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    #31
    Originally posted by ttaxidermy View Post
    I'm not one to holler "lawsuit" ever but it's about time us folks in Brazoria county start entertaining the thought of some sort of legal action/representation if possible against FB county...
    Land is flooding down here that has NEVER seen water.. If you build anything in this county you have to build a retention pond to catch water your building has displaced yet they can push 1,000's of acres of water down on us with no push back!!! It is total BS..
    I think it is time to look at our options..
    I agree 100%. Look at all of the developments in and around Missouri City. All of that land was previously swamp land that let the water spread out before coming downstream. Now it is all behind levees with new subdivisions & the water is forced South immediately. That would be an issue if they weren't also pumping water out of the subdivisions into the river as well.

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      #32
      Originally posted by Sackett View Post
      Agree 100%! All these levees around Fort Bend County are to blame for a ton of downstream flooding. Increased tax dollars from new developments and lackadaisical flood management.
      H#77, We're building pretty fast here in BC too. More concrete and asphalt and the water can't soak in, Building in the sticks where water used to be slowed and soaked up.
      If it's any consolation we, @ work, keep an eye on the river level. The Brazos is @ our back door. The Nat. weather serv. says the river crested on Friday @ 50.7 and has reached 50.4 today @5pm. The forecast says a slow drop until Thurs. then more rapid drop. This is @ the Rosharon station.

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        #33
        Brazos River not looking to good

        Originally posted by locolobo View Post
        H#77, We're building pretty fast here in BC too. More concrete and asphalt and the water can't soak in, Building in the sticks where water used to be slowed and soaked up.
        If it's any consolation we, @ work, keep an eye on the river level. The Brazos is @ our back door. The Nat. weather serv. says the river crested on Friday @ 50.7 and has reached 50.4 today @5pm. The forecast says a slow drop until Thurs. then more rapid drop. This is @ the Rosharon station.


        NWS had it cresting at 51.4 on Friday. 1 foot makes a HUGE difference.



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        5/11 @ 2:45

        Last edited by PondPopper; 05-13-2019, 07:05 AM.

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          #34
          Brazos River not looking to good

          This land had never had the Brazos on it 100 years prior to this flood in 2016. The state building up HWY 35 2' higher, between Angleton and West Columbia, with no additional drainage, screwed us too. They essentially built a dam..
          Holding back that extra 2' of water on the north side spreads and does a lot of damage.. That's one reason the 2 highest crests are since the highway rebuild..



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          Last edited by PondPopper; 05-13-2019, 07:22 AM.

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            #35
            Originally posted by ttaxidermy View Post
            Greed, Idiots and concrete..
            But,but,but all those houses and wal marts have their own retention ponds to prevent floods[emoji849][emoji849]

            Spare me they may help short term but dont do diddley when they release.

            Prayers up for all you guys.

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              #36
              We crossed it on 290 saturday and it has gone down some.

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                #37
                I believe Uncle Gus' is the only public ramp open at this time.

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                  #38
                  this morning on 1462 the Brazos was down but Oyster creek was up

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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Backwoods101 View Post
                    this morning on 1462 the Brazos was down but Oyster creek was up
                    The Brazos will stay in Oyster creek at Harris Reservoir until it is below 50.8 at that location.

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Texas Grown View Post
                      Your table shows 1-13-2019 and 1-11-2019 to be the most recent. I'd like to see that table in chronological order as well, starting with the most recent. Also looks like most of it started in the 1990s via frequency.


                      Hoping the best for ya Tim.
                      I pasted this into an excel sheet and tried to sort it but couldnt figure it out. Maybe someone smarter than me can. I would be interested in seeing it also

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                        #41
                        (3) 52.00 ft on 05/01/1965
                        (8) 50.74 ft on 05/14/1968
                        (37) 42.44 ft on 04/16/1969
                        (44) 39.63 ft on 03/11/1970
                        (10) 50.49 ft on 06/15/1973
                        (41) 41.30 ft on 10/17/1973
                        (30) 44.29 ft on 05/30/1975
                        (17) 48.75 ft on 04/23/1977
                        (18) 48.56 ft on 06/09/1979
                        (46) 37.24 ft on 10/26/1984
                        (45) 37.86 ft on 02/08/1986
                        (24) 46.60 ft on 06/17/1987
                        (49) 22.39 ft on 03/20/1988
                        (36) 42.66 ft on 05/09/1990
                        (38) 42.29 ft on 01/20/1991
                        (4) 51.89 ft on 01/03/1992
                        (9) 50.67 ft on 02/10/1992
                        (27) 45.95 ft on 06/24/1993
                        (47) 34.83 ft on 05/17/1994
                        (5) 51.82 ft on 10/22/1994
                        (48) 28.28 ft on 09/23/1996
                        (29) 45.20 ft on 03/15/1997
                        (39) 42.07 ft on 01/11/1998
                        (14) 48.83 ft on 10/24/1998
                        (12) 49.42 ft on 11/17/1998
                        (43) 40.52 ft on 12/21/2001
                        (20) 47.66 ft on 11/09/2002
                        (26) 46.10 ft on 02/27/2003
                        (28) 45.50 ft on 05/19/2004
                        (21) 47.49 ft on 07/03/2004
                        (11) 49.88 ft on 11/29/2004
                        (34) 43.85 ft on 03/18/2007
                        (13) 48.89 ft on 07/06/2007
                        (23) 47.07 ft on 07/12/2007
                        (16) 48.78 ft on 07/21/2007
                        (25) 46.41 ft on 06/04/2007
                        (40) 41.43 ft on 11/01/2009
                        (42) 41.10 ft on 03/26/2012
                        (31) 44.08 ft on 05/22/2015
                        (6) 51.46 ft on 06/05/2015
                        (19) 48.47 ft on 06/23/2015
                        (22) 47.47 ft on 03/18/2016
                        (7) 51.05 ft on 04/24/2016
                        (2) 52.56 ft on 06/04/2016
                        (1) 52.65 ft on 08/29/2017
                        (35) 42.96 ft on 10/25/2018
                        (32) 43.94 ft on 12/13/2018
                        (33) 43.86 ft on 01/03/2019
                        (15) 48.79 ft on 01/11/2019

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Texas Grown View Post
                          Your table shows 1-13-2019 and 1-11-2019 to be the most recent. I'd like to see that table in chronological order as well, starting with the most recent. Also looks like most of it started in the 1990s via frequency.


                          Hoping the best for ya Tim.
                          Here it is from newest to oldest.
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                            #43
                            Thanks fellers!

                            The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kilt. Gotta go!

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                              #44
                              Looking at the ACE websight, Whitney is now releasing over 16,000cfs. Other lakes releasing include Belton, Stillhouse, and Limestone. Waco is letting a little water out also. So please beware of the combined release may cause another surge in river level at various places on the river. Remember, the release rates could still increase on any of the projects.


                              Total, it looks like a combined release rate around 30,000cfs for the middle and lower Brazos.



                              Last edited by Texas Grown; 05-13-2019, 05:44 PM.

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                                #45
                                Originally posted by Dale Moser View Post
                                The Trinity is gonna be really bad too.

                                They are putting in cookie cutter tract subdivisions all across the watersheds of the Trinity around D/FW. They cut the roads down low, crown the tiny lots, and use the streets as flumes to shove tons of runoff into the creeks and rivers as fast as possible.

                                It can’t work for long for the folks in SE Texas.


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                                Yep, they played a pga tournament in the floodplain (trinity forrst) this weekend. Oblivious

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