UHCoog27 Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Should I expect flooding?http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Houston&...p;zipcode=77011We're up on a hill, but the bayou makes me nervous. I haven't live in the East End long enough to know how it handles water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) Should I expect flooding?http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Houston&...p;zipcode=77011We're up on a hill, but the bayou makes me nervous. I haven't live in the East End long enough to know how it handles water.You are A-OK! Don't give flood/surge damage a second thought.But you and your neighbors do need to clean up the nasty construction site that Waterhill abandoned. And if you're next to one of those partially-completed rotting hulks of timber, you might want to say on the opposite side of your home from it. Edited September 12, 2008 by TheNiche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHCoog27 Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) You are A-OK! Don't give flood/surge damage a second thought.But you and your neighbors do need to clean up the nasty construction site that Waterhill abandoned. And if you're next to one of those partially-completed rotting hulks of timber, you might want to say on the opposite side of your home from it.To their credit (and this is a first), Waterhill sent out a crew yesterday with bulldozers and dumpsters to pick up wood scraps, lumber, and all that other crap around the property. Thankfully, I'm not next to one of the "skeletons," as we have come to call them.Thanks for the flood reassurance, Niche. Good luck to everyone. Edited September 12, 2008 by UHCoog27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 To their credit (and this is a first), Waterhill sent out a crew yesterday with bulldozers and dumpsters to pick up wood scraps, lumber, and all that other crap around the property. Thankfully, I'm not next to one of the "skeletons," as we have come to call them.Thanks for the flood reassurance, Niche. Good luck to everyone.They probably realized that if they don't make at least a good faith effort to prepare, they won't be able to collect an insurance claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 They probably realized that if they don't make at least a good faith effort to prepare, they won't be able to collect an insurance claim.That, and they would be looking at a lawsuit if some of their debris went flying throught he air at 100mph into UHCoog's house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Does anyone know how the bayous behaved? Did any go way out of their boundaries? I believe the wind did the most damage. I didn't see as much rainfall with this storm as with the others. Probably due to the fact it was moving through soooo fast. Was very similar to Alicia for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 White Oak bayou flooded some, my wife took some awesome pictures of it from the car. Same for Buffalo bayou. I don't think buffalo bayou got higher than for Allison, but I bet it got just as high. But 1 day after the rain stopped, it was back down. So the bayous worked like they were supposed to in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Brays flooded the lower parts of Idylwood (this is between Lawndale and the Gulf Freeway). All that work they have been doing on Brays and it flooded some homes along MacGregor Way just like any other big storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) Brays flooded the lower parts of Idylwood (this is between Lawndale and the Gulf Freeway). All that work they have been doing on Brays and it flooded some homes along MacGregor Way just like any other big storm. Awww man, that's disappointing...I would love to own a house in that neighborhood. Flooding must have been at the low spot around the curve, or where that gully runs back behind that one house, by the park, where that pipe is exposed, where the land is so sloped. I wouldn't think White Oak bayou would have as many flood issues, with the high elevation of the Heights (per the name). But in this city, where the rainfall is so hard & heavy, anything is possible. Saw a listing on TV a few days ago about bayous out of their banks, Berry Creek was included. Berry flows into Sims after running thru Meadowcreek, by the hood I grew up in (Oak Meadows). Dad took his canoe to the store one time for milk & bread. I kid you not. Edited September 17, 2008 by NenaE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) allen parkway underpass at montrose still has 9.5 feet of water. the latest houston press has a great pic of northern downtown flooding just north of franklin (along milam). Edited September 17, 2008 by musicman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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