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Originally Posted by wdfifteen View Post
Just heard on the radio that they are doing a controlled release from two reservoirs into already overflowing Buffalo Bayou. I guess there are no good options for anyone.
Praying harder and faster for you guys it Texistan.
They finally figured out it is better to do controlled releases than uncontrolled.

The water goes to the same place, just floods places that are not flooded. Using the acre-feet charts, we're adding 3000 acre-feet per hour. The 4000 cubic-feet per second (113 cubic-meters/second) is about 10% of the inflow...

Water level is going to breech the north edge of the dam any minute. Some IDIOT just built a business at the exact north end of the dam.
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