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Provisions of FEMA Reform Bill That Cleared House Committee

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:35:54 +0000

10/4/2025 – One in 3 counties across America receive federal disaster declarations each year. A big question on the minds of many in Congress and the Administration is how to deliver aid more efficiently and effectively. The bi-partisan FEMA Reform Bill, H.R. 4669, passed out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on 9/3/25, but […]

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We Won World War II in Half the Time That It’s Taking to Start Harvey Flood-Mitigation Projects

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:14:21 +0000

3/1/25 – More than 60 flood-mitigation and disaster-relief projects identified after Hurricane Harvey have yet to begin. We won World War II in half that time. Between Pearl Harbor and the surrender of Japan, 1349 days elapsed. But more than twice that number of days have elapsed since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. At 1349 Days […]

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For Better Flood Mitigation, Let’s Dig a Little Deeper

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:45:28 +0000

When I say “dig a little deeper” to improve flood mitigation, I’m speaking metaphorically, of course. On September 17, 2023, Jim Blackburn, a lawyer and professor of environmental law in the Rice University engineering department, published an article in the Houston Chronicle. He titled it, “What Houston’s next mayor needs to do about flooding.” Both Prof. Blackburn and […]

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GLO Suggests Plan to Streamline Flood Mitigation in Harris County

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 17:30:14 +0000

Citing the urgent need to spend half of a billion flood-mitigation dollars quickly, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has made a common-sense suggestion to streamline flood mitigation in Harris County. It recommended making Harris County Flood Control District a “direct recipient” (rather than a “sub-recipient”) of the half billion dollars carved out of $750 […]

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Can Cream City Teach Bayou City about Flood Mitigation?

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:19:16 +0000

The smell of ripe grass. The blinding purples, yellows, and whites of fall wildflowers. The buzz of pollinators deciding which stop to make next on the buffet. These are all elements of a strategic approach to flood mitigation across the Milwaukee, Wisconsin metropolitan area. US Water Alliance’s One Water Summit Explores Greenseams Program I was […]

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Can Cream City Teach Bayou City about Flood Mitigation?

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:19:16 +0000

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County Approves Another $15 Million for Flood Mitigation in Precincts 1, 2

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:42:43 +0000

On October 25, 2022, the three Democrats on Harris County Commissioners Court approved the expenditure of another $15 million from the Flood Resilience Trust. All the money will be spent to avoid delays on flood mitigation projects in Precincts 1 and 2. This follows an approval on June 28 to spend $85 million on 16 […]

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Response to Concerns About Flood Mitigation Benefits Index (Part II)

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:35:49 +0000

The letter below expresses disagreement with two recent ReduceFlooding.com posts about a proposed Flood Mitigation Benefits Index. It is from Michael Bloom, P.E. While I disagree with almost all of his claims, I am reprinting his letter verbatim because I encourage healthy debate. Compare the posts and draw your own conclusions. – Bob Rehak, Host, ReduceFlooding.com. This is […]

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First Quarter 2022 Flood-Mitigation Spending Update, New Equity Formula

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:44:33 +0000

In the first quarter of 2022, Harris County Flood Control District spent a total of $84 million. That brought the total of flood mitigation spending since 2000 up to almost $3.8 billion. For the first time since ReduceFlooding.com started tracking these numbers via Freedom of Information Act requests, spending in the Hunting Bayou watershed led […]

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Widening of Hunting Bayou Kicks into High Gear

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:53:44 +0000

Widening of Hunting Bayou, one of the poorest and most flood-damaged watersheds in the county, is kicking into high gear. Annual Rate of Spending Almost Quadruples since Harvey According to data obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Harris County Flood Control District and its partners (mainly the Army Corps and […]

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Update on Harris County Flood Mitigation Efforts

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 23:20:00 +0000

Today, at a meeting of the Harris County Flood Resilience Task Force, Vanessa Toro of the County Judge’s Office and Leah Chambers, Principal of consulting firm Outside Voices presented several slides about flooding and flood-mitigation efforts in Harris County that you might find interesting. Their presentation started with a series of slides that illuminated the […]

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The Future that Houston Envisioned for 1990 … in 1968

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:39:35 +0000

1968 … the year that humans first traveled around the moon during the Apollo 8 mission. It was a triumphant time for America and Houston, home of the NASA “Manned Spacecraft Center,” its name at the time. We could do anything, it seemed. And we did. 1968 Plan for 1990 A reader recently sent me […]

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How to Speed Up Flood Mitigation Funding: Part II

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 09 May 2021 19:24:50 +0000

Today marks the 1349th day since Hurricane Harvey. That’s also how long it took the United States to win World War II. To date, we’ve studied problems, made bold plans and, in a few cases, actually started constructing flood mitigation projects. But none of the $2.1 billion allocated for Texas flood mitigation by the US […]

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“We Must Streamline Disaster Recovery Before the Next Disaster”

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 08 May 2021 11:23:43 +0000

By George P. Bush George P. Bush is Commissioner for the Texas General Land Office (GLO), the state agency tasked with leading the disaster recovery process after Hurricane Harvey, the second most destructive storm in American history. This guest editorial is a response to yesterday’s post about disaster recovery taking more time than it took […]

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It’s Official: Harvey Flood Mitigation Is Taking Longer than World War II

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 07 May 2021 19:33:18 +0000

Sunday, May 9th will mark a special day in the history of flood mitigation. We will have spent more time responding to Hurricane Harvey – and accomplishing little – than it took us to win World War II. December 7, 1941 to VJ Day on August 15, 1945 was 1349 days. On May 9, 2021, […]

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