https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 16:04:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees/page/2#post-2194453 Sat, 30 May 2015 23:56:41 +0000 HTownMom 2194453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update for Harris County, please pass along to any you know effected.</p> <p>Updated May 30, 2015</p> <p>FEMA HAS DECLARED DISASTER AREA FOR HARRIS COUNTY<br /> Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated area can begin applying for assistance by registering online atwww.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or by web enabled mobile device at m.fema.gov.<br /> Disaster assistance applicants, who have a speech disability or hearing loss and use TTY, should call 1-800-462-7585 directly; for those who use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS), call 1-800-621-3362. The toll-free telephone numbers will operate from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (local time) seven days a week until further notice. </p> <p>You will need:<br /> Social Security number<br /> Current and pre-disaster address<br /> A telephone number where you can be contacted<br /> Insurance information<br /> Total household annual income<br /> A routing and account number from your bank (only necessary if you want to have disaster assistance funds transferred directly into your bank account).<br /> A description of your losses that were caused by the disaster.<br /> Helpful spreadsheet for documenting contents losses:<br /> <a href="http://www.uphelp.org/pubs/home-inventory-and-contents-claim-tips" rel="nofollow">http://www.uphelp.org/pubs/home-inventory-and-contents-claim-tips</a></p> <p>Don’t forget to:<br /> Document your damage in detail using your digital camera or cell phone.<br /> Clean out your home.<br /> Place all debris near the curb. The City is working to pick up this debris within 30 days. Please do NOT spend money renting a dumpster, The City will be picking up debris. BEGINNING Saturday May 30, 2015 the City is picking up debris. Please place it between the sidewalk and street for collection.<br /> For the next 8 weeks MCIA will not be citing our residents for heavy trash violations.</p> <p>What the City is doing for you:<br /> City is coordinating volunteers to assist those hardest hit near Brays Bayou and will be posting information on <a href="http://www.houstontx.gov/emergency" rel="nofollow">http://www.houstontx.gov/emergency</a><br /> CenterPoint is working in our area. They must carefully test the lines so as to avoid electrocution. They are working to restore power ASAP.<br /> City tap water is drinkable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees/page/2#post-2194406 Sat, 30 May 2015 20:24:09 +0000 wheres_c 2194406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kgbee: wow! We haven't been getting it as bad as that up here in Leander. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2194315 Sat, 30 May 2015 15:43:04 +0000 kgbee 2194315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Austin will get some more rain this afternoon/tonight, but then our forecast is for at least 4-5 days of sun! </p> <p>This was my backyard and door on Monday -- water level with the base of the door (about 5" off the ground). Unexpected pond, but luckily no damage. </p> [attach=2245/15/np6k7s.448x600.IMG_4022.jpg] [attach=2245/15/np6k7t.448x600.IMG_4024.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193931 Fri, 29 May 2015 21:18:10 +0000 Kimberlybee 2193931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Praying and thinking of all those being affected by these horrible floods. There's patches of flooding in lots of area neighborhoods and roads are being blocked off. Luckily our cars are okay for now but my relatives who live in the suburbs of North Texas had their cars flooded overnight. The water drained into the sewer system by morning but the insides of their cars are all wet. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193841 Fri, 29 May 2015 19:27:54 +0000 matador84 2193841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in far west texas and it's fine here, although we have been under severe drought the last several years so the rain is welcomed. My dad lives off a lake in Far far north Dallas and it has been horrible flooding, the worst since 2007. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193826 Fri, 29 May 2015 19:12:49 +0000 littlebug 2193826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: Wow! That is wild. And what are those people doing?!?! </p> <p>Been thinking of all the TX and OK bees as I hear the stories on NPR. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193798 Fri, 29 May 2015 18:30:16 +0000 turkeylurkey 2193798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nana87: where was the beach house? We lost ours on bolivar in 2008 to Ike. It's sad to not have the house. We didn't rebuild couldn't afford to rebuild anything compared to what we had. So we sold the land to the state. That way there will never be anything built there and will always be our beach! