HALEY HERNANDEZ, KPRC CHANNEL 2
NEWS.
HALEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT UPDATE.
AND LIKE HALEY MENTIONED,
WEATHER IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
EVENT.
LAST TIME WE CHECKED IT WAS
SUNNY.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
FLOODING EVENT THAT'SE TAKING
PLACE UP IN KINGWOOD AND
FLOODING EVENTS IN THE PASSION,
THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER IS
COMING FROM SPRING CYPRESS CREEK
BECAUSE SPRING SIGH -- CYPRESS
CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS.
THIS WEATHER SYSTEM CAUSING A
LOT OF PUBES FOR A LOT OF --
PROBLEMS FOR A LOT OF FOLKS,
ESPECIALLY IN WEST HARRIS
COUNTY.
GIPS HAS BEEN REPORTING FOR
US -- JUSTIN STAPLETON HAS BEEN
REPORTING FOR US ALL DAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING DOWN
PRETTY HARD OUT THERE.
OH, YEAH, GUYS.
ALMOST ON CUE, SIMILAR TO WHAT
BRANDON WAS DEALING WITH AND IT
SOUNDED LIKE OF WHAT HALEY WAS
DEALING WITH, TOO.
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT, THAT
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS RIGHT
HERE ON TOP OF US.
NOW, WE ARE RIGHT INSIDE THE
WESTERN EDGE OF THE BEAR CREEK
VILLAGE.
SO THAT INCLUDES PLACES LIKE
MILL HOLLOW ROAD WHICH WE'RE ON
RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT I TOLD YOU
ABOUT THAT WE'VE BEEN
MONITORING.
I JUST SPOKE WITH A COUPLE OF
THE HOMEOWNERS INCLUDING THE ONE
JUST OFF TO MY RIGHT.
AND A COUPLE OF THE HOMEOWNERS
OFF TO MY LEFT HERE.
AND THEY SORT OF LOOKED AT US
WHEN THEY HEARD THAT FIRST
RUMBLE OF THUNDER AND I BELIEVE
ONE OF THEM SAID, REALLY?
REALLY?
LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO
SEE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF RAIN
BUT IT'S COMING DOWN SIDEWAYS IF
YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO.
I'LL KIND WHERE THE WIND IS.
BIG PROBLEMS HERE ARE STILL
GOING TO BE THE FLOOD CONCERNS.
RIGHT NOW AS YOU GET CLOSER TO
THE SIDEWALK WHERE THE SIDEWALK
MEETS THE DRIVEWAYS, AND THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HEAVIEST
WATER SO FAR, DEEPEST WATER, I
SHOULD SAY, ANYWHERE FROM I'D
SAY ABOUT MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT
INCHES TO WHERE I'M STANDING
HERE, THIS IS PROBABLY HALFWAY
UP MY CALF.
ABOUT A FOOT.
EVEN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD THERE
AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE
CUL DE SAC, THAT'S WHERE IT'S
ABOUT TWO TO THREE FEET,
ESPECIALLY THE LAST BATCH OF
HOUSES ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT
THERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE BIGGEST TROUBLE
SPOT IS.
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE'VE
TALKED TO A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS
HERE, GUYS, AND THEY ALL SAY
THAT BEHIND US THERE IS ACTUALLY
A WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THAT SOME OF THE FENCING
BEHIND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HERE
HAS BEEN BLOCKED OFF AT TIMES BY
THE COMPANY, AND THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY THE WATER SPILLS
INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE
THERE'S A DRAINAGE DITCH BEHIND
THERE, WHICH WE CHECKED OUT
EARLIER THIS MORNING.
AND IT'S THERE.
BUT IT TOO IS FULL.
NOW, AGAIN, IS THAT A FUNCTION
OF THE 18 INCHES OF RAIN?
YOU KNOW, HARD TO TELL AT THIS
POINT.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW A
LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS HERE SAY
THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH AND THEY
CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THEY
CAN FIND A WAY TO GET THE RAIN
AND ALL OF THE FLOODWATERS HERE
TO DRAIN OUT OF THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT CERTAINLY, THIS IS NOT
ADDING -- KIND OF ADDING INSULT
TO INJURY IS PROBABLY THE BEST
WAY TO PUT IT.
VERY ROUGH GO FOR A LOT OF FOLKS
HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE GOT DEBRIS
THAT THEY'VE BEEN PULLING OUT OF
THEIR HOUSE.
ANYTHING FROM FURNITURE.
THE GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT HAS
BEEN RIPPING THE FLOORING OUT
BECAUSE HE SAID HE GOT ABOUT SIX
INCHES OF STANDING WATER.
AND ON ALL THE HOUSES YOU CAN
SEE WHERE THE WATER LINE IS.
IT SORT OF CHANGES THE COLOR OF
THE BRICK.
AND IF YOU GO TO MY FACEBOOK
PAGE, WE PUT UP A VIDEO EARLIER
THIS MORNING OF WHEN THE
GENTLEMAN -- KIND ENOUGH TO LET
US TAPE HIS HOUSE AND YOU SEE
WHERE THAT WATER LINE IS.
IT'S REALLY EASY TO SPOT ON ALL
OF THESE HOUSES HERE.
THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN HERE SO
FAR.
ANDY AND ANOUSHA, IT'S NOT ONLY
WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALL THE WATER
THAT ISN'T MOVING RIGHT NOW, BUT
HOW MUCH MORE WATER IS GOING TO
FALL NOT ONLY FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS BUT ALSO AS YOU
GUYS MENTIONED, THE POTENTIAL
FOR THE FLOOD WARNING THAT'S
STILL OUT THERE FOR THE ADDICKS
RESERVOIR.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 102
FEET.
WE WERE JUST OVER AT HIGHWAY 6
IN THE CLOSURE BETWEEN I-10 AND
CLAY ROAD THERE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S
REAL HARD TO DETERMINE WHERE THE
ROAD STARTS AND WHERE THE
RESERVOIR STARTS.
THEY ALL KIND OF MESH INTO ONE
AT THIS POINT AND THAT'S REALLY,
REALLY MESSY.
ONE OF THE SPOTS THAT'S GOING TO
TAKE QUITE A WHILE FOR IT TO
CLEAR.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THINGS HERE ACROSS BEAR
CREEK VILLAGE.
WE'VE SEEN LIGHT TRAFFIC.
WE'VE GOT AN INDIVIDUAL HERE
THAT'S GOING TO TRY TO GET INTO
THEIR HOME.
I'M GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY
AND GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TRY TO GET THE CAR IN.
AS YOU CAN TELL, SOME OF THE
HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES, SHE'S
IN A DODGE DURANGO.
THEY CAN GET THROUGH AND WHAT
WE'VE NOTICED IS THAT THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD HERE IS ACTUALLY NOT
TOO BAD.
IT'S ABOUT I'D SAY UPWARDS OF
MAYBE TWO, THREE INCHES OF
WATER.
BUT THE ROAD ITSELF IS SLOPED.
AND SO AS YOU GO, A LITTLE
FURTHER, CLOSER TO WHERE THE
SIDEWALK MEETS, YOU CAN SEE THE
WATER GETS A WHOLE LOT HIGHER AT
THAT POINT.
ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT
HERE SO FAR.
LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN IS LETTING
UP JUST A BIT.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE LAST
OF IT.
OTHERWISE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THINGS HERE IN BEAR