will keep you posted on that the road situations throughout
the morning as long as the
situation is ongoing
until then we head back to the
desk. All right Eric thanks so
much to make a great
point about the feeder roads in
the access roads, one area
in particular.
in particular. >>Andy Cerota: That has been
brought to our attention is
from Houston police chief art
Acevedo taking to social media
on twitter saying that the service road on JFK Boulevard
to Bush Intercontinental
airport is impassable
right now too much water there
for vehicles to get by the
frontage roads. 2 59 in Bush
all around there are also under
water right now, he’s also
tweeting that hfd an hpd
are now in the process of
launching water rescue boats in
and around the area of
Kingwood drive.
Kingwood drive. >> Yet as you mention Bush we
want to remind folks out there
that Bush Intercontinental
airport is that a ground stop
right now so no flights are
going in or
out so that just goes long what
you’re saying can’t even really
get to Bush airport at this
point so just a warning to hear
at this point we do want to
check in with Channel 2
reporter Robert Arnold who is
>> This is the feeder road. The water has gone
down only minimally at this
point that’s only because we’ve
not had the rain in this area
for about the past hour as far
as 45 northbound goes. People
are getting through on the
shoulder that’s the only way
because the water is stretching
from the feeder road across the
main lanes of 45 northbound so
it’s slow going, but people are
getting by on the shoulder at
this point as you had mentioned
about people flooding don’t get
this high water we saw that all
morning long we first got here
there were several cars still
trying to get through this high
water when you walk you through
some of what we saw earlier
today, this poor Lexus was an
elderly gentleman, he said he
was going to the dentist so
he’s going through this area.
He’s got a Toyota 4 runner
behind him he gets scared is
obviously the water keeps
getting deeper and deeper.
What happens he stalls out he
has to be rescued. There was a
very nice gentleman
who came by boat in Jackie
walked out there with a state
game warden also precinct for
Harris County precinct 4 deputy
constable who helped out as
well to get that gentleman now
that we are always talking
about that was behind him
with that the way got to that
point and was an elderly couple
inside they stalled out
as well. How to walk out there
and get them these cars were
here by the time that we
already got here what we were
seeing was you had these people
to come through not realize
this water was that deep.
Do what so many people have
done so many times before I
think we can make it I think we
can make it by the time the
rise of can’t make it it’s too
late. We had some other
instances where people got to
this point on the feeder road
they realize all this is too
deep, so they try to cut up
through here. What happened as
you can see. This ground is
just saturated right here
there. It couldn’t get just
part of the summit in bank
meant the finding traction so
they come here and they got
stuck in the mud. So you had
some very nice gentleman who
had some very big trucks.
Some with 18 wheelers who at
sometimes drops in chains in 8
pulled out as many people as
they could at this point but
the water is just not going
down as I mentioned 45
northbound at the exit to the
3.36 Fraser Street white on the
bought Conroe
bought Conroe and water really is not going
down this point so if you don’t
have to come to this area
do not come through this area
and certainly do not try and
get off of the main lanes
because they’re going so slowly
and get on these feeder roads
because you’re not going to
make it through at this point
this water. It’s just not going
down quickly
down quickly at all the only reason that is
open is people are using the
outside emergency shoulder to
get through southbound lanes
little bit better but not much
now we’ve heard the Conroe ISD
did cancel classes earlier in
the day about quarter of 7 they
said that there were some
buses already on the road with
students on board they will
take those children to the
nearest campus in and release
them when they felt that it was
safe we’ve got to check on that
we’re also getting reports of
some water in some homes in
this area says the leak this
pop will go check on that is
well but for now
things have have have not
intensified or gotten worse
because we have gotten a break
from the rain and where the
most promising sites we’ve seen
all morning as the skies
getting a little bit lighter so
hopefully it will hold off for
a while and it will give some
of this water a chance to go
down there facts. Here’s
another truck right there going
through this or trying to say
don’t trying to through so
that’s big tall tow truck, I
guess we’re going to try come
down through here. And another
Van but
Van but gives you an idea of just how
high the water is it only gets
out deeper as they come farther
down this part of the feeder
roads so again please please
please in less it is mission
critical to stay off the roads
until this water has gone down.
Give first responders a chance
to catch their breath because
they’ve been racing around
trying to get people in cars
like this how to make sure that
they’re safe or stay all these
people got out safely and were
not hurt.
not hurt. Reporting live from Conroe