When is Lina's next therapy session?
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Inquiring minds want to know.
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Biz Ag said:
When is Lina's next therapy session?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Duh, Thursdays, don't you know her mental health schedule?
Ellis tried to spike the Constibles raises, failed 3-2.
Ellis is a skid mark on our County undies.
This process is so convoluted it makes it difficult to follow.
Item 123, this is a big one. FEMA flood risk maps.
FEMA hasn't released their flood risk maps from the post Harvey storm. Flood Control is ready to release their modified maps to update the 100yr flood plains. Most of the 500yr, but not all, would become part of the 100yr.
This item would be to release a letter to FEMA asking them to get off their asses. Passes 5-0.
FEMA hasn't released their flood risk maps from the post Harvey storm. Flood Control is ready to release their modified maps to update the 100yr flood plains. Most of the 500yr, but not all, would become part of the 100yr.
This item would be to release a letter to FEMA asking them to get off their asses. Passes 5-0.
This makes zero sense as post Harvey substantial improvements have been made to bayou system to handle flooding. More current 500yr areas should actual fall off not escalate to 100 yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
Last item, 445
Polling locations for the Nov elections. Ramsey is stating the number of polling locations in P3 are inadequate for the population.
79000, yet ranks 3rd in polling locations. His request is to match polling locations to registered voters.
County Clerk, an elected position, has been restored to running elections after the dems disastrous special office that royally (intentionally) screwed up the last.
County Ckerk states the polling locations are not set and will continue to evolve. Mid-Sept will be the final location list.
Polling locations for the Nov elections. Ramsey is stating the number of polling locations in P3 are inadequate for the population.
79000, yet ranks 3rd in polling locations. His request is to match polling locations to registered voters.
County Clerk, an elected position, has been restored to running elections after the dems disastrous special office that royally (intentionally) screwed up the last.
County Ckerk states the polling locations are not set and will continue to evolve. Mid-Sept will be the final location list.
Ellis walked out at 10pm. Just irished goodbyed.
Meeting adjoued shortly there after.
Meeting adjoued shortly there after.
aTm_bomb said:
This makes zero sense as post Harvey substantial improvements have been made to bayou system to handle flooding. More current 500yr areas should actual fall off not escalate to 100 yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
I'd wager it has to do with the fact that they keep building. So the bayou system may have improved but the runoff is still increasing.
Also probably has to do with the fact that we've had several "500 year" events in the last 10 years.
aTm_bomb said:
This makes zero sense as post Harvey substantial improvements have been made to bayou system to handle flooding. More current 500yr areas should actual fall off not escalate to 100 yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
Based on the data available. I really don't know how the voodoo models work. There has been a lot of failure in the subdivision drainage projects, so if you can't get the water to the channel system it doesn't matter the increased volume of water they can move.
Flood Control is responsible for the channel system, Engineering is responsible for the damage systems To the channels. Theres a lot of work on the failing outlet systems (outlets from the subdivisions to the channels) because ownership of those outlets hasn't been well tracked. So if the corrugated pipes have failed or are blocked/restricted, who's going to pay that tab? The MUDs?
After the Atlas 14 rain forecasts were released, most existing drainage systems are now undersized so any changes to existing infrastructure can trigger larger changes.
https://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/pfds/
This isn't my area of expertise. However, a proposed road improvement near my house went nowhere because they couldn't tie into existing drainage infrastructure because it was rated inadequate for predicted rainfall. This existing infrastructure is under a 4 lane county road so increasing the capacity meant a massive road project.
****ing flood insurance!!
We're in Zone X, but still have to pay over $1,000 per year now. When we bought the house, in 2011, it was barely over $400.
We're in Zone X, but still have to pay over $1,000 per year now. When we bought the house, in 2011, it was barely over $400.
arent you in the GOOF? If you are east of Rosslyn that's a bit high unless you are further south...
Feeder Road said:
arent you in the GOOF? If you are east of Rosslyn that's a bit high unless you are further south...
Pretty sure that's the standard rate for all zone x now. Rates increased drastically a few years ago.
I'm paying $340. Perhaps you guys should bid it out again this year.
I remember a while ago RTT mentioned that CoH had changed the drainage rules (before Harvey). I've also had a pseudo 2nd dad, who was an A&M Civil Engr, tell me that CoH had changed drainage line sizes over his career.
So before, you'd have 18" culverts. Then it was 24". But, IIRC, around 2000-ish, it was changed to like 36-48" culverts for most of the main lines. Both for storage and flow needs.
So for older places, like Meyerland (I remember, because we went to church there and I remember seeing the roads torn up forever), you literally have to redo all the roads to improve street drainage along with ensuring the bayous can A) handle the increase flow rate and B) increase in volume.
But in Kingwood, I know after Harvey they mentioned that originally, CoH was responsible for street and bayous, when CoH has no business on bayous, as they don't do any of it elsewhere; it is all county. So it took some legal leg-work to finally 'hand over' control of something that should of have been done back in the day.
I also would argue that most drainage stuff is like 20+ years too old and 30+ years out of design date in most of Houston. That and flood maps will cause all sorts of headaches.
~egon
So before, you'd have 18" culverts. Then it was 24". But, IIRC, around 2000-ish, it was changed to like 36-48" culverts for most of the main lines. Both for storage and flow needs.
So for older places, like Meyerland (I remember, because we went to church there and I remember seeing the roads torn up forever), you literally have to redo all the roads to improve street drainage along with ensuring the bayous can A) handle the increase flow rate and B) increase in volume.
