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11/7/24 10 AM – Late-season Hurricane Rafael briefly intensified into a Category 3 storm yesterday as it crossed over Cuba. But since then it has gradually weakened. This morning, Hurricane Hunters measured the sustained wind speed at 100 MPH, making it a Cat 2 storm. Cat 2 ranges from 96 to 110 MPH. Recent aircraft […]
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Read More11/6/24 – Voters narrowly approved Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) Proposition A, a 63% tax increase, by a little more than 2 percent on Election Day. However, Prop A failed dramatically in the underserved Lake Houston Area by almost 13 percent – for a total 15.4 percentage-point swing. The difference underscores frustration over past […]
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Read More11/05/24 – Rafael morphed from Tropical Depression #18 to a tropical storm in the Caribbean yesterday. And it could become a hurricane by tonight as it moves toward the Gulf of Mexico. However, there is a low likelihood Rafael will reach Texas because of an approaching cold front from the northwest. The front will create […]
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Read More11/4/2024 4 PM – The National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) 4 PM update indicates that tropical depression 18 has gained tropical storm strength and will be named Rafael. The report also indicates that Rafael, presently located in the south central Caribbean would likely move over: 45 MPH Winds at 4PM and Strengthening As of 4PM today, […]
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Read More11/3/24 – The latest round of repairs to the understructure of the Tree Lane Bridge in Kingwood has been completed. In recent years, flooding, erosion from severe storms, stream migration, and insufficiently mitigated upstream development had jeopardized the integrity of the bridge next to Bear Branch Elementary. Approximately 600 children attend Grades K through 5 […]
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Read More11/2/24 – Numerous academic studies have found an increase in the number of storms with decreasing forward speeds, i.e., tropical cyclone stalling, when comparing recent decades with earlier periods. Meteorologists call the distance that tropical cyclones travel in a given amount of time “tropical cyclone translation speed” or TCTS. They have also found that TCTS […]
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Read More11/2/24 – Numerous academic studies have found an increase in the number of storms with decreasing forward speeds, i.e., tropical cyclone stalling, when comparing recent decades with earlier periods. Meteorologists call the distance that tropical cyclones travel in a given amount of time “tropical cyclone translation speed” or TCTS. They have also found that TCTS […]
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Read More10/31/24 – An extreme rainfall event near Valencia in southern Spain on Tuesday this week fueled a spate of hasty climate change stories. But was that the cause of the flooding? A year’s worth of rain fell in a day. The area has an average annual rainfall of 17.87 inches. October is their rainiest month with […]
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Read More10/28/24 – After posting about maintenance dollars per square mile in Harris County’s different watersheds, an astute reader suggested I look at maintenance dollars per stream mile. Why? Stream miles don’t always vary proportionally with square miles and may be a more appropriate metric for maintenance. Certainly, when considering activities, such as channel mowing and […]
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Read More10/28/24 – After posting about maintenance dollars per square mile in Harris County’s different watersheds, an astute reader suggested I look at maintenance dollars per stream mile. Why? Stream miles don’t always vary proportionally with square miles and may be a more appropriate metric for maintenance. Certainly, when considering activities, such as channel mowing and […]
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