Port Arthur Twitter trending....

[rainbow4321]

Shit.

Locals are saying they can't get out of the city and rescuers/first responders can't get to them because of rain/floods now. 911 system is down.

Link to tweet

Beaumont & Port Arthur have received ~20" of rainfall today. 10-20" expected overnight. Flash Flood Emergency in effect; 4-6" / hour. #TXwx.

[LeftInTX]

1. I'm following it on Weather Underground

It sounds pretty dire....

I wish more would have evacuated after Houston. Although I don't know what the roads were like going out of Port Arthur/Beaumont on Sunday.

[PDittie]

2. I-10 closed

between Winnie and Beaumont, both directions earlier Tuesday.

This is what the exit ramp from 59 n to I-10 east, downtown Houston, has looked like for a couple of days.

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Evacuation prior to last Friday was the last time it would have been feasible. Friday was too late.

[greyl]

3. Civic Center with evacuees from Houston is flooding, KHOU TV.

Live stream:

Link to tweet

[KelleyKramer]

7. Wow, this is bad, really bad

Thanks for the link

This is going to be one hell of a mess to clean up, hopefully they can get help in there right away

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. Port Arthur & Beaumont going through hell

Twitter Link didn't work. Had to copy and paste STORMWX1 into Twitter's search window. Good site!

Some notes (credit: https://twitter.com/search?q=stormwx1):

Radar indicating 8" / hour Northeast of Port Arthur. That's incredible.

Unimaginable rainfall rates across Port Arthur. 4-8" PER HOUR

I-10 from Houston to Beaumont is either closed or impassible. Some areas have waves and look like an ocean. Catastrophic flooding.

Cedar Bayou, TX has received 51.88" (>1300mm) of rainfall from #Harvey. Recording breaking total.

Catastrophic wind has ended, catastrophic flooding is just beginning.

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From: https://txpub.usgs.gov/txwaterdashboard/index.html
Sabine River now above flood stage.
Neches Rv. at Evadale getting close.
Trinity Rv. at Liberty, Tx well above flood stage.

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Haven't yet looked into Louisiana side.

[TenHouseCats]

5. No, we're drowning.

Used to think that the worst that could happen when you got up in the middle of the night was to step in slimy cat throw-up. Nope, putting feet into two inches of water beats that, fur sure.

And, to make it even lovelier, the building fire alarm has been screeching since 'round ten last night.

Still have power, 'tho...

Send best witches, k?

Sigh.

[femmedem]

6. All the best wishes for you and the cats!

I hope you are not in the worst of it. The tweets from people begging for rescue are heartrending.

If you need to go to the roof, don't forget to bring a sheet or towel to wave for rescue.

I hope to hear tomorrow that you are safe.

[MFM008]

8. Sorry cats

Thinking of all of you guys constantly.

[AllyCat]

9. Oh wow, this is frightening

And heartbreaking. Please check in as you can. Save as much power as you can.

[femmedem]

11. Please let us know that you are ok when you can.

So worried about everyone in your area.

[Lucinda]

10. KNR Thank you!