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May 6, 2024 Reduce Flooding

Flood Damage Revealed as Waters Recede, Please Report It

5/6/2024 Part II – Flood damage to an unknown number of homes and businesses is being revealed around Lake Houston as waters recede. Most of the serious flood damage seems confined to low-lying homes around rivers and streams. As I drove around the headwaters of Lake Houston this afternoon from Kingwood to Huffman to Porter […]

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November 19, 2023 Reduce Flooding

Why So Much Flood Damage?

Part 1 of a three part series – We can’t stop flooding because we can’t control rainfall. But we can control flood damage – by regulating where and how we build. So, why do we experience so much flood damage? If our scientific and regulatory systems always worked, homes would never flood. But they do […]

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September 4, 2023 Reduce Flooding

Texas Ranks #2 in States with Most Flood Damage

It’s easy to forget flooding in the middle of a drought. But we should never forget that Texas ranks #2 in states with the most flood damage. This and other statistics below demonstrate why we shouldn’t become complacent. Different Measures, Similar Rankings Many ways exist to rank flood-prone areas and Texas ranks high on most […]

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