beat the peak - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/beat-the-peak/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Sat, 16 Jul 2022 20:56:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 beat the peak - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/beat-the-peak/ 32 32 103504436 Mavera Wetlands Bite the Dust https://houstonnewmedia.org/mavera-wetlands-bite-the-dust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mavera-wetlands-bite-the-dust Sat, 16 Jul 2022 20:56:42 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=33783 Mavera, a 1700-acre new development in southern Montgomery County at FM1314 and US242 has finished clearing a large section of land northwest of the intersection and started pouring concrete. Signs welcome visitors to model homes. The area, once laced with wetlands now has a massive linear detention pond and uses FM1314 for outflow control. Areas […]

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]]> 379372 How Soon We Forget! https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-soon-we-forget/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-soon-we-forget Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:55:30 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=31368 How soon we forget. Hurricane Harvey was just 4.5 years ago. Since then I have documented dozens, if not hundreds of questionable practices that erode margins of flood safety. It Didn’t Have to Be That Bad Harvey was the largest rainfall event in the history of North America. However, with better regulations and construction practices, […]

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