Below are several links that allow you to download the engineering plans for Woodridge Village, sections one and two. I haven’t had time to read them yet. Frankly they make my eyeballs bleed. But maybe some younger eyes can help. I’m posting these because Kingwood is full of engineers who are more qualified to evaluate […]
The Webster and Spurlock law firms today jointly filed a lawsuit on behalf of more than one hundred flooded home owners in the Elm Grove area. Webster and Spurlock list Figure Four Partners, LTD., PSWA, Inc., and Rebel Contractors, Inc. as the defendants. Details of Suit The lawyers say they may amend the suit to […]
I spent four hours driving around Kingwood and Forest Cove this afternoon counting flood-damaged homes from the heavy rains last week. I counted a total of 211. Of those, 196 were in Elm Grove and North Kingwood Forest. That means 93% were near the 262 acres that Figure Four Partners clearcut for its new development […]
We all understand intellectually that vegetation helps reduce runoff. But I never fully appreciated how MUCH runoff it could prevent until I saw this video. Michael Jrab sent the link to me this morning. It shows a brilliantly simple, table-top experiment in a science class. The experiment dramatizes the value of vegetation and how clearcutting […]
Edy and Ricky Cogdill live across the street from Abel Vera on Village Springs Drive. Both the Veras and the Cogdills live at the end of the street. Their properties butts up against the new development on the other side of the Montgomery County line seen in the background of this video. Edy Cogdill shot […]
As I interviewed flood victims in Elm Grove last week, I constantly heard different versions of the same story. “We never flooded before. Then they changed the drainage on that land to the north of us and we flooded.” Another common theme: “Water was flowing right out of the new subdivision through our street.” “You […]
Figure Four Partners, LTD, a subsidiary of Perry Homes and PSWA, Inc., its sole general partner, issued a statement today regarding the flooding in Elm Grove Village. Elm Grove is a part of Kingwood that borders Figure Four’s development, Woodridge Village, in Montgomery County. In the statement, Figure Four denied any responsibility for the flooding […]
New Atlas-14 data from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sheds some light on the intensity of storms in the last week. How unusual were they? May 3rd was a 200-year storm. May 7 was a 100-year storm. And we can expect a week that wet about once every 5-10 years. Here’s how to […]
U.S. Congressman Dan Crenshaw is in a new fight now – to help provide flood relief. Elm Grove had hundreds of flash flood victims this week; other villages had smaller numbers. Gift Cards Needed “Few of the victims had flood insurance,” said Crenshaw. “Let’s come together as a community to help our neighbors, just as […]
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serivice (USFWS) has urged the Army Corps of Engineers to deny outright Romerica’s application to build high rises and a marina in the floodplain and floodway of the San Jacinto. From the date on the USFWS letter, February 28, it appears that USFWS arrived at its recommendation even before the […]