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193757 Fri, 29 May 2015 17:36:43 +0000 HTownMom 2193757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: @lawbee11: @Mrs. Sunshine: @rattles: @BabyBoecksMom: @LAZB: @MrsSCB: @HLK208: @Mrs. Pickle: @T-Mom: @travellingbee: @nana87: @turkeylurkey: </p> <p>For those who know anyone needing help around Houston:</p> <p>From KHOU News:<br /> Free help for Houston-area flood victims<br /> Dealing with a flooded home can be overwhelming, but there's help available for Houston-area flood victims. </p> <p><a href="http://on.khou.com/1HyzwIE" rel="nofollow">http://on.khou.com/1HyzwIE</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193674 Fri, 29 May 2015 16:13:38 +0000 turkeylurkey 2193674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in North Houston are okay. But not more than a mile from us the river is flooding homes.<br /> We just got word that they are about to let water out of Lake Canyon. We (my parents) have a house on the river in New Braunfels and we think it might get close to flooding it. For sure it will take out the deck, outdoor firepit area and possibly the outdoor kitchen.<br /> I'm still praying that they find some of these missing loved ones safe! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193653 Fri, 29 May 2015 15:43:35 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 2193653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had the 26th consecutive day of rain in the Austin area. We've passed the record for most rain in May since 1800-something. We're at 16.78 inches total for this month. Expecting more rain tomorrow. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2193318 Fri, 29 May 2015 10:33:44 +0000 MamaG 2193318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The DFW area took the hit overnight (still not as bad as Houston, Hill Country, etc), but we got 3-6 inches of rain and many roads are flooded this morning. We've now surpassed the May record rainfall in at least this area of Texas. And more rain is forecasted for the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2191117 Wed, 27 May 2015 20:15:55 +0000 nana87 2191117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so glad to hear everyone on here seems okay! My parents are both originally from Houston and so I have a lot of family-- mostly elderly-- still there, and we've heard of at least two elderly family members who have been flooded out of their homes. One had to be rescued by the fire department! My grandparents' home was destroyed by a hurricane over a decade ago and my mom is having all those really depressing memories come back alive again from watching this on the news and hearing from our family </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2191003 Wed, 27 May 2015 17:39:54 +0000 MrsSCB 2191003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: omg, that's crazy! I was just in San Antonio a few weekends ago-- definitely didn't look like that. And those people need to move! Scary :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190993 Wed, 27 May 2015 17:18:50 +0000 pregnantbee 2190993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, this is really scary. Hope everyone is ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190669 Wed, 27 May 2015 13:03:34 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 2190669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This one is of the river walk in San Antonio. </p> [attach=1468/15/np0sty.600x600.FB_IMG_1432749623499.jpg] [attach=1468/15/np0stz.500x303.FB_IMG_1432749435977.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190648 Wed, 27 May 2015 12:49:35 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 2190648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in Austin and we are fine here. There were several tornados that touched down in the surrounding areas. Part of the downtown area was flooded, lots of businesses flooded out. I've never seen this much rain for so long here. The large lake here has gone up 26 feet in 30 days. It's still not full, but the islands in the middle of it are starting to disappear. I'll try to find some pictures to post.</p> <p>Eta: We got more rain today. 2 inches in 2 hours. Plus a mile away from me there was hail. </p> [attach=1468/15/np0ss3.600x600.FB_IMG_1432749347493.jpg] [attach=1468/15/np0ss4.600x450.FB_IMG_1432749356236.jpg] [attach=1468/15/np0ss5.600x450.FB_IMG_1432749508857.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190630 Wed, 27 May 2015 12:36:57 +0000 travellingbee 2190630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're ok on the west side even though we got hit hard by the storm. Our neighborhood is newer and had good drainage and elevation. Yard flooded, but no problems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190620 Wed, 27 May 2015 12:29:47 +0000 T-Mom 2190620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hearts go out to everyone who has been impacted! We were ok this time around. Two weeks ago the storm hit my area in SE Houston really hard, and a poor man drowned. They found his body in the bayou right behind my neighborhood. Thankfully, my house has been ok through all this but so many others were not so lucky. I hope Mother Nature lets us dry out for a while now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190564 Wed, 27 May 2015 11:44:51 +0000 birdofafeather 2190564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: that's devastating. i hope they find them safe. