#HoustonFlood: If you're in Houston, have friends or relatives in Houston...

[PeteJonesHTX]

Houston brah here, hunkered down here near downtown. Not bad here...not yet at least. Buffalo bayou has been turned into a lake overnight.

[CSIbro]

Fellow houstonian here. I work as a CSI for Houston police and currently at work been here since Friday. It's insane out here watching the news

[Vhagar]

Fellow houstonian here. I work as a CSI for Houston police and currently at work been here since Friday. It's insane out here watching the news

how often do you solve crimes from finding semen

99% of the time or more often?

[RemedySC]

Stay safe Houston brahs.

Wish I could do more.

[Lawlstud]

Its getting insane here already had to take my boat out to get some family and friends families. About to make one last trip shouldnt be too far.

[whtcoupe]

My house is about to flood. But I don't expect to lose much. I live in the west side. So far we have had it easy but they just issued evacuation orders for some of us.

[Vhagar]

My house is about to flood. But I don't expect to lose much. I live in the west side. So far we have had it easy but they just issued evacuation orders for some of us.

stay safe

[Ironmanlet]

I'll probably be responding when the weather clears.


Keeping in contact with my houston bros. they are making it.


Hold on to your butts.

[pogue]

Sister and family in houston. They're all okay. Hope all houston miscers are safe

EDIT: Incoming tornado. STAY SAFE

Check my link in the first post. I have links to apps that warn you when a tornado is headed your way, in depth radar, and a bunch of NWS twitter accounts that will alert you - just about everything you can put on a smartphone that will warn you when a tornado or anything else is headed your way.

In Houston area also and we were a couple of inches away from water coming in. My parents home got about 3 inches inside though..fuk. But that's nothing compared to areas like the city of South Houston with 3-4 feet of water inside.

Coast guard chopper being flying around here past hour around city of South Houston.


"Coast guard is bringing crews from all over the nation." @USCG http://abc13.com/2342601/ #houstonflood

Chopper flying low right above freeway

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/901805827123814400

Scary sh!t. Stay safe man.

Rescue team - 281-464-4851 and/or 713-221-6000

I'm fortunate to not have to experience the worse of it compared to my family that lives in the SW part of Houston.

Stay safe everyone

What rescue teams are those? Can you verify the where those numbers come from and I'll add them to my list?

should prolly sticky this

Everybody says no one ever reads stickies, so I usually leave them unstuck.

In Houston

It's looking rough out here, about to head out and see if people need help

What kind of vehicle are you going out looking for people in? Be careful, man.

Will donate for my Brian O' Conners and Dominic Toretto's in Houston.

Who or what are those?

Now I have another thread to monitor on top of a hundred tabs I already have open. But this is a different topic and at least the rest of America might be talking about what's happening to us I guess? Goodguys up there donating, can't do it myself cause I'm broke.

I'm broke too, but I'm rich in reps, so that's why I do these kind of pledge drives.

Dropped a bill in, no need for reps.

You sure? You can just use MSPaint to blur out your name with the paintbrush tool or just email it to me and I'll blur it out for you.

"This area is totally void of any functioning infrastructure,” said Bill Terry, Information Officer for Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Management Team, at a press conference in Rockport.

FUUUUUUUUUUK. Hope they rebuild bigger and better than ever. Fukk off mother nature.

CNN is going on their 14th straight month of daily "Trump is literally Hitler" hysteria-filled rants, but all the other networks are covering the storm.

I've been watching almost nothing but CBSN. It's their online 24/7 free news network. It's on YouTube at

They switch to local CBS stations as the hurricane (tropical storm now) moves up the state. I've seen 3 or 4 stations get electricity cut off and had the stations flooded, so they had to switch to their national HQ or another local station.

(Link if you want to share with others: https://youtu.be/BTXQVOtroIQ )

Stay safe Houston brahs.

Wish I could do more.

I'm on refill, so I'll hit you back up tomorrow. Remind me, send me a tweet or email if I forget, I tend to lose track at these when it becomes tons and tons of donations.

Its getting insane here already had to take my boat out to get some family and friends families. About to make one last trip shouldnt be too far.

Be careful! But that's a good thing you're doing. Where do you drop them off at? Here's a list of Red Cross Disaster Shelters: http://www.redcross.org/get-help/dis...n-open-shelter

I also noticed FEMA just started operating within the city, I need to add that to my list.

