Dust to Dust: Another Forest Cove Townhome Complex Coming Down

The townhomes at 960 Marina Drive in Forest Cove started coming down this morning. Demolition began at 7:45 a.m. What took years to build will only take hours to destroy. Of course, nature began destroying these townhomes years before today. In Hurricane Harvey, 240,000 cubic feet per second of floodwater rampaged through them. That’s because these townhomes were built in the floodway and floodplain of the San Jacinto West Fork.

As I reviewed the photos I shot this morning, I saw massive piles of dried dirt tumbling from third floor apartments and even attics. That’s a testament to how high the water reached. And how foolish it is to build structures this close to the river. See below.

Hopes and Dreams Bite the Dust

People built their hopes and dreams here. Invested their life savings here. Got married here under the shade of trees by the river.

But Mother Nature always gets the last word. And in this case, she reclaimed her territory.

Harris County Flood Control is buying out these townhomes and taking down each building as soon as every unit within them has been purchased.

Several more units remain. In the meantime, other builders are building more condos even closer to the river in Kings Harbor.

Posted by Bob Rehak on 5/26/2021

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