Coming to Houston soon?

Might want to wait a couple of weeks:

Oh, it's your typical Hurricane Season here in Houston. Lots of rain, but this was a Flash Flood; so not much time (no time actually) to prepare. Probably a good thing; don't need another Houston Hell Gridlock like we had last September trying to leave because of H.Rita.

about 75% of the bayous here are over their banks....you have your choice of tubing locations!

I suppose you could ask that same question of any coastal city...yes, we have a drain system, but in cases of Flash Floods, torrential rain comes down like buckets, filling up the drains quick....the streets are clear this morning, those pictures you see resulted in rainfall that occured within 2 hours.

Yup, more bayous than New Orleans...I hate to think what would have happened if Katrina (or Rita) hit Houston..I mean, look at what 2 hours of nonstop rain did.

Houston is inland, but read about the great Hurricane of 1900 that destroyed Galveston, which was a booming city of its time. It actually was competing with Houston for business. When that Hurricane hit, it destroyed almost the entire city of Galveston, causing merchantile to be sent to Houston since there was a port already made. Now the Port of Houston/Houston Ship Channel is one of the busiest in the world. Houston and Galveston are very close in miles...so when you consider that the Ship Channel ventures pretty much into Downtown Houston, Houston is actually a coastal city and not inland. Galveston is actually an island.