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11/22/24 – FEMA has launched a new, online flood-insurance quote tool. You simply: The entire process took me less than two minutes. I found that I could get the maximum coverage ($250,000) with the minimum deductible for $887. How to Act on the Quote Of course, you don’t buy flood insurance directly from FEMA. You […]
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Read More11/16/24 – When Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger announced a “Median Madness” event, I must admit I was skeptical. But within the first hour, I began to see significant progress and the power of people working together. The objective was vine control along Kingwood Drive. This story has nothing to do with flooding. But […]
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Read More11/14/25 – At 1 PM EST, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Sara, the 19th named storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season. It formed in the western Caribbean near the border between Nicaragua and Honduras. Circulation and banding appeared on satellite images taken this morning. The storm currently has sustained […]
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Read More11/12/24 – On the Harris County Commissioners Court agenda for today, Harris County Engineering has 71 items. Harris County Flood Control (HCFCD) has seven. HCFCD used to battle Engineering each meeting for the title of “most projects on the agenda.” But not these days. The disparity raises questions about HCFCD. The seven HCFCD items include: […]
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Read More11/10/24 – Rafael, the up/down, on/off, east/west, north/south storm that defied prediction while stalking the Caribbean and Gulf for the past week, has lost its punch. Rafael, a Rarity Rafael reached Category 3 hurricane strength twice on its sojourn. By 9AM this morning, it was barely a tropical storm. And by tonight, the National Hurricane […]
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Read More11/09/2024 – A 900,000 cubic yard, $34 million Lake Houston dredging program announced in late 2023 may still launch this year, according to District E Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger. Reportedly contributing to delays according to sundry sources at different times and places: Callan Marine has had their dredge, The General Pershing, docked on […]
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Read More11/7/24 10 AM – Late-season Hurricane Rafael briefly intensified into a Category 3 storm yesterday as it crossed over Cuba. But since then it has gradually weakened. This morning, Hurricane Hunters measured the sustained wind speed at 100 MPH, making it a Cat 2 storm. Cat 2 ranges from 96 to 110 MPH. Recent aircraft […]
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Read More11/6/24 – Voters narrowly approved Harris County Flood Control District’s (HCFCD) Proposition A, a 63% tax increase, by a little more than 2 percent on Election Day. However, Prop A failed dramatically in the underserved Lake Houston Area by almost 13 percent – for a total 15.4 percentage-point swing. The difference underscores frustration over past […]
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Read More11/2/24 – 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 “tropical cyclone translation speed” or TCTS. They have also found that TCTS […]
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Read MoreU.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw helped secure another $3.2 million dollars for two crucial Kingwood flood-mitigation projects. The money is part of two EPA grants, each for $1.6 million. And they will cover final engineering for the Taylor Gully/Woodridge Village and Kingwood Diversion Ditch flood-mitigation projects. 80:20 Matching Grants from EPA The EPA will pay 80% […]
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