9/18/2026 – Steelwork has started on the Northpark Bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad tracks and Loop 494. When complete, the bridge will form a critical link in the first all-weather evacuation route for the 78,000 people of Kingwood. See the pictures below. Elsewhere on Northpark More noticeable progress is taking place elsewhere on Northpark. Next […]
9/17/26 – Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger will hold a town hall meeting on September 22 at the Kingwood Community Center from 5-8 PM. It will include an all-star lineup of speakers addressing their priorities and projects affecting District E – both current and future. Speaker Lineup Speakers include: Schedule/Location Doors will […]
9/16/2026 – In my previous post, I summarized causes of flooding. I grouped 83 contributing factors into three main categories: nature, things humans do, and things humans fail to do. In my continuing effort to summarize years of research, today, I would like to summarize major categories of flood-mitigation solutions. Major Categories of Flood-Mitigation Solutions […]
9/14/2026 – “Causes of flooding summarized” is part of my continuing effort to boil down more than 2 million words in 3100 posts since Hurricane Harvey into short summaries of key topics. I’ve seen the 83 causes of flooding listed below happen over and over again in different places in different combinations at different times. […]
9/13/2026 – Today is the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Ike, whose eye passed directly over Kingwood. It got me wondering. How many storms have caused significant flooding somewhere in the seven-county Houston/Galveston Region since 2008? Short answer – 24, including 14 tropical and 10 non-tropical. For details and implications, read on. Caveats on Search ChatGPT […]
9/12/26 – On 9./18/26, Montgomery County (MoCo) Commissioners Court will consider changes to its Drainage Criteria and Development Regulations. See Item 12A on the agenda. Just last year, Montgomery County adopted a new drainage criteria manual. It was the first major update in decades. The new manual was first proposed in early 2024. That followed […]
9/11/2026 – The Harris County Community Resilience Flood Task Force (CFRTF) has passed a resolution opposing the 5300+ acre proposed Scarborough/San Jacinto Preserve development near the confluence of the San Jacinto West Fork with Spring, Cypress and Turkey Creeks. In doing so, it joins Harris County Commissioners Court and the Houston City Council which passed […]
9/10/26 – Looking back at the last 100 years, today is the statistical peak of hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin. However, this year will also set a record for the latest “first hurricane” in recorded history…if we get one. Since 1950, the record for the latest first hurricane was set in 2002 by Gustav […]
9/8/2026 – Since starting this blog, I’ve published the equivalent of more than two full length novels about Northpark. That’s daunting for even the most avid readers. So, in a nutshell, here is a brief summary of what the Northpark project is all about and its benefits. Northpark in a Nutshell Major Problems: During major […]
9/7/2026 – A fisherman out on the San Jacinto West Fork during the Labor Day weekend reports that the river depth is a mere 2.4 feet adjacent to the giant Hallett Mine in Porter. Normally, he says, the river is 8-10 feet deep at that location. However, that’s not the only problem. Hundreds of nearby […]