Re: Re: Bad weather in Texas

We've had up to 7 inches in one day and it was OK here.  Of course I have a
pier & beam foundation, and my property is on a slight incline towards the
back.  All my beds are constructed to stand up to temporary run off
conditions and it works well, even when the driveway resembles a river.
Makes me wonder if I should have been a civil engineer - LOL.
And this clay will soak up a LOT of water.  The streets flood of course but
that is only temporary.  But that hasn't happened in a very long time.


On 10/18/06, TeichFlora@aol.com <TeichFlora@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know Pam......Houston is used to flooding and has areas in  every
> subdivision for run off water  to  help control  flooding...and even have
> a group
> of very knowledgeable folks who's full time job  is flood control. Areas
> have
> pumps that kick in automatically if they  flood, etc. etc. etc.  and yet
> we
> still flood despite these best  efforts.
> Many cities flood with as little as  5 inches of rain.....so one
> never  knows
> what would happen if it ever rains that much in a short
> time.  Water  levels
> have a way of rising up so quickly that pumps, storm drains,  etc. cannot
> handle it.  Hence the word Flash flood.  Look at the San  Antonio/ Austin
> and hill
> country area with all the hills, they thought  for sure they would never
> flood.....HA!  a few years ago, they had serious  flooding problems that
> overwhelmed many.
> I guess you have to have experienced that much rain, and the problems
> to  not
> wish for too much.
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/18/2006 11:03:02 AM Central Standard Time,
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> what's  even funnier is I wish we'd had the 10 inches and you had
> 2.  We  can
> absorb it easily and you can't.   Lavon's little better than  a mudhole,
> Tawakoni isn't much better.  Cedar Creek is low but not  terrible because
> of
> the storms that skitter east of here and don't get to  this side of the
> lake.
> We need about 30 - 40 inches to start getting caught  up.
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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