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Old 04-19-2016, 04:25 AM
 
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I live in miramesa and the front of the neighborhood was flooded. There was a white BMW in front of the neighborhood that got flooded. Seems like the owner left their car there since I did not see anyone in there when I drove by.
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Old 04-19-2016, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Foster, TX
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Out south of Fulshear, Flewellen Creek broke its banks. Came up several hundred yards to the bottom of our "mound" that our house is built on.
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Old 04-19-2016, 09:34 AM
 
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Default Cool video

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Video of flooding in Bridgeland Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/qGR1Fnc8bsA
Nice video.
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Old 04-19-2016, 12:46 PM
 
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Something that I feel Houston is missing is parks that are also used as "easily flooded areas"
People tell me that highways are designed to flood (don't know how that s... makes sense)
Why not take easily flooded areas, make them into public parks and then when it rains, those parks get flooded?

I've seen that in several cities, but not in Houston where it seems like investors want to use every square inch to build houses and the government allows them to do that.
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Old 04-19-2016, 12:58 PM
 
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Anyone live on Eagles Brook Ct in the Perry homes section of Miramesa at Canyon lakes west. Any flooding in the homes or on the street. We bought a home there and have not moved yet. Went to check the home and could not get to it due to water on the road at Fry and West Rd intersection and also at Mirabella &West rd intersection .
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Cypress
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Something that I feel Houston is missing is parks that are also used as "easily flooded areas"
People tell me that highways are designed to flood (don't know how that s... makes sense)
Why not take easily flooded areas, make them into public parks and then when it rains, those parks get flooded?

I've seen that in several cities, but not in Houston where it seems like investors want to use every square inch to build houses and the government allows them to do that.

Houston has that. George Bush Park and the Addicks Reservoir are huge parks that become huge basins to hold flood waters and prevent flooding in west Houston and downstream. Also, along the creeks and bayous there are parks that flood. Those itty bitty creeks become rivers. I recommend looking at the engineering website to get an idea of what Houston and Harris County has in place and is presently working on: https://hcpid.org
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:09 PM
 
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Video of flooding in Bridgeland Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/qGR1Fnc8bsA
Let me tell you what I saw in the video - which was nice quality by the way... no flooded homes.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:15 PM
 
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Something that I feel Houston is missing is parks that are also used as "easily flooded areas"
People tell me that highways are designed to flood (don't know how that s... makes sense)
Why not take easily flooded areas, make them into public parks and then when it rains, those parks get flooded?

I've seen that in several cities, but not in Houston where it seems like investors want to use every square inch to build houses and the government allows them to do that.
You just aren't paying attention, anything built in the last decade in the area has had dedicated storm retention space required unless it's part of the planned storm sewer system in the COH. Look at any neighborhood built in the last 10 years and you'll find some huge retention pond which is usually turned into a soccer field or park area.
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:31 PM
 
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How did you get an aerial view like that? A drone?
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Old 04-19-2016, 01:43 PM
 
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Hi, do you know if there was any flooding on the streets or in the homes in the Perry homes section (The Brook subdivision) of Miramesa at Canyon Lakes West
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