Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
9/16/24 – As promised, contractors began the first Northpark concrete pour for a major stretch of the road expansion project this morning. They scheduled the pour for 3 AM to 1 PM. And by 9:30 AM they appeared on schedule to finish the first 1,000 feet within the allotted time. See the pics below, all […]
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Read MoreThe new Texas state flood plan contains approximately 4351 recommendations in 15 regions statewide. The spreadsheet runs 147 pages in 3-point type. An eagle would have trouble seeing this type! Recommendations in the San Jacinto River Basin alone (Region 6) total 519. And they’re buried within the larger spreadsheet, making it difficult summarize and compare […]
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Read More9/14/24 – Clearing of Beryl debris from Harris County creeks and channels by HCFCD/FEMA contractors continues more than two months after the storm that struck Houston on July 8, 2024. Prolonged 65-80 MPH winds raked the Lake Houston Area for hours, downing thousands of trees. Who’s Responsible for What The cleanup effort has advanced on […]
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Read MoreNorthpark Drive construction crews have finished placing rebar in a 1000 foot long stretch on both sides of the entrance to Kings Mill. They will begin pouring concrete there on Monday, 9/16/24 at 3 AM. Concrete trucks will enter and leave the construction zone approximately every six minutes. Because workers will spread the concrete next […]
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Read More9/12/24 – You would think that as more water flows into a ditch, the area under bridges would get larger. But Chris Bloch, a retired Kingwood engineer with an eye for details that affect flooding, made some startling discoveries recently about the areas under four bridges over the Kingwood Diversion Ditch. Flow areas under two […]
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Read More9/11/2024 4 PM CDT – Hurricane Francine is making landfall in southeastern Louisiana. Although most of my readers live in the Houston area, many have friends and relatives living in Louisiana. This post goes out to them. Francine Making Landfall in Louisiana Stats According to the National Hurricane Center, at 4 PM CDT, Francine’s eyewall […]
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Read More9/10/24 – Update: At 7 PM, the National Hurricane Center announced that Francine became a hurricane with sustained winds of 75 MPH and higher gusts. By 10:20, hurricane hunter aircraft found sustained winds of 85 MPH with central pressure of 979 mb. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force […]
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Read More9/9/24 At 2 PM – This morning Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 intensified and formed a center of circulation. With winds currently at 60 MPH, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) named it Tropical Storm Francine. NHC expects it to intensify into a hurricane tomorrow. Francine’s current predicted track will take it inland over Louisiana. At the […]
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Read More9/8/24 – At 4 PM, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone 6 (PTC 6). PTC 6 is currently an elongated area of low pressure located over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. It continues to produce a large area of showers and thunderstorms. Air Force reconnaissance data indicate that maximum sustained […]
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Read More9/7/24 – For seven years, I have focused on ways to reduce flooding. But today, I’d like to discuss a big way not to reduce flooding – by deferring maintenance. Deferring Maintenance: A Bad Idea One of the most common root causes of flooding that I see is delayed, deferred, overlooked and/or ignored maintenance. You […]
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