At 2am EDT today, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued an update on a potential tropical cyclone headed toward Louisiana. Maximum sustained winds at this time are 30mph. The NHC predicts the disturbance will become a tropical storm by tonight. At this moment, it looks like the storm will make landfall east of the Houston […]
The National Hurricane Center has increased the chances for tropical cyclone formation over the next 5 days to 40%. Tropical Wave Moving into Gulf Forecasters expect a tropical wave nearing the southeast Bahamas this morning to move into the eastern Gulf of Mexico early next week. There, it will find upper level winds more favorable […]
Earlier this year, the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) voted to lower the level of Lake Conroe during the peak of hurricane season. The purpose: to provide an additional buffer against flooding for downstream residents until the river could be dredged. The SJRA has now reached its target of 199 mean feet above seal level (MSL). […]
Numerous posts on this blog have documented how sand mines made flooding worse during Harvey. Yet the total amount of fines levied against mines in the second half of last year state-wide was less than the average repair cost for one home flooded during Harvey. Let me state some caveats upfront in this post. During Harvey, […]
River migration can imperil sand-mine dikes and that can imperil people downstream. In the case presented below, the San Jacinto river migrated 258 feet toward a dike in only 23 years and now threatens it. The river has eaten away at a dike by migrating an average of 12.4 feet per year. The dike is […]