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Mark Your Calendar: Houston Stronger to Host Public Forum About Flood Risk Reduction Strategies and Action

On Wednesday, October 2nd, Houston Stronger will host a free public forum about Flood Risk Reduction Strategies and Action. Houston Stronger Speakers Chief speakers include: Stephen Costello, City of Houston Chief Resiliency Officer W. Nim Kidd, Chief, Texas Division of Emergency Management Russ Poppe, Executive Director, Harris County Flood Control District Steve Costello, Chief Recovery […]

Sh%t Southern Women Say in a Hurricane

Sometimes humor is the best way to deal with a difficult situation. This has to be the funniest video I have seen in a long time! Written and directed by Julia Fowler. From the Southern Women Channel. Posted by Bob Rehak on 9/13/2019 with thanks to Jacque Havelka for the link 745 days since Hurricane […]

Excavation of Lower Portion of Ben’s Branch Kicking into High Gear

In June and July, Harris County Flood Control cleared the upper portion of Ben’s Branch near Northpark Drive and Woodland Hills. Now, excavation of the lower portion of Ben’s Branch between Kingwood Drive and the YMCA on West Lake Houston Parkway has begun. One of the Largest Drainage Features in Kingwood Ben’s Branch is one […]

HCFCD Wraps Up Taylor Gully Project Between Rustling Elms and County Line

This week, Harris County Flood Control is completing work on a large section of Taylor Gully between Rustling Elms and the Harris/Montgomery County line. Said Beth Walters of the Flood Control District, “Serco (the contractor) is replacing an outfall pipe Tuesday; this work should be complete in a few days. This is the last pipe […]

FEMA Concludes Partial Mouth-Bar Dredging

Over the weekend, Rachel Taylor, a Lake Houston area resident who lives near the mouth bar sent me the video below. It shows an idle dredge near its starting point. The video, plus reports from boaters, fueled speculation that the mouth bar dredging had concluded. That fact was confirmed this afternoon by Houston City Council […]

A Flood of Emotions

Many readers have written to inquire about my lack of regular posting recently. No, I have not been sick. No, I have not been discouraged. And no, I have not given up the fight. But I have been distracted … in a most pleasant way. By the marriage of my son Kevin to Dr. Aylin […]

Miller Video Shows No Construction Progress on Woodridge N1 Detention Pond

A new video taken by Elm Grove resident Jeff Miller from Webb Street in Porter shows that the Woodridge developer has not yet begun excavating detention pond N1. The area has been cleared and grubbed since long before the May 7th rain that flooded more than 200 homes in Elm Grove and Porter. This is […]

Woodridge Village Construction Near Standstill

Construction progress on the Woodridge Village site has nearly ground to a crawl. After: Clearcutting the trees in a development called WOODridge Filling in natural streams Installing an outflow control device before creating detention ponds Filling in wetlands without so much as asking for a jurisdictional delineation from the Army Corps Building large parts of […]

Upstream Section of Taylor Gully Nearly Restored

Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) has nearly completed restoration of Taylor Gully between Bassingham and the Montgomery County line. At least one drain pipe still needs to be installed and some dirt needs to be removed. But the drainage ditch itself is looking much better. Taylor Gully Excavated, New Pipe Installed Said Jeff Miller, […]

Lessons from A&M Community Health and Resource Management Workshop for East Montgomery County

On July 23rd, the Texas A&M Agrilife Extenstion, FEMA and Texas Community Watershed Partners held a Community Health and Resource Management workshop. Attendees included 29 officials, municipal staff, and stakeholders from Conroe, Patton Village, Montgomery County, Harris County Flood Control District, SJRA, Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District, the Bayou Land Conservance, Red Cross, United Way […]