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    ^ That

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    South primary levee in Houston just got breached.

    We're way beyond the worst case scenario already, but this is just about the worst possible thing that could happen at this point.

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    They're still projecting another foot or more of rain right?

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    Yeah, at least.

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    They're also predicting one to two feet of rain in Louisiana, battering the already severely damaged infrastructure from Katrina.

    After that, most of Mississippi up through west Tennessee (and my house) are forecast to get around a foot of rain by Saturday, which will definitely cause massive flooding here in Memphis. We live about 5 feet above sea level on the Mississippi River. If that storm goes up the river and drops 12'' on it basically all of downtown is going to be underwater.

    There's going to be widespread chaos from this come this weekend, and that's BEFORE the water recedes. Once that water goes down is when you're going to see the true horrors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tymon View Post
    South primary levee in Houston just got breached.

    We're way beyond the worst case scenario already, but this is just about the worst possible thing that could happen at this point.
    https://www.vox.com/science-and-heal...ia-lakes-levee

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    In a fairly macabre twist of fate, New Orleans is remembering their 12th anniversary of Katrina by facing imminent landfall from Harvey.

    August 29th is not a good day for New Orleans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alistaire View Post
    Sounds less like fake news and more like
    This. They straight up tweeted that their church was flooded, but people on twitter were posting photos showing otherwise. Hell there is a ramp that leads up to the church and there was no flood water in sight. The underground parking garage may have been flooded, but not the church itself.

    Also to add insult to injury, I heard Joel Osteen busted out his Luxury yacht and sailed it through the flooded areas to pass out copies of his book "Your Best Life Now" to stranded flood survivors instead of, you know, rescuing them..

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    It's a fuckin nightmare out there. I have friends with family trapped in "safe" areas but are surrounded by flooding.

    Lots of friends lost their homes in all of this too.

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    Yah talked to one of my Sisters earlier and she said where they are is pretty much an island. Luckily all my family there has stayed dry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TummieGaruda View Post
    Also to add insult to injury, I heard Joel Osteen busted out his Luxury yacht and sailed it through the flooded areas to pass out copies of his book "Your Best Life Now" to stranded flood survivors instead of, you know, rescuing them..
    This requires video before I believe it. Not because I don't believe he would do it (I do) but because in today's day and age, anything like that without video seems like a lie or someone trying to instigate.

    Also lol at him opening the church for "a couple hundred" people when it seats 16k.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffy View Post
    This requires video before I believe it. Not because I don't believe he would do it (I do) but because in today's day and age, anything like that without video seems like a lie or someone trying to instigate.

    Also lol at him opening the church for "a couple hundred" people when it seats 16k.
    The yacht thing might have been satire though a few news outlets picked up on it. Fake News I guess.

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    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...cases-of-water

    Houston's Best Buy doing their part in the Harvey relief effort.


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    Quote Originally Posted by 6souls View Post
    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...cases-of-water

    Houston's Best Buy doing their part in the Harvey relief effort.

    “This was a big mistake on the part of a few employees at one store on Friday,” a Best Buy spokesman said in a statement to The Hill. “As a company we are focused on helping, not hurting affected people. We’re sorry and it won’t happen again.”

    “Not as an excuse but as an explanation, we don’t typically sell cases of water. The mistake was made when employees priced a case of water using the single-bottle price for each bottle in the case,” the statement continued.
    Price gouging through incompetence rather than malice it would seem. Still gouging though, so fuck 'em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6souls View Post
    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...cases-of-water

    Houston's Best Buy doing their part in the Harvey relief effort.

    Allegedly an employee was pricing the pack per bottle ($1.79/bottle for the Desani) instead of its actual pack price. But this could be a statement to

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    Well the pricing does match up. So probably stupid employee that just managed to give Best Buy a shit ton of negative press.

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    I feel like someone should link that BB to this: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cpd/price-gouging

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    Houston mayor has imposed a 10p-5a curfew until further notice as a critical e prevention measure

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cail View Post
    Houston mayor has imposed a 10p-5a curfew until further notice as a critical e prevention measure
    Bumped to midnight to give rescuers a bit more time (at least tonight)

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    crime prevention? what's that missing word?

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