What mother nature issues to be aware of in north houston (Canadian: house, tornado)

[breriley]

I am moving to the spring/woodlands area in june and wanting to know what issues affect life in that area? Are there tornadoes, huricanes, snakes, floods, certain bugs, rodents etc......... any info would help.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by breriley

I am moving to the spring/woodlands area in june and wanting to know what issues affect life in that area? Are there tornadoes, huricanes, snakes, floods, certain bugs, rodents etc......... any info would help.

No one answered yet, so I'll take an educated guess and say "yes" to all of them.

You still can get hurricanes further inland, but no storm surge (ocean swells) and the winds weaken noticeably maybe every 20 miles. Even an hour from the coast, it probably could be possible to get 2/3rds to 3/4's of the damaging wind force, plus 100% of the rain.

The Houston area gets a lot more tornados than the U.S. National average.

Floods? They have a lot of clay soil areas and copius amounts of rain sometimes; of course!
There might not be as much clay in north Houston since it's getting into the Piney Woods area.

Plenty of bugs like Florida apparently.

Rodents? Why not.

Anyone else?

[blanch]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

No one answered yet, so I'll take an educated guess and say "yes" to all of them.

You still can get hurricanes further inland, but no storm surge (ocean swells) and the winds weaken noticeably maybe every 20 miles. Even an hour from the coast, it probably could be possible to get 2/3rds to 3/4's of the damaging wind force, plus 100% of the rain.

The Houston area gets a lot more tornados than the U.S. National average.

Floods? They have a lot of clay soil areas and copius amounts of rain sometimes; of course!
There might not be as much clay in north Houston since it's getting into the Piney Woods area.

Plenty of bugs like Florida apparently.

Rodents? Why not.

Anyone else?

How often do you get tornados and hurracaines? and what time of year?

Blanch

[Mr. Football]

Tornados can happen any time of year, but luckily I've never seen one and I've lived here for 26 of my 33 years, only one real Hurricane (Alicia) which was back in 1984 or so.

[breriley]

so as far as flooding what do you native texans mean i am from Ca. and when we say flooding thats water in the house and danger is that the same there and as far as a few people saying they have found snakes in the trashcans how often if ever does that happen in woodlands/spring

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by breriley

so as far as flooding what do you native texans mean i am from Ca. and when we say flooding thats water in the house and danger is that the same there and as far as a few people saying they have found snakes in the trashcans how often if ever does that happen in woodlands/spring

Not a Texan, but I'd like to take a stab at it anyways.

Flooding I think also means water can get inside your house, but it's not neccessarily dangerous, just messy mostly. (mold damage) I think it can be dangerous in California because there can be landslides. Some of the homes are there built on top of sandy cliffs. The Houston area is much flatter than Los Angeles.

[wills]

Originally Posted by blanch

How often do you get tornados and hurracaines? and what time of year?

Blanch

Hurricanes during hurricane season. Tornadoes normally in the summer.

[acllogistics]

How bad do Torando get in Hosuton and is there any Warning system in place are there specfic area that get more ?

[Guerilla]

I have never seen a tornado happen in Houston when I lived there (was there for 15 years of my 16 years of life). Houston doesn't get a lot of tornadoes, and if one does happen it is usually an F1 or less and some don't even touch down on the ground. Nothing to be worried about. Flooding happens more in southeast and east Houston than in west, northwest, and north Houston. Hurricane Alicia and the 1900 Hurricane were the two only real hurricanes to hit Houston. I think many people like to exaggerate with Houston and hurricanes.

[Redrover]

I have lived in Houston since 1960 (except for three years in the late 60s) and have never seen a tornado up close. That's not to say it couldn't happen but they tend to not appear in the more highly populated areas (there are exceptions). As for the hurricanes that's another story altogether. With the changing climate, warming waters etc., hurricanes will continue to be a thread all along the coastal areas. We are currently in a cycle where more than the normal numbers can be expected but then last year was in the high activity cycle and nothing happened.