My house is about to flood. But I don't expect to lose much. I live in the west side. So far we have had it easy but they just issued evacuation orders for some of us.

I hope you have an axe. You might end up on your roof waiting for rescue. They say not to stay in the attic, but actually break through your roof and wait on top of it if the water gets high enough. If you end up calling 911, just wait in the queue and you'll eventually get through to someone.

[pogue]

Goodguys up there donating, can't do it myself cause I'm broke.

You can also donate blood or plasma too http://www.redcross.org/give-blood

[pogue]

Rescue team - 281-464-4851 and/or 713-221-6000

I'm fortunate to not have to experience the worse of it compared to my family that lives in the SW part of Houston.

Stay safe everyone

I've verified these numbers as legitimate Coast Guard numbers from their official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/USCG/status/901863774013009920

[Chazb0]

I was listening to NPR earlier and 911 is so overloaded that people are reaching out on twitter for help. One family of 6 was interviewed has been inside their house in waist deep water for over 15 hours. Their refrigerator is floating and they haven't eaten. Recommendations were for them to get on their roof. In the rain. So sad.

[pogue]

I was listening to NPR earlier and 911 is so overloaded that people are reaching out on twitter for help. One family of 6 was interviewed has been inside their house in waist deep water for over 15 hours. Their refrigerator is floating and they haven't eaten. Recommendations were for them to get on their roof. In the rain. So sad.

Yes, my info from waiting on hold for 911 comes from 6am this morning. If the entire system is overloaded now, if any Houston residents know other rescue emergency numbers, fire dept, hospitals, ambulances, sheriff's dept, Houston office of emergency management, etc, etc, etc. Please post them and include the source where you found them and I will include them in my first post.

PLEASE KEEP SHARING THIS POST - I AM UPDATING IT AS FAST AS I AM GETTING INFORMATION: http://bit.ly/ImportantHurricaneHarveyInfo

[m1n2v5]

Have we sent in a team for Houstonmiscer?

[HoustonMiscer]

Have we sent in a team for Houstonmiscer?

Harvey don't want this action srs Harvey ain't about that life srs

"Fuk with HM, get ready 2 get murked"

[300BLK]

Can I donate through paypal?

[BigRangs]

Can I donate through paypal?

Click the link boyo

https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation


answer: yes

[300BLK]

Click the link boyo

https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation


answer: yes

Minimum says $10, can only give $4 atm

[kyleTX]

awesome guys

[pogue]

Minimum says $10, can only give $4 atm

I just tried it, and it took me all the way to the point of donating $50 through PayPal, but I didn't submit the money (I don't have any $ in my PP account). Maybe you could add a backup credit or debit card and send it through that? It may depend on your source of funds PayPal is trying to take the money from.

Do you have money in your PayPal account transfered from your bank? Or how are you paying with Paypal?

[FrazettaSilke]

My thoughts are with you guys.

[pogue]

Yes, my info from waiting on hold for 911 comes from 6am this morning. If the entire system is overloaded now, if any Houston residents know other rescue emergency numbers, fire dept, hospitals, ambulances, sheriff's dept, Houston office of emergency management, etc, etc, etc. Please post them and include the source where you found them and I will include them in my first post.

PLEASE KEEP SHARING THIS POST - I AM UPDATING IT AS FAST AS I AM GETTING INFORMATION: http://bit.ly/ImportantHurricaneHarveyInfo

Any Houstonians know any other emergency numbers in the city for people to call to try and get help other than 911?

[300BLK]

I just tried it, and it took me all the way to the point of donating $50 through PayPal, but I didn't submit the money (I don't have any $ in my PP account). Maybe you could add a backup credit or debit card and send it through that? It may depend on your source of funds PayPal is trying to take the money from.

Do you have money in your PayPal account transfered from your bank? Or how are you paying with Paypal?

I don't have it connected to a bank, no. It's all stored on the paypal account. I do have another paypal account that is connected to a bank, but I can't use that one because I already spent too much this month.

[HoustonMiscer]

I donated 5 dollars to JJ Watt's Houston Flood Relief fundraiser

[SYST3M4T1C]

Any Houstonians know any other emergency numbers in the city for people to call to try and get help other than 911?

