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Take a Video Tour of the West Fork via Helicopter with the Army Corps
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) hydraulic engineers conducted an aerial tour of the West Fork of the San Jacinto River aboard an Army Blackhawk helicopter. USACE Galveston’s hydraulic engineer Michael Garske narrates the video tour, which is fascinating for its candidness. Objectives The tour’s objectives: to better understand the area’s dredging needs and to […]
Two Modest Proposals to Reduce the Amount of Sand Coming Downstream
To reduce the risk of future flooding and the need for future dredging, we need to reduce the amount of sand coming downstream to our area. But how? I have two modest proposals that I would like to suggest. They may go too far for some people and not far enough for others. However, these […]
Harris County to Vote on $2.5 Billion Flood Bond Referendum on Harvey Anniversary
On May 1, Harris County Commissioner’s Court unanimously approved holding a special election on August 25, 2018 for a $2.5 billion flood-bond referendum. August 25th is the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey which affected an estimated 150,000 structures in the region according to FEMA. Ninety thousand of those structures, 60 percent, were outside the 500 year flood […]
FloodWarn Workshop Presentations Now Online
If you missed the FloodWarn Workshop at Kingwood College on 5/1/18, you missed a lot of helpful information. All four FloodWarn Workshop presentations are now posted in one PDF in the reports section of this web site or via this link. National Weather Service Katie Landry-Guyton, Senior Service Hydrologist/Meteorologist from the National Weather Service-Houston/Galveston office, talked about various […]
Want Lake Conroe Lowered? Stay Involved!
Last Thursday, the SJRA board voted unanimously to temporarily lower the level of Lake Conroe between one and two feet during peak flood months. Great news…if you live in the Lake Houston area. Residents downstream of the dam applauded the move; upstream residents had concerns. On Friday, the Conroe Courier ran an article about the […]
DON’T FORGET FLOOD WORKSHOP TONIGHT!
PLEASE COME! FLOODWARN WORKSHOP MAY 1, 6:30-8:30 PM KINGWOOD COLLEGE 20,000 KINGWOOD DRIVE MUSIC BUILDING, ROOM 117 CLOSEST PARKING IS LOT G HOSTED BY NWS, FEMA, HCFCD, SJRA TONIGHT, May 1st at 6:30-8:30 p.m., The National Weather Service (NWS), Harris County Flood Control, and FEMA, and the San Jacinto River Authority are hosting a FloodWarn […]