Below is the official press release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the field work for the sedimentation survey they completed on April 9. “HOUSTON (April 10, 2018) “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District began surveying levels of sediment deposits last weekend within the West Fork of the San Jacinto River […]
By Diane Cooper, Kingwood resident with 20+ years’ experience in weather and river forecasting for the National Weather Service Colorado State University (CSU) released its initial 2018 Hurricane Outlook on April 5. It indicates an Above Normal Hurricane Season. They predict: 14 named storms 7 hurricanes 3 major hurricanes The average number of tropical storms […]
Please mark your calendars. Attend the next meeting of the Lake Houston Area Grassroots Flood Prevention Initiative from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., April 17 at the Kingwood Community Center. Featured Speaker: SJRA Board Member Kaaren Cambio Kaaren Cambio, one of Kingwood’s two new representatives on the San Jacinto River Authority Board, will update residents on […]
WhataBurger in the new HEB shopping center during flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Photo: Courtesy of John Knoerzer. The Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium issued a region-wide 64-page report on April 5, 2018. It begins with a discussion of the pros and cons of various flood mitigation strategies in general. Then it looks at strategies that […]