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Sand-Mine Fines vs. Lake-Houston-Area Damage During Harvey
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: Another Reason for Greater Sand-Mine Setbacks
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 […]
Willful Blindness and Sand Mines
Fifty-one weeks ago, I woke to find: Sand dunes up to ten feet high covering 30 acres of East End Park. Sand five feet deep covering large parts of River Grove Park. A giant dune more than ten feet high blocking a drainage ditch that empties the western third of Kingwood. Sand reaching treetops at […]