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Floodplain Maps for 5,316 Acres West of Kingwood Contradict Developer’s Claim

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:01:04 +0000

11/4/2025 – FEMA floodplain maps contradict a claim made by Scarborough Development/San Jacinto Preserve in a presentation made to the City of Houston and Harris County officials on 10/29/25. The developer recently bought 5,316 acres, mostly in the floodplains and floodways of Spring and Cypress Creeks, and the San Jacinto West Fork. The land lies […]

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Harris County Commissioners Wrestle with $100 Million Drainage Funding Shortfall

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:51:26 +0000

4/1/25 – In their 3/27/25 meeting, Harris County Commissioners wrestled for more than an hour with a massive, $100 million drainage funding shortfall. But $100 million may not come close to solving drainage problems in the county’s subdivisions. As a result, Commissioners ordered the Flood Control District and Engineering Department to return to Commissioners Court […]

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Harris County’s New Definition of Equity

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:39:18 +0000

8/26/24 – On Thursday night, 8/22/24, Doctor Arelia Johnson addressed the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force about Harris County’s new definition of equity. Dr. Johnson is the County’s new Chief Equity Officer and has been in her job only three weeks. She has a PhD in sociology and criminology from Howard University. You […]

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Still Have Storm Debris?

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:38:13 +0000

8/22/24 – If you still have storm debris from Hurricane Beryl, what you do by when depends on where you live and what you need picked up. Procedures and deadlines differ for: This post describes what people in those areas need to do to ensure their debris gets removed. Read thoroughly and act swiftly. Some […]

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Differences in Ways County, State Propose Ranking Flood Projects

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:47:24 +0000

The Texas Water Development Board is seeking public comment on its plan to allocate $375 million in funding from the State’s flood infrastructure fund for the 2024-25 state fiscal year. That prompted me to compare the TWDB and Harris County plans for ranking flood projects. Harris County and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) use […]

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Karma Strikes Again: Colony Ridge Drainage Systems Severely Eroding

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:17:11 +0000

October 8, 2023 – Karma is fast catching up with the corner-cutting Colony Ridge developer in Liberty County. Drainage infrastructure that doesn’t meet Liberty County regulations is fast eroding. And tomorrow, a special session of the Texas legislature will start investigating the embattled development. The special session will focus on crime, infrastructure, illegal immigration, and […]

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Karma Strikes Again: Colony Ridge Drainage Systems Severely Eroding

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:17:11 +0000

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Karma Strikes Again: Colony Ridge Drainage Systems Severely Eroding

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 17:17:11 +0000

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Texas Ranks #2 in States with Most Flood Damage

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:02:45 +0000

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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Smoking Guns Buried in Harris County 2022 Primary Election Report

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:00:23 +0000

This week, Harris County is releasing to the public a final report on the botched March 2022 primary election – a year after the report’s completion. That’s almost a year after a second botched election last November that has mired the County in lawsuits over election results. The report recommended a number of changes in […]

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65% of Harris County Flood-Bond Projects that Lost Funding Are in Precinct 3

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 01:09:50 +0000

Harris County has put 37 of 93 subdivision drainage projects associated with the $2.5 billion 2018 Flood Bond on hold. Reasons include: Of the 37 projects whose funding was cut, 24 were in Precinct 3 – a whopping 65 percent. Technically, the projects have not been “cancelled.” The county has just run out of money […]

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First: Houston, Harris County Both Meet HUD/GLO Disaster-Relief Benchmarks in Same Time Period

Reduce Flooding — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 21:57:25 +0000

The Texas General Land Office (GLO) announced today that for the first time ever since Hurricane Harvey, both Houston and Harris County have each met their benchmarks for expending disaster relief funds in the SAME time period. They may have individually met performance benchmarks before, but never together in the same review period. Both Harris […]

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Harris County Approves $825 Million Flood-Mitigation Project List For HUD/GLO Funds

Reduce Flooding — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:32:25 +0000

On June 6, 2023, Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) recommended to Commissioners Court a flood-mitigation and disaster-relief project list totaling $825 million. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated the funds to Harris County via the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The projects will require another $145 million in local-match funds […]

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Hidalgo Accuses Legislature, Governor of “Murder Plot” against 5 Million Harris County Residents

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 25 May 2023 00:52:07 +0000

Of all the things Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo could have picked on in Austin this year, she chose to get hysterical over a bill that would return the control of Harris County elections to … ta da … two elected African-American Democrats! Hidalgo is complaining bitterly about SB 1750, a bill passed by both […]

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Flood Control, Other Harris County Departments Reorganized…Again

Reduce Flooding — Fri, 19 May 2023 02:19:58 +0000

Almost all Harris County departments have reorganized several times under County Judge Lina Hidalgo. By my estimate, the County’s 24 departments have had a total of 47 leaders during her administration. Revolving Door for Department Heads Eleven leaders have turned over in the last year including five in the last month. The: All those “interims” […]

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Costly Brain Drain Continues in Harris County

Reduce Flooding — Sat, 13 May 2023 22:39:28 +0000

On April 14, 2022, I wrote about how the brain drain in Harris County government under County Judge Lina Hidalgo compromised productivity and service. At that point, Hidalgo had been in office just 3.25 years. During that time, the heads of 16 out of 20 departments had changed – many more than once. Those 16 […]

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“The Lady Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks”

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 23:53:06 +0000

Wayne Dolcefino, investigative journalist extraordinaire, has released another video about his and Jim McIngvale’s attempts to force Harris County to release public records pertaining to the 2020 election. Lina Hidalgo plays a starring role. And her performance reminds one of Shakespeare’s famous line from Hamlet, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” The line implies […]

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County Outlines Plan for $750 Million in Flood Mitigation Funds

Reduce Flooding — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 02:07:26 +0000

Harris County Community Services Department (CSD) has finally shared a high-level summary of how it would spend $750 million in Hurricane Harvey Flood Mitigation Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The plan, called a Method of Delivery (MOD), was submitted to the Texas General Land Office (GLO) in December for […]

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So Far, Early Voting Turnout Dismal

Reduce Flooding — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 19:51:59 +0000

Early voting turnout this year rates a D for “dismal.” At the close of polls on Wednesday 11/2/22, only 566,006 of the 2.57 million registered voters in Harris County had voted. That’s 22% with just Thursday and Friday left for early voting. By comparison, during the 2018 mid-terms (the last comparable election), 63% of Harris […]

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Lessons from Florida and Ian for Harris County

Reduce Flooding — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 23:05:19 +0000

Best-selling Florida author/journalist Craig Pittman penned a poignant post for the Florida Phoenix about the state’s problems evacuating coastal communities before hurricanes. While the article uses evacuation to make a point, it’s really about a political culture that permits developments that put people’s lives at risk. It’s a cautionary tale for Texas, especially Harris County where flooding […]

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