bitchslapped wrote:Bro Nut - Are you still dry in the hood? Watched videos of Katy, TX for quite awhile yesterday on the news after opening up the reservoirs + storm water coming down.
Was sure thinking of YOU & all your fellow Texans affected by this disaster.
Best Wishes
BS
The reservoirs are put there to save the city of Houston from flooding. I am in north Katy to the west of those gates. High and dry here after the gates were opened. Where Basil lives there is a mile wide river, in between the reservoir, and Gessner. My son lives just above that area, by about 3 blocks, and is still shut in due to the flood. Areas under flood in Katy, are million dollar homes that were built, by developers to entice people to get away from the city, and enjoy rural living. That got way out of hand, and now a place that was home to 200 to 300 homes, is stretched to 100,000. The army corps of engineers who built the reservoir 60 years ago, was not trying to protect grassland, just the city of Houston. As the strive for capital gains in the housing market grew, I would hope those homeowners were enticed to buy flood insurance! As I am not in the flood plane, there was no mention of it. Tuesday morning at 2 AM,I was ready to evacuate, although with the release at the dam, and it stopped raining after 44 inches of rain, the lake 15 ft.from my front door started to recede. The stream 200 ft. away from my house is Bear Creek, that directly feeds into the dam. The Bear Creek community is built, way too close to the reservoir, and should have stayed grassland . Bear creek park is a nice place when it doesn't flood, and so is Herman Park, when it is not raining. Both were designed to be used as public picnic areas, very beautiful I might add, but both were also intended to filter flood waters. I've been in Houston for over 40 years, through 3 major hurricanes, Alicia, Ike , and now Harvey. Allison, (Tropical Storm) was just a flood event, and based just on Allison, buying into Houston Real estate should give people thought, on where to reside . Herman Park is located in the medical center, home of the Houston Zoo, and several museums. During Alicia, 34 years ago, the medical center was flooded to the point that bodies in the morgue at the University of Texas were floating around. My X father in law, was the engineer who designed and built the flood protection in the medical center. Things will settle down in our area, and thanks to the efforts of many humanitarian effort including Basil's, things will return to normal, or maybe enhance future generations to come !
Thanks for asking,
Bro Nut