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190545 Wed, 27 May 2015 11:30:26 +0000 HLK208 2190545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: aww, that's terrible :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190543 Wed, 27 May 2015 11:29:17 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2190543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There isn't any flooding in my part of Houston. We lost power for a few hours yesterday because of a downed power line. That's all I have to complain about so I am very lucky. We had to drive home in the storm Monday and it was scary. We made it home safely, but many people didn't. My hearts go out to their families. :( It stormed again early this morning and it's supposed to rain again. I hope it stops soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190542 Wed, 27 May 2015 11:26:23 +0000 HLK208 2190542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thinking of the Texas bees! My sister lives in Houston and still doesn't have power! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190536 Wed, 27 May 2015 11:22:53 +0000 MrsSCB 2190536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for thinking of us! It's been pretty crazy -- we actually got stuck downtown on Monday and eventually had to check into a hotel because every route we tried to take home was flooded. This is not a river but the highway I take to work shortly after the storm. We're lucky that we live on the second floor so no flooding. I feel so awful for everyone who has lost their belongings and for the lives lost :-( </p> [attach=2844/15/np0o65.600x448.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190491 Wed, 27 May 2015 10:51:22 +0000 BSB 2190491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thinking of everyone in the Texas (and Oklahoma...I think) area. Hope everyone is okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190483 Wed, 27 May 2015 10:44:48 +0000 wheres_c 2190483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in Austin and there is flooding everywhere. Our animal shelter got surrounded and the kennels were flooding. We currently have a Jack Russell terrier being fostered here and I volunteered for the clean up effort.</p> <p>We've had about 8 tornado warnings and one touched down not too far from here. It makes me nervous as we're on a construction site so lots of possible debris - dumpsters, bricks, etc.</p> <p>So far so good in our house though. I will upload some pictures when I have a chance. </p> [attach=2346/15/np0mi5.450x600.IMG_2874.JPG] [attach=2346/15/np0mi7.600x600.IMG_2893.JPG] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190445 Wed, 27 May 2015 10:22:41 +0000 LAZB 2190445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: Wow! So glad they are ok, but that's terrible to lose everything like that!</p> <p>I live in Houston, and we are doing pretty well. Our garage flooded, but luckily not our house. I'm actually back at work today, but not looking forward to having to drive home in the rain later.<br /> The school at my office (we work with kids with disabilities, and the school downstairs is specifically for medically fragile children) is totally flooded :( It's really terrible, because all of their communication devices, chairs, computers, etc. were ruined. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190440 Wed, 27 May 2015 10:18:42 +0000 autumnlove 2190440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope everyone is ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190439 Wed, 27 May 2015 10:18:24 +0000 HTownMom 2190439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: glad he got to at least land, I wouldn't have wanted to be in the air on Monday with that rain! The city is back to running back normally today, so hopefully he has better luck! </p> <p>@MrsLonghorn: Glad we don't get the tornado sirens in Houston like you guys do in Dallas, I think that would definitely scare me more than bad flooding and rain! </p> <p>@rattles: I can't even imagine losing it all and starting over. I was talking to my husband and wondered if we have Flood insurance and how much because if you lost if all, what would be covered! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190438 Wed, 27 May 2015 10:18:21 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2190438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I live north of Houston, and so far we're still high and dry, but the weather has been super scary the past two nights. I hope we'll be done after today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/texas-bees#post-2190422 Wed, 27 May 2015 10:07:39 +0000 MrsLonghorn 2190422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad to hear that everyone is safe!<br /> We are fine up in Dallas - lots of rain and tornado sirens (which scare my non-Texan husband), but no damage. </p>