When it rains, expect flooding somewhere in Houston. SMH (Channelview: 2014, elementary school)

[okcthunder1945]

Originally Posted by usc619

Plenty of homes are currently flooding in Brazoria county due to the downstream flow of the Brazos River

Yep. Exactly why we need a multi county effort to create a new system of upstream reservoirs and upgrade our aged reservoirs in Addicks and Barker.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by cBach

The only difference being most homes are elevated there. The original French settlers were clever in that they always elevated homes around 3 feet.

How low has New Orleans sunk? Let's say that it's now 5 feet below sea level. So (-5) + 3 = (-2), still two feet below sea level.

The appeal of the Northshore is that it's slightly above sea level, basically Galveston's elevation. With Lake Ponchatrain looming, the entire Greater New Orleans area is in an undesirable location. The quality of life on the Northshore pales in comparison to even an average Houston suburb, yet that's the nicest Louisiana can pull off. Louisiana is "Just not worth it!"

[cBach]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

How low has New Orleans sunk? Let's say that it's now 5 feet below sea level. So (-5) + 3 = (-2), still two feet below sea level.

The appeal of the Northshore is that it's slightly above sea level, basically Galveston's elevation. With Lake Ponchatrain looming, the entire Greater New Orleans area is in an undesirable location. The quality of life on the Northshore pales in comparison to even an average Houston suburb, yet that's the nicest Louisiana can pull off. Louisiana is "Just not worth it!"

Just because New Orleans can flood worse than Houston doesn't mean Houston can't flood.

But keep buying slab on grade if you don't think Houston can flood.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by cBach

Just because New Orleans can flood worse than Houston doesn't mean Houston can't flood.

But keep buying slab on grade if you don't think Houston can flood.

I meant that the Northshore is vulnerable to Storm Surge, the deadliest part of a hurricane. You've lived inland for way too long!

[Redlionjr]

Literally just drove past minor flooded ditches and sidewalks in Spring about a hour ago. And it hadn't even rain that long at that. SMH

[texas7]

I remember after hurricane ike, which at the time, devastated many homes and businesses in Galveston, kemah, San Leon, and other coastal neighborhoods — residents were resilient as the Houston area is. However many people in greater Houston and other suburbs were saying that people who build on the coast get what they deserve and that their flood insurance should skyrocket so those not near the coast wouldn’t pay high rates because of coastal people. There were those who advocated that fema shouldn’t cover them any longer. The way things have evolved the past few years, any area of the greater Houston area is prone to flooding if we have enough rain in a given amount of time. Coastal people have the greater damage and personal danger risk only during hurricane season while the rest of the city seems to share a year round huge risk when we get torrential rains — some coastal areas too. Like downtown Galveston. As the area keeps up is rampant development — it seems to worsen. Now they are expand g rapidly in areas toward the coast andlosi g coastal prairie areas. The year round risk will catch up.

[kemahkami]

Originally Posted by texas7

I remember after hurricane ike, which at the time, devastated many homes and businesses in Galveston, kemah, San Leon, and other coastal neighborhoods — residents were resilient as the Houston area is. However many people in greater Houston and other suburbs were saying that people who build on the coast get what they deserve and that their flood insurance should skyrocket so those not near the coast wouldn’t pay high rates because of coastal people. There were those who advocated that fema shouldn’t cover them any longer. The way things have evolved the past few years, any area of the greater Houston area is prone to flooding if we have enough rain in a given amount of time. Coastal people have the greater damage and personal danger risk only during hurricane season while the rest of the city seems to share a year round huge risk when we get torrential rains — some coastal areas too. Like downtown Galveston. As the area keeps up is rampant development — it seems to worsen. Now they are expand g rapidly in areas toward the coast andlosi g coastal prairie areas. The year round risk will catch up.

Coastal areas get worse flooding from hurricanes due to storm surge (as the sea water can easily breach land), but are relatively unscathed during heavy rain events (since the rainwater drains fast into sea). Opposite is true for inland areas.

[harryp0tter]

This topic is so dumb, Houston wasn’t even associated with flooding prior to 2014.

The back to back flooding from tax day , Memorial Day, and Harvey (years 2015,2016,2017) gave a huge impression to everybody that Houston has a “major flooding issue”. That’s really not true at all. How many times has Houston had a major flood before 2015?

Half this decade (2010-2014) never saw any flooding - we even had a severe drought in 2011, before that we only had 1 major flood from Allison which was way back in 2001. Aside from tropical storm allison, Houston never had any flooding during most of the 2000s.

Even with Hurricane Rita And Katrina so close to Houston we didn’t flood. Houston never had any floods during the entire decades of the 1980s and 1990s.

[Snapper_head]

Originally Posted by harryp0tter

This topic is so dumb, Houston wasn’t even associated with flooding prior to 2014.

The back to back flooding from tax day , Memorial Day, and Harvey (years 2015,2016,2017) gave a huge impression to everybody that Houston has a “major flooding issue”. That’s really not true at all. How many times has Houston had a major flood before 2015?

Half this decade (2010-2014) never saw any flooding - we even had a severe drought in 2011, before that we only had 1 major flood from Allison which was way back in 2001. Aside from tropical storm allison, Houston never had any flooding during most of the 2000s.

Even with Hurricane Rita And Katrina so close to Houston we didn’t flood. Houston never had any floods during the entire decades of the 1980s and 1990s.

Maybe not national news stories. But there were flooded neighborhoods (built too close to creeks) in Spring, for example, for decades.

And somebody has to raise the topics of how 1) increased development (impermeable surfaces), and 2) Climate Change have contributed to this. In other words, these floods in 2015-2017 most likely won’t be the last we’ll see.

[Redlionjr]

Originally Posted by harryp0tter

This topic is so dumb, Houston wasn’t even associated with flooding prior to 2014.

The back to back flooding from tax day , Memorial Day, and Harvey (years 2015,2016,2017) gave a huge impression to everybody that Houston has a “major flooding issue”. That’s really not true at all. How many times has Houston had a major flood before 2015?

Half this decade (2010-2014) never saw any flooding - we even had a severe drought in 2011, before that we only had 1 major flood from Allison which was way back in 2001. Aside from tropical storm allison, Houston never had any flooding during most of the 2000s.

Even with Hurricane Rita And Katrina so close to Houston we didn’t flood. Houston never had any floods during the entire decades of the 1980s and 1990s.

Yeah the lie detector test determine that was a lie.

Hurricane Alicia was in 1983. Also shortly after Houston was founded there were a couple of significant floods that cause damage to the city. Houston has always been associated with some kind of flooding as long as I could remember. The flooding has just been more intense and has gotten more national exposure in the past couple of years.

Significant Houston Area Floods Weather Research Center - July 2019

https://www.hcfcd.org/media/2381/his...ne-24x36-1.pdf