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What Have We Accomplished and Learned in 3000 Days Since Harvey?

11/15/2025 – Today marks 3000 days since Hurricane Harvey – 8.2 years. In that time, I’ve researched and written 2,941 articles about flooding that have been read 2,737,740 times. Those articles contained 1,989,909 words (not counting this one). That roughly equals 25 novels. I’ve also shot 63,526 photos to support that work. Before I run […]

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100-Year Floodplains Doubling in Size, But HCFCD Won’t Release New Maps

11/10/25 – The Texas Water Development Board’s San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group will meet on Thursday, November 13, to consider adopting a technical memorandum that shows the river basin’s 100-year floodplains more than doubling in size. However, even though the group acknowledges the superiority of Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) MAAPnext floodplain models, […]

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New Feature on ReduceFlooding.com

11/9/2025 – In a continuing effort to make ReduceFlooding.com as useful to readers as possible, I have added a new tab on the Reports Page. It’s called Real-Time Conditions and Floodplain Extents. The information on this page comes from national, state and local sources. On one page, you can find numerous links to sources that […]

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How Could Hurricane Melissa Get So Strong So Late in the Season?

11/2/25 – Hurricane Melissa disappeared off the tracking charts yesterday. And when it did, one of the most powerful storms in recorded history went into the history books. Many things made Melissa unusual and stunned meteorologists. They included the storm’s deep pressure, high winds, rapid intensification, death toll, destruction, and its timing within the hurricane […]

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Evolution of Harris County Flood-Project Prioritization

11/1/2025 – On 10/28/25, members of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force received a brief presentation about how flood-mitigation projects get prioritized by Harris County. Below are several key slides from “Overview & History of the 2018 Bond Program’s Prioritization Framework.” How Prioritization Started Before the 2018 bond election on the anniversary of […]

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Contractors Start Northpark Junction Boxes Next to Railroad Tracks

10/29/25 – Contractors have begun placing rebar and pouring concrete for two giant, cast-in-place junction boxes on either side of the UnionPacific Railroad tracks that cross Northpark Drive. The junction boxes will connect drainage systems on both sides of the tracks. Construction Roadblocks Eliminated Unanticipated utility conflicts held up drainage work for months. And the […]

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Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December

10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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Work on Northpark Bridge Could Start as Early as December

10/10/25 – Barring weather delays and more unforeseen utility conflicts, work on the Northpark bridge over the UnionPacific Railroad Tracks and Loop 494 could begin as early as December 2025. Side Walls for Abutments Already Fabricated According to Ralph De Leon, the project manager for the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10, all the pieces of […]

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Outlines of Full Northpark Expansion Now Visible

9/28/25 – The final outlines of the Northpark expansion project are now fully visible – much like a skyscraper after being framed out (except Northpark is horizontal). Even though all the concrete is not yet poured, yesterday, I saw for the first time what ten lanes will look like. For most of its length, Northpark […]

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