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Harvey Now Prepping for Some Serious Gulf Coast Hunkering of Its Own
The “most likely scenario” now predicted for Hurricane Harvey is a 5-day-long visit to southeast Texas, during which the storm will spend its time sucking up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and...
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The Unfortunate Consequences of Trying To Drive Over the Underpass on Houston...
Water levels from Harvey have made the underpass just north of Center St., where Houston Ave. tucks under the rail lines, impassable. But there are consequences to trying to drive around the underpass...
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Here’s a Map of the West Houston Neighborhoods Behind the Addicks and Barker...
The map above outlines the actual locations of neighborhoods designated by officials yesterday as being at risk from flooding over the back sides of Houston’s dual Buffalo Bayou reservoirs — in...
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A Few Brief Scenes from the Meyergrove Apartments Rescue
By late afternoon on Sunday, August 27th, there were 2 ways out of several of the 3-story buildings at the Meyergrove Apartments at 4605 N. Braeswood — which back up to Brays Bayou in the southwest...
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Something Powerful in the Crosby Air
This vivid description is included in the original petition of a lawsuit filed today against Arkema, operators of the chemical plant off the Beaumont Hwy. in Crosby — by 7 first responders injured...
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It’s Generator Day at the Still-Dark Hogg Palace Lofts
Today’s the day a 48-ft.-long trailer-mounted 1MW Aggreko generator is expected to park on the Louisiana St. side of the Hogg Palace Lofts, a Randall Davis Companies rep tells residents. The goal:...
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How About We Don’t Sell People Homes in Areas That Keep Flooding, and Other...
The headline suggestion in a 6-page policy paper published last week under the banner of Rice University’s Baker Institute comes in item 2 of a helpfully numbered list of 15 things Houston might want...
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What the Future Present Company Looks Like After the Royal Oak Fire
Here, courtesy of a Swamplot reader, are a few exterior views of the building at 1318 Westheimer after its weekend fire. “The damage is pretty severe,” Shawn Bermudez wrote on Facebook Saturday...
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Houston Is About To Be Surrounded by a Gentle Mist of Mosquito Spray
Here’s a map showing the 600,000 acres in Harris County over which the Air Force Reserve’s 910th Airlift Wing will be flying modified C-130 cargo planes staged from Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio...
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Comment of the Day: Behind the ‘Everybody Out’ Order at 2100 Memorial
“I’ve volunteered there and can tell you the entire ‘sub-basement’ electrical/fire control room was completely submerged. I assume that entities receiving government rent subsidies must meet current...
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Occasional Hazards of a Feeder Road Strip Center
The Shogun Japanese Grill and Sushi Bar in a strip center fronting the northbound feeder of the Grand Parkway in Richmond opened its storefront involuntarily this morning to accept an oncoming...
View ArticleA Flood of Christmas Diners at Vietopia
An impromptu performance surrounding a centerpiece aquarium greeted Christmas dinner diners at Vietopia yesterday. Loud screams accompanied the appearance of twin streams springing from a leak in the...
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