At a community meeting last night, someone asked whether the Army Corps was REALLY taking sand out of the river. They didn’t see any dump trucks and they were concerned that the project was just a big hoax, on the order of Roswell, aliens and UFOs. You have no idea how often I hear comments […]
Three local luminaries updated residents on the status of various flood mitigation issues and projects Monday night at the March meeting of the Lake Houston Pachyderm Club. Kaaren Cambio, is the field representative for Congressman Dan Crenshaw and a board director for the SJRA. Matt Zeve is the Deputy Executive Director for the Harris County […]
While much of the press after Harvey focused on the wisdom of development in floodways and floodplains, the plight of homes and businesses much further from the San Jacinto was largely overlooked. Amy Slaughter and Jennifer Trimble bought homes more than a mile from the river, thinking they beyond the reach of floods. They weren’t. […]
A lengthy Associated Press article today talked about the long, slow demise of community newspapers around the country. Now you may ask, “What does this have to do with flooding?” It doesn’t directly relate. But indirectly, it does…or at least with the slow pace of recovery from disasters, such as Harvey. Our founding fathers considered […]
Two weeks ago, when the San Jacinto River Authority reconsidered whether to lower Lake Conroe seasonally again this year, I put out a call for pictures from Harvey. I wanted the people of Lake Conroe to see how much the people of Lake Houston suffered from floodwaters. The community responded with dozens of images. I […]
Houston City Council Member Dave Martin announced today that Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) will begin demolition of several home-buyout properties in Forest Cove next week. The demolition in the Forest Cove Town Home community will begin with units: 803 and 805 Timberline Court 1060 Marina Drive HCFCD plans to submit the demolition request […]
David Seitzinger, P.E., a Kingwood-based engineer, has contributed another study to the discussion of Hurricane Harvey. He titled the first one, SJR Flooding: Causes, Impacts, Potential Solutions. The second, SJR Flooding: Water Levels, Flows and Timing, does an even deeper, 92-page dive into the data. Scope and Purpose Seitzinger states in the opening that flooding […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supplied this graphic. It updates the public on the latest dredging progress. Two dredges, moving west to east (left to right), expect to complete dredging by the end of April, seven weeks from now. It was originally a nine month project scheduled to end around April 1, but heavy […]
Yesterday, I learned about re-traumatization of people suffering PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) from Harvey. I had contacted Janice Costa, one of Kingwood’s leading psychotherapists to gain some insight. Keep in mind as you read this that neither Costa, nor I, have any idea how widespread this phenomenon is. However, Stephen Costello, the City of Houston’s […]
Janet Botello, a USACE Evaluation Branch Chief, provided the following explanation about next steps in the Army Corps’ permit evaluation for the high-rise marina project in Kingwood. 30 Days For Applicant to Respond Said Botello, “As the comment period has closed, we are providing the applicant with those public comments we’ve received. Applicants have 30 […]