's over with and you start the clean-up. When it floods in the flat lands, the run-off is slow and it takes days for it to leave and that just compounds the problems. The storm surge is bad enough, but add to that 'feet of rain' and it's a double whammy.
For those that are not familiar, the storm surge is the salt water pushed by the wind, up on the land. It can go for miles inland. Backs up all the streams, rivers, etc. that would normally drain the rain water off. When this happens, there is no where for the rain water to go, so it intensifies the flooding.
Last edited by Oldman03; 08/26/21. Reason: kant spel
