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Level 50.5ft in dam
Rain
East Fork San Jacinto meter is now stuck at maximum. It is 20ft above the banks and someone who installed the meter never thought it possible it could go this high.
West Fork meter is above 65ft and that meter will also likely peg out since it can't read higher than a few feet more.
The meter on the dam itself is set to continue measuring about 2 feet above over top level.
I checked on Harvey's position and I disagree with the forecaster. I predict reintensification just under Level 1.
Not a good sign rain wise.
On a more positive note.
I want to stress
#1 Dam is mostly one big long spillway over 3000 feet long.
#2 The spillway itself won't fail. The failure point is likely the section East of the Spillway.
#3 That wall wouldn't give out instantly.
#4 There are still many hours before design max is reached.
As If it couldn't get any worse, about 350 Alligators are about to escape from an Alligator Farm..
Jefferson Country, Texas, is home to about 350 alligators. They're behind a fence right now, but the flood waters could soon reach over the top, KFDM reports.
"We're less than a foot a foot from (water) going over the fences," owner Gary Saurage says. "All of these are certified, high fences, but when it won't quit, it won't quit. We've worked around the clock and I don't know what else to do."
Like I said earlier, you never know what's in that water people are walking through...
It's crazy there are even discussion like this. Now go make your donation to the charity of your choice and think good thoughts for the people effected by this.
Although I usually believe in shared responsibility for such disasters, Cruz and many Texas republicans have been against having others pay for such disasters in the past. Should Texans pay for their own disaster or should we all?
When have you heard Ted Cruz (and "many Texas republicans") say there shouldn't be shared responsibility? This is a national crisis, not just a Texas crisis.
Although I usually believe in shared responsibility for such disasters, Cruz and many Texas republicans have been against having others pay for such disasters in the past. Should Texans pay for their own disaster or should we all?
New Jersey is going into Texas, despite Texan refusal to help aid Jersey during Hurricane Sandy. I think that speaks volumns. At the end of the day, I believe all American's will pitch in to help and help pay.
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350 Alligators about to escape Alligator Farm...
