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4/7/25 ā Last Saturday, 2.5 inches of rain turned the Meritage construction site in Atascocita into Lake Meritage. But by this morning, contractors were draining Lake Meritage into a City of Houston storm sewer. Close examination of aerial photos shows a series of trenches cut under silt fences to let the water drain from the [ā¦]
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Read More4/6/2025 ā After a little more than two inches of rain in a two hour period on 4/5/25, neighbors of the Meritage development in Atascocita bordering Pinehurst Trail Drive began noticing muddy runoff creeping toward their foundations. Aerial photos taken today show that Meritage and its contractors have made some improvements to control runoff since [ā¦]
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Read More12/7/24 ā One of the leading environmental groups in the Houston region is the Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC). Their motto: āWe preserve land along streams for flood control, clean water, and wildlife.ā Last year, BLC volunteers logged thousands of hours maintaining and improving natural areas and trails that help others appreciate natureās wonders. One such [ā¦]
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Read More11/2/24 ā Numerous academic studies have found an increase in the number of storms with decreasing forward speeds, i.e., tropical cyclone stalling, when comparing recent decades with earlier periods. Meteorologists call the distance that tropical cyclones travel in a given amount of time ātropical cyclone translation speedā or TCTS.Ā They have also found that TCTS [ā¦]
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Read More11/2/24 ā Numerous academic studies have found an increase in the number of storms with decreasing forward speeds, i.e., tropical cyclone stalling, when comparing recent decades with earlier periods. Meteorologists call the distance that tropical cyclones travel in a given amount of time ātropical cyclone translation speedā or TCTS.Ā They have also found that TCTS [ā¦]
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Read More9/25/24 3PM CDT ā Today, Helene intensified into a hurricane and it should become a major hurricane before making landfall tomorrow in the Big Bend area of the Florida Panhandle. Some forecasters are predicting a Category 3 storm, others a Cat 4. Helene will accelerate to the north today and Thursday crossing the entire Gulf [ā¦]
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Read MoreFlood-control experts have many tools in their tool chests to reduce flood risk. They include: Iām sure more techniques exist. But those represent the big categories. Complex Decisions Involving Many Factors No one tool works for all situations. And many of the tools that reduce flood risk fly in the face of other human values. [ā¦]
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Read More8/10/2024 ā Sometimes Randy Reagan must feel that he has struggled for most of his adult life against rising floodwaters, sand mines and the San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA). He has flooded six times in the last nine years. Still, heās rebuilding on a lot he bought 30 years ago. But heās doing it differently [ā¦]
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