what if a category 5 hurricane hit houston

[Poltracker]

Originally Posted by texas7

This guy was the director of emergency management that told us that - but again he pinpointed that area - doesn't mean all areas between galveston and that spot are at that low of an elevation - but it was just food for thought on just how high the water could rise. I remember during T.S. Alison - portions of BW8 through Pasadena covered up the hoods of 18 wheelers in some spots.

That did not have anything to do with storm surge, just plain old flooding which is an entirely different thing.

[texas7]

Originally Posted by Poltracker

That did not have anything to do with storm surge, just plain old flooding which is an entirely different thing.

Yes I know that was flooding - just commenting on how deep it got during that time. Just that it got that deep, so I just can't even begin to imagine that a cat 5 surge could bring up to 25 ft at the freeway and fuqua. Hard to fathom.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by texas7

Yes I know that was flooding - just commenting on how deep it got during that time. Just that it got that deep, so I just can't even begin to imagine that a cat 5 surge could bring up to 25 ft at the freeway and fuqua. Hard to fathom.

Any flooding from actual storm surge would be more likely to happen further up the road going toward Sims Bayou. I feel like if Ike had come up further west than it did, we would have seen more flooding in the city. Nothing on the scale of New Orleans, as the surge will be gone when the storm is and the water will have somewhere to go rather than sitting in a bowl. But it would have caused some significant damage and slowed recovery some.

[Poltracker]

Here is a good map of projected storm surge areas: http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapboo.../public-51.jpg

[SouthernBoy205]

Originally Posted by Ambusher11

what if a category 5 hurricane hit houston

I don't even want to think about another hurricans devastating a community.