These are the EMERGENCY NUMBERS in Houston

☎️Police, Firefighters, Ambulance:
911 or 713-884-3131

☎️City of Houston (Emergencies):
311 or 713-837-0311

☎️FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency):
1-800-525-0321

☎️Harris County:
713-755-5000

☎️Office of Emergency Management:
713-881-3100

☎️Houston American Red Cross:
713-526-8300,
866-526-8300

☎️Flood Control:
713-684-4000

☎️Houston TranStar (Transportation and Emergency Services):
713-881-3244

[YellowOnYellow]

I'm alive. Looks like buffalo bayou got flooded tho.

[PeteJonesHTX]

I'm alive. Looks like buffalo bayou got flooded tho.

The feels. At least my car should be safe on the upper level.

[iifymbro]

My house is about to flood. But I don't expect to lose much. I live in the west side. So far we have had it easy but they just issued evacuation orders for some of us.

Its getting insane here already had to take my boat out to get some family and friends families. About to make one last trip shouldnt be too far.

Houston brah here, hunkered down here near downtown. Not bad here...not yet at least. Buffalo bayou has been turned into a lake overnight.

[pogue]

My thoughts are with you guys.

I appreciate everyone who is donating. I am out of reps today, but will rep you guys tomorrow.

One thing though, if you could enlarge the pictures so I can see the amounts donated and details that would be great. If you're on Windows, you can use the software tool IrfanView and double the size of image. After installing it, open the image and go to Image (it will accept ANY type of image), Resize/Resample (or hit CTRL+R) and then click the button that says Double.

Because it is very hard to read the tiny text of how much you donated, before you take a screen shot of the image of the email without cropping it or increasing the size. In your browser, you can also just hit CTRL and the plus key (+) at the same time, several times, and it will enlarge the font on the screen so it's easier to read. Then take the screen shot, and blur out your name with MSPaint or whatever tool you use.

Imgur.com also has tools to edit the image within their website. Just hold your mouse over the top right of the image and you'll see the drop down error, and choose "Edit".

Once under edit, it will take you to the crop/resize section. Make you have lock proportions checked. Then just increase the size of the image, in this example, I changed it from 1437 x 956 to 2000 x 1331. I just guessed, and if you keep the proportions locked, it will make sure the image doesn't get out of focus or look weird after you resize it. Then just click save, copy the BBcode link and paste it.

Finally, please DO NOT delete the link once you've uploaded it, unless you have a serious security reason for needing to deleting it. If you don't know how to do this or are confused, just email the image to me (see the scr.im link in my signature) and I will do this for you.

For Mac Users, I don't know how to tell you to do this, but the Imgur.com tools will also work on a Mac, but I don't know any free native or third party software to do this.

In the Windows 10 Store, there is also a very simple application to do this called Photoshop Express. You can find it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/stor...r/9wzdncrfj27n

Or on Android here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...psmobile&hl=en

Or on iPhone/iOS here: http://www.photoshop.com/products/photoshopexpress

It's kind of like Instagram, but with a few more options. I'll be showing you the Windows 10 version here, but it looks pretty much exactly the same on all platforms. In Photoshop express, there is a button that says Autofix, you can press that, and it will instantly make it easier to read by making the text brighter and more vibrant. But, you can also crop the photo and make the visible portion of the text with the amount donated larger. As you can see, Photoshop Express, is a pretty rudimentary tool with only very basic functions.



If any Mac/Linux/ChromeOS or iPhone/Android users have suggestions on how to make the text larger and easier to read, feel free to post a tutorial on how to do so. Because, so far, every one of the pictures I've seen posted that was an email from the Red Cross it has been so tiny I had to bring my laptop screen up to my face to read the amount donated.

Mind you, I absolutely appreciate you donating, but of course vision gets worse as you age, and I can't' see the fine print as well as I used too.

Thanks for your patience, hard work, and especially thanks for donating. The people of Houston definitely appreciate it! (Also, sorry Chazb0 for using your image as an example. I blurred out your personal info more thoroughly than with the paintbrush tool, so you'll be okay.)

[whtcoupe]

I donated 5 dollars to JJ Watt's Houston Flood Relief fundraiser

This. The Redcross is a scam. Houston will see 10 cents on the dollar donated to the RC if even that much.