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Most Effective Forms of Flood Mitigation

In the continuing quest for understanding, today I googled “What are the most effective forms of flood mitigation?” The query returned 284 million results, including the one following. A&M Study of Buffalo Bayou Found Stormwater Storage Most Effective One interesting study co-authored by a Texas A&M professor, Samuel Brody, was titled, “How effective are drainage […]

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Three Flood-Mitigation Best Practices That Could Help Houston Region

On 3/22/23, I attended a lunchtime seminar on flood-mitigation best practices hosted by FEMA Region 3 (Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC). The topics covered included building hazard-mitigation plans, resiliency hubs, and flood awareness programs. The seminar showed dozens of excellent thought-provoking ideas – too many to list in one post. But three in the last category […]

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