Hurricane Harvey: Texas Project Nuclear Plant Expecting Greater Than 31" of Rain

Aug 28

Amazedly both plants are at 100% this morning and no notifications. The Colorado River won't peak for weeks.  

!!!Meltdown Warning!!!

Update Aug 27

Honestly, this below is occurring in a broad area surrounding a two nuclear plants site. The humanitarian crisis in Houston and their surroundings is unprecedented. How are they going to evacuate in this? Nobody ever seen this before in any nuclear plant in the USA. One wonders if all communication is lost to the plant?  

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This event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials to ensure safety

USGS stream gage: Colorado river flow already above historic records

Just upstream of plant: Much of the west and southwest sides of Wharton, Texas, could be under water from the Colorado River. The river may overtop levees by several feet in Bay City. 

Much of the west and southwest sides of Wharton, Texas, could be under water from the Colorado River. The river may overtop levees by several feet in Bay City.

Lots of dams above STP on Colorado river...cascading dam failure. River meanders to the northwest of Houston. More westerly than north.    

Update Aug 26 3pm

WP: Where is Harvey going?
The short answer is that the storm isn’t going anywhere. Harvey is expected to stall for the better part of the upcoming week, penetrating inland perhaps 20 or 30 miles from its current position before finally jogging northeast around Thursday. This is essentially a worst-case scenario for already-waterlogged areas from Port Lavaca, Tex., up toward Houston, where between one and three feet of additional rain will fall in the days ahead.
Make no mistake: Even though Harvey’s wind threat has largely diminished, this is a disaster in the making. By Sunday afternoon, many areas may be inaccessible due to floodwaters, isolated to all but those traveling by boat. Now is the time to move to higher ground or evacuate if at all possible.

Just saying, the ruminants of the eye is suppose to  go over STP tomorrow and upstream on the Colorado River is supposed to get 41 inches. The Colorado River is directly aside the plant and fills the cooling lake. Should the plant now be in a alert? There is just no way of knowing what the next few will bring us.

Ponding water abutting the plants and critical  equipment...I'd be worried about a flooding.

***I mean, that is way out of the design of the plant. Will it turn into a nuclear Catastrophe?

They get their cooling lake making up water from the Colorado River. It looks like they have a elevated embankment around the cooling lake. The lake is a lot of area...its got to dump a lot of water in a big rain storm. What would the breach of the embankment look like?

To tell you the truth, I worry about the roofs. Will the roof drains be sufficient?  Are we worrying about a collapsed roof.

Wadsworth and Bay city upriver?