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September 6, 2022 Reduce Flooding

Construction Starting Soon on Lauder Basin Phase 2

The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) will soon begin constructing its Lauder Basin Phase 2 in the Greens Bayou watershed. Scheduled for Fall 2022, Phase 2 is located east of Aldine Westfield Road in the area of the Castlewood Subdivision between Aldine Bender and Lauder Roads. Size and Scope This project help reduce existing […]

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August 30, 2022 Reduce Flooding

Public Invited: Rehak Talk at Lone Star College Kingwood, Friday 12:30 PM

This Friday, September 2, 2022, I will give a talk at Lone Star College Kingwood. It will summarize what I have learned since Hurricane Harvey about flooding and flood mitigation while researching more than 2000 articles. The title of the talk: How Far We’ve Come, What We Still Need to Do. And it will focus […]

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August 25, 2022 Reduce Flooding

Why Do We Flood?

Why do we flood? To clarify the obvious: Too much rain … creates too much runoff … in too little time … over terrain that’s too flat. Now, dig a little deeper. Ask a slightly different question: “Why do we experience so much flood damage?” You get slightly different, but related reasons. Based on what […]

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August 23, 2022 Reduce Flooding

Flood Control Lists Budget Priorities for Fiscal ’23

In their 8/23/22 meeting, Harris County Commissioners discussed proposed budget priorities for the next fiscal year. Dr. Tina Petersen, PhD, PE, Harris County Flood Control District’s Executive Director, presented her goals for next year. And once again, they revolved around “equity.” See page 64 of the proposed budget for Petersen’s priorities or the summary below. […]

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July 25, 2022 Reduce Flooding

New Subdivisions Now Routing Drainage Through, Toward West Fork Sand Mines

Two new subdivisions are now routing their drainage through or toward San Jacinto West Fork sand mines. The one already going through a mine is Artavia on the north/east side of the Westfork between FM 1314 and river. The other is near Woodson’s Reserve on the south/west side of the river just inside the Grand […]

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July 21, 2022 Google Alert - Sugar Land, Texas

5 TIPS TO REDUCE STRESS AS A CANCER PATIENTJorge Darcourt Rizo-Patron, MD

Photo courtesy of Texas Oncology … Jorge Darcourt, M.D., MHCM, is a hematologist and medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Sugar Land, …

July 21, 2022 Google Alert - "Sugar Land"

5 TIPS TO REDUCE STRESS AS A CANCER PATIENT | Health | fbherald.com

Jorge Darcourt, M.D., MHCM, is a hematologist and medical oncologist at Texas Oncology–Sugar Land, 1350 First Colony Blvd. in Sugar Land, Texas.

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July 11, 2022 Reduce Flooding

Offshore Area of Concern

At 2pm EDT on 7/11/22, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued an update that shows an area of concern offshore that stretches from Galveston Bay to the Florida Panhandle. NHC currently gives it a 30% chance of developing into something more serious in the next five days (10% in two days). Heavy Rain, Flash Flooding […]

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June 30, 2022 Reduce Flooding

June Construction Update: Six Lake-Houston-Area Projects

Here’s a construction update on six large Lake-Houston-Area construction projects, told in aerial photos and captions. All photos were taken on the last day of June, 2022. Dry weather created almost ideal conditions for construction with little risk of sediment-laden runoff. But as the tropics heat up, that could soon change. High Street Residential At […]

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June 25, 2022 Reduce Flooding

Slight Chance of Tropical Cyclone Formation in Gulf Next Week

A weak surface low pressure system may develop into a tropical system over the northern Gulf of Mexico early to mid next week. The National Hurricane Center estimates the chance of development over the next 5 days at 20%. Chances of formation for another disturbance in the Atlantic remain at 60%. What’s behind this prediction? […]

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