Rain Delay
I wish I’d had my camera with me.
Not sure when, or if, I’ll be getting into work today. I’m on the wrong side of a low point in Houston, apparently. Normally, I go over F.M. 529 from the 290 feeder, but this morning, the underpass on 529 that goes under the railroad tracks was flooded to the point that pickup trucks were completely submerged and the Jersey Village Police Department actually had blocked traffic to keep idiots from making it worse. I think I counted more than six cars and trucks floating, yes, you read that right, floating under the tracks there as I rolled by, looking for another way to work.
West Road was flooded on the far side of the railroad tracks there, too. And, again, police were on hand to keep things from getting worse. Though, at West Road on the far side of the water, there was quite a bit of traffic backed up and stuck. I’m sure everyone rushed up to try and get through when 529 was blocked and were as surprised as I was when they weren’t able to get through. So, I made a semi-U-turn back onto the feeder headed back toward home and slowly, gently made my way back to Jersey Village. And, yes, as far as I could see, the big project they spent so much money on to deal with all the flooding back when tropical storm Allison hit has been worth it. One of the reasons I was so surprised at how bad things were is that Jersey Village, formerly famous for flooding, was so high and dry that I didn’t think it’d be a problem anywhere else. Surprise!
So, do like the nice folks on the radio are saying today, Houston. If you don’t have to travel, stay home. That’s what I’ll be doing, at least until the water goes down some and the crazy people get off the road.
