Tropical Depression Imelda caused massive flooding throughout southeastern Texas last week.
It came as a surprise to most as it was a Tropical Storm that was downgraded to a Tropical Depression before it arrived.
5 lives were lost due to the flooding.
Imelda is the 7th biggest Tropical Cyclone in US history....which is crazy since it was downgraded from an actual Tropical Storm.
The most amount of rainfall was 43 inches southwest of Beaumont.
I live just east of that area.
The biggest part of the storm happened Wednesday night, flooding major roads and highways.
I didn't venture out until Monday and I decided to take a drive to see the damage.
I am sure that you will be amazed unimpressed by my photographic skillz as a professional amateur photo journalist rando with a cell phone....
I live down the road from a fairly large bayou. Most of these pics are from that area.
This is the first bit of flooding I saw as I pulled out of my neighborhood onto the road which crosses over the bayou.
There was a barrier warning people not to drive over the bayou bridge so I turned the other way.
These are just some random trees swimming in some flood water.
I drove around town for a while and saw some more flooding but wasn't able to capture any clear images.
I tried to go around on another road to get on the other side of the bayou bridge, but the road was blocked there as well. I had to turn around here on this road that turned into a lake.
I decided to head back home and go past the barrier to check out the bayou.
I drove over the bridge and saw this poor house swimming in some water.
The cops were blocking the road just past the bridge so I had to turn around. This picture here is actually a road I drive on every day. It looks like a lake here, but yeah...it's a road.
Same lake/road and a sad little swimming house on the right.
This is someone's backyard flooded by the bayou.
This is just to the right of the bayou.
And here is the lovely bayou. The water is very high, but luckily it never flooded over the bridge.
FAQ
Why would you go driving around in a flooded area? Are you nuts?
Yes
Why did you take these pictures using your shitty cell phone instead of using the nice Canon 60D DSLR that you have??
Because I am too lazy to learn how to use it....please help
These pictures look like Photoshop vomited on them.
Ummm ... that's not a question ...
Why are you acting like someone else is actually asking these questions when you are really just having a conversation with yourself?
Because crazy person
Why do you look like a glowing ghost weirdo in your pic?
Because filters
Is it your Birthday today?
The first rule of Birthday is that we don't talk about Birthday.
Do you really think that anyone is actually going to read this post?
Nope