Baller_ Wish Posted August 25, 2017 Baller_ Share Posted August 25, 2017 Thoughts a prayers for those in the path of Hurricane Harvey. Be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted August 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 25, 2017 I won't catch any of the direct storm but it's looking like I could see a foot of rain over the weekend from the arms. Closest to a Hurricane I've ever been by a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller sunvalleylaw Posted August 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 25, 2017 Good luck all you folks down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigtex2011 Posted August 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 25, 2017 Fingers crossed for all in south texas. Hopefully, it swings a west of the projected path. My childhood hometown is possibly ground zero. Either way, there will be a lot of folks in dire need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Kelvin Posted August 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 25, 2017 Thanks to Harvey, we have a nice headwind for jump if anybody wants to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigtex2011 Posted August 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigtex2011 Posted August 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 25, 2017 Rockport Texas before.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Ed_Johnson Posted August 25, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 25, 2017 I LOVE the people of Texas and all the Great Lakes I've skied on there. Wish everyone the Best !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller UWSkier Posted August 28, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 28, 2017 Any update from our friends at LoK? Not sure how much of the rain is falling as far inland as Katy, but the lakes have to be pretty high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bigtex2011 Posted August 28, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 28, 2017 From Rockport to Houston and up thru Conroe is a disaster. Louisiana looks to be in harms way soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt2003 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Saw pics from Ski Texas. Not a pretty sight! Keep all them in your thoughts and prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted August 28, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 28, 2017 My Father's had to evacuate his house this morning. He's about 15 miles northwest of Ski Texas. My Mom lives in West Houston and has not had any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dleb Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dleb Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Lago Santa Fe two days ago. Water is down now but about to come back up. Not very fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Kelvin Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 Lakes of Katy water levels remain manageable thanks to the design by Gordon Hall and @thompjs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bishop8950 Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 I have heard about ski sites +6' under water. Heard San Marcos was one lake. I hope everyone makes it through and the cost of recovery can be absorbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MAD11 Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 Feeling bad for everyone East of us. We were really lucky at Aquaplex. All good! @TFIN and I about to start raising buoys for the tournament this weekend. Wind supposed to start dropping on Thursday and be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 @Mad11, let me know if you need any help with set up this week, happy to come down and lend a hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ForrestGump Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 Sallee, the kids, and I have been stuck in Dallas unable to get home. The Harris County metering station behind my house has registered 31 inches of rain since Friday. Some areas on the south and east side of Houston are showing 48+ inches of rain. Hopefully by Friday we'll be able to get back in to survey the damage. Luckily, my company has us put up in a 2 bedroom suite next to my office in Plano so I can at least work. Not as cool as in Hurricane Ike when @MAD11 and the Aquaplex crew let me stay in their clubhouse for a week, though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MAD11 Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 @BoneHead that was a cool week. Especially since back then you were still dating crazy chicks that helped create great stories for us when this website was small and just us bullshitting each day. Not sure we can mention most of that stuff anymore without risking a thumbs down event. @RazorRoss3 Trent and I just got the course back up. Was perfect and just needed to raise all the buoys. That's a first so we were really lucky. Glad to give you a pull on Friday and take some help. Your welcome to hang out as much as you like. Look forward to seeing everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller RazorRoss3 Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 Sure thing, I should be out of work at a reasonable time and can come over to help with whatever is left to do... and will gladly take you up on that pull, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller elr Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 LSF (2 ft of water in my boathouse) and LOK seem to be ok right now but not out of the woods yet. Well wishes and prayers for ST, LACH, TM and the other ski lakes in the Houston area, don't know how they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller lhoover Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 At LakePort (Deegan Lake) we were at an all-time high with water 3in above our docks. That was Sunday when the overflow was overwhelmed! We have since receded a bit, water just a tad below the dock surface, as the overflow catches up. Folks, I'm pretty sure most of you have no earthly idea how much rain has fallen these last 5 days and 1 more day forecast. The television news does it little justice (reminds me of cameras from the boat for shortline slalom--not much perspective). The inner city, downtown area is completely devastated, water over 3 story apartments and businesses. Freeways with 18ft clearance are under water. Transportation is all but impossible for anyone, especially trucks which supply the world. The 4th largest city in America has been all but stopped. Towns purposely built outside the Houston area flood plain decades ago (such as Magnolia,Tomball, Kingwood, The Woodlands) are flooding for the first time, ever. Forty plus inches of rain is a prodigious amount in a year, much less in a week. Hour after hour after hour of pouring rain is hard to imagine. And the rising waters have just begun. The peak flooding is estimated to be another 10 to 14 days as the rivers and tributaries continue to overflow and all this water makes its way toward the Gulf. We need prayers for the folks who are now homeless and if you can, contribute a little something to United Way or Red Cross or some other capable charity. It will be many months, maybe years, before any resemblance of normalcy. We thank you for anything you might do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Wish Posted August 29, 2017 Author Baller_ Share Posted August 29, 2017 This was an eye opening perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ski6jones Posted August 29, 2017 Baller Share Posted August 29, 2017 This was one the weather forecasters got right. Usually they hype it up to be worse than it is. This time the other way around, by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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