But in Kingwood, I know after Harvey they mentioned that originally, CoH was responsible for street and bayous, when CoH has no business on bayous, as they don't do any of it elsewhere; it is all county. So it took some legal leg-work to finally 'hand over' control of something that should of have been done back in the day.
I also would argue that most drainage stuff is like 20+ years too old and 30+ years out of design date in most of Houston. That and flood maps will cause all sorts of headaches.
~egon
Feeder Road said:
I'm paying $340. Perhaps you guys should bid it out again this year.
Bid what out? This is all run by FEMA. The rate should apply to your zone. However, they did have a grandfathered clause where rates would rise slower if you had been paying for insurance for a longer number of years.
AlaskanAg99 said:Feeder Road said:
I'm paying $340. Perhaps you guys should bid it out again this year.
Bid what out? This is all run by FEMA. The rate should apply to your zone. However, they did have a grandfathered clause where rates would rise slower if you had been paying for insurance for a longer number of years.
You can do private. But it's not necessarily common. Or at least it's not usually competitive.
AlaskanAg99 said:Feeder Road said:
I'm paying $340. Perhaps you guys should bid it out again this year.
Bid what out? This is all run by FEMA. The rate should apply to your zone. However, they did have a grandfathered clause where rates would rise slower if you had been paying for insurance for a longer number of years.
This is what I thought, but was not sure enough to go tell him to.......well, I'd get a ban for that.
htxag09 said:aTm_bomb said:
This makes zero sense as post Harvey substantial improvements have been made to bayou system to handle flooding. More current 500yr areas should actual fall off not escalate to 100 yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
I'd wager it has to do with the fact that they keep building. So the bayou system may have improved but the runoff is still increasing.
Also probably has to do with the fact that we've had several "500 year" events in the last 10 years.
Probably. And yet none of those are what is supposed to determine it. Just elevations and math.
FEMA flood zones have been a joke for while and no one smart enough to know better has challenged it. All they've done the last 20 years is keep shifting zones instead of actual scientific determination.
Added a $331 endorsement to a GOOF house this year. Only been using this insurer since owning that property. So you guys can talk about whatever you want but your pocketbook is lighter than mine for the same product.
I will assume there is a detail missing here that is the reason for the huge difference in cost. Either the flood zone or the coverage is different since it's private vs fema. I've only ever seen private as more expensive when all else is equal.
Probably. Was trying to give my neighbors a data point and they wanted to educate me about how I should be paying more. Not sure what biker bro is so angry about (probably lack of 11th street bike lanes on 43rd) but also dgaf about how he runs his life!
aTm_bomb said:
This makes zero sense as post Harvey substantial improvements have been made to bayou system to handle flooding. More current 500yr areas should actual fall off not escalate to 100 yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
Incorrect.
The urban sprawl of the greater Houston area will continue to see flood zones expand. Outside of an apocalyptic event where we turn into Detroit, flooding will be more and more common.
As impervious surfaces continent to expand and prairie disappears, I believe this to be correct.
schmellba99 said:aTm_bomb said:
This makes zero sense as post Harvey substantial improvements have been made to bayou system to handle flooding. More current 500yr areas should actual fall off not escalate to 100 yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
Incorrect.
The urban sprawl of the greater Houston area will continue to see flood zones expand. Outside of an apocalyptic event where we turn into Detroit, flooding will be more and more common.
T&P to all the multimillion dollar lifted new builds on Braes Bayou in Meyerland then.
aTm_bomb said:schmellba99 said:aTm_bomb said:
This makes zero sense as post Harvey substantial improvements have been made to bayou system to handle flooding. More current 500yr areas should actual fall off not escalate to 100 yr.
Having said that I could see the areas around the reservoirs being lifted to 100yr.
Incorrect.
The urban sprawl of the greater Houston area will continue to see flood zones expand. Outside of an apocalyptic event where we turn into Detroit, flooding will be more and more common.
T&P to all the multimillion dollar lifted new builds on Braes Bayou in Meyerland then.
It would probably take an event twice as bad as Harvey to impact those. Our former home used to be where one of the new lifted houses is now. We got about 5 feet in Harvey, so it would take another 7 or 8 to get to the bottom of those.
As someone mentioned, it was less the bayou and more the drainage that got us. Our street was flooded a couple of feet long before the bayou crested. First night, we were digging holes under the border fences to let water out into the bayou. Ultimately didn't matter, but the next day we dropped the level in the streets a couple of feet by breaking down the border fence and letting all the trapped water flow out that way because it wasn't going out under the streets.
Lol the Gay Softball World Series item passed. 
Mikeyshooter said:
Lol the Gay Softball World Series item passed.
Lina found the non-existent money in the budget for that, huh?
BohunkAg said:Mikeyshooter said:
Lol the Gay Softball World Series item passed.
Lina found the non-existent money in the budget for that, huh?
The Sheriff's department will love this news.
Mikeyshooter said:
Lol the Gay Softball World Series item passed.
Fabulous
Mikeyshooter said:
Lol the Gay Softball World Series item passed.
Talk about a sausage party.
I'm sure fruits and nuts will be severed
When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
Mikeyshooter said:
Lol the Gay Softball World Series item passed.
FFS. Please tell me the vote breakdown.
Hulla Baller said:Mikeyshooter said:
Lol the Gay Softball World Series item passed.
FFS. Please tell me the vote breakdown.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/harris-county-gay-softball-21017080.php
Ramsey was the only one against.
Chron says 4-1.
Garcia said this will "pay for itself" due to all the teams coming into town and spending money on hotels and food. And he wasn't joking LOL.
Garcia said this will "pay for itself" due to all the teams coming into town and spending money on hotels and food. And he wasn't joking LOL.
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