Wow! Spoke too soon. After an uneventful Saturday afternoon in central Houston, Harvey decided to (SLOWLY) make its way toward us. Woke up Sunday with the water three feet from the house, covering the pool by 9am and in the house by noon. The bayou near us rose 20 feet (and over the bank) in six hours! Although less intense the next day, the rain didn't stop until Harvey finally moved on yesterday morning. Unfortunately, this meant it hit our friends along the Texas-Louisiana line with today.
Overall, we are very lucky as the water only filled the 8 inch sunken (thankfully terrazzo) living room. Additional seepage manage to soak some carpet, which has made the house smell. Most of our neighbors were less fortunate. Just a couple of blocks away, swarms of Coast Guard helicopters were plucking many of them off their rooftops Sunday evening. Today the streets are canyons of flooring, matresses and furniture six-eight feet high.