"All of the telephone lines are down:"
The Fourth of July turned out to be another soggy day for much of Texas, with 20 counties in Southeast Texas -- including Harris County -- under a flash flood watch that has been extended until Thursday afternoon.
An upper level low pressure system combined with abundant moisture to produce scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the area today, the National Weather Service said.
Rainfall amounts of two to four inches, with isolated amounts of four to six inches can be expected in the watch area by this evening, the weather service said.
The ground in the area is already saturated and any additional heavy rainfall could produce flash flooding.
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The rain that has fallen for nearly two consecutive weeks will continue into the weekend.In the first three days of July it's rained 1.66 inches at Intercontinental airport and 1.82 inches at Hobby airport.
We've had rain for - literally - three weeks straight. This is somewhere on the spectrum between the folks in central Texas, who've been getting millennial level rainfall, and most of the rest of the country, which is under some variety of drought/fire hazard warning. All things being equal, I'll take a little sogginess.
But it's not all bad news:
The Houston-area temperature is also five to 10 degrees below the average of 93 degrees. Temperatures today are expected to be in the low to mid-80's.
So we got that going for us. Which is nice.
Enjoy the somewhat cooler temps while they last.
I just watersealed our wooden deck. Please hold the rain there at least another day.
If you need any proof that this city was built on a fucking swamp: leeches -yes, leeches- have starting coming up to our porch from the backyard. And I’m not talking about black slugs or any of that nonsense.
I love rain, but damn I’m sick of it. According to this nifty little map I found on the local ABC news site, our neighborhood (not too far from yours) has gotten 21” in the last 24 days, including almost 4” in the last day. Not to rat anyone out, but one of your readers might tell you about the leeches they encountered in their yard. Yeah, it’s cooler and we haven’t had to water the lawn, but it’s a steam bath out there.
It’s done wonders for our electric and water bills so far this summer.