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Floodwaters swept away a school bus

Posted on October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

LEANDER, TX (Fox 26Houston/Storyful – Floodwater in Leander, Texas, swept away a school bus with a child and driver aboard on October 16. First responders pulled the driver and a 12-year-old student, the sole passenger, from the bus after it was washed from the road and became lodged in a creek. The driver of the bus was later fired by the school district and arrested by police. The student on the bus was treated by…

Texas Saw A Decrease In Severe Weather In 2018, Despite Heavy Rains And Flooding

Posted on October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

As the winter season draws nearer, many Texans have noticed the sudden rain, flooding and chilly weather that’s hit our state. Ironically, there were fewer severe-weather events in Texas this year – something that Texas A&M University’s newspaper, The Battallion, captured in a recent headline. Texas A&M atmospheric sciences professor and State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon confirms that it’s true: This year, the number of tornadoes and hurricanes in Texas has fallen well below the average. “This…

Texas Has A $31 Billion Hurricane Infrastructure Plan. When It Will Be Built Is ‘Anyone’s Guess.’

Posted on October 29, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Texas’ Gulf Coast is home to one in every four Texans, and 30 percent of the American oil-refining industry is based there, too – that’s the remind Land Commissioner George P. Bush gave reporters late last week as he and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a sweeping new plan to protect Houston and the Gulf Coast from hurricane storm surges. It’s a multi-billion dollar project that will develop new infrastructure on a massive…

Austin Water lifts mandatory boil water notice

Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Austin Water has lifted the boil water notice that has been in place since Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Customers no longer need to boil water used for drinking, cooking and making ice. However, mandatory ware use restrictions remain in place for outdoor watering. Water quality testing submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has confirmed that tap water meets all regulatory standards and is safe for human consumption. Historic flooding on the Llano River…

President Trump's comments about Harvey

Posted on October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – At the MAGA Rally President Trump inexplicably repeated the mistake of deriding Texans for taking out their boats during Harvey to rescue fellow Texans. Joining the discussion: Jessica Colon – Republican strategist, Nyanza Moore – progressive commentator and Houston attorney, Vlad Davidiuk – Communication Chief, Harris Co. Republican Party, Tony Diaz- Chicano educator and activist, Tomaro Bell – Super Neighborhood leader, Bill King – businessman, columnist and former Kemah Mayor, reflect on…

Fletcher says Trump belittled Harvey rescuers

Posted on October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

HOUSTON (FOX 26) – For the second time in the space of a year, President Donald Trump got a critical portion of the Harvey rescue effort dead solid wrong by telling the capacity crowd at the Toyota Center in downtown Houston that the thousands of people who rescued fellow Texans were incompetent and foolhardy. “And I don’t know who in this room did it, but these guys with the little boats that think they have this great boat…

Officials offer plan to protect Texas from hurricanes

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Published 12:35 pm CDT, Friday, October 26, 2018 HOUSTON (AP) — State and federal officials are recommending a plan to protect the Texas coast from hurricanes — particularly the Houston area — with a barrier system made up of floodwalls, floodgates and seawall improvements. The proposal, which could cost up to $31 billion, focuses on preventing storm surge from entering Galveston Bay, which leads into the Houston Ship Channel, home to…

Army Corps, Texas officials propose sweeping hurricane protection plan

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Following years of research, studies and public debate, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — in partnership with the state’s General Land Office — has recommended a multi-billion-dollar project that would protect the Houston area and its massive industrial complex from hurricane storm surge. The agencies had narrowed it down to four plans — one of them with an alternate variation — with varying configurations of levees, seawalls and locks. They also identified extensive “non-structural…

Mayor Adler issues 'Disaster Declaration' for ATX

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Last week was rough for Central Texas. Flooding took a major toll on the hill country and water from the Highland Lakes was moved through the Austin area by way of opened floodgates. The State of Texas issued a Disaster Declaration for counties in the area and Travis County declared a local state of disaster. This week, because of the severely compromised turbidity, or clarity, of the Colorado River — Austin’s sole source of…

Heavy rain leaves Santa Fe homes flooded

Posted on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

SANTA FE, Texas (FOX 26) – Several families in Santa Fe are cleaning up the flood damage left in their homes after heavy rain hit their neighborhoods overnight. The yards on Avenue R still looked like lakes Thursday afternoon, many hours after the rain stopped falling. “All night it was raining and raining—never stopped,” said Camerino Castro who moved into his home on Avenue R three weeks ago. Castro says his little family watched the…

Tree safety

Posted on October 25, 2018October 26, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

Recent rains and floods have taken a toll on trees in Central Texas. Arborist Mark Mann with Davey Tree has more.

Coastal counties flooded after heavy rains from Hurricane Willa remnants

Posted on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

SANTA FE, Texas – Coastal counties in the Houston area were hit hard as remnants of Hurricane Willa brought rain to the city Wednesday evening into Thursday. The heaviest rain moved through the area overnight, and while the majority of Southeast Texas received a half-inch to an inch of rain, some coastal counties were hit hard, receiving four to five inches of rain. Street flooding was an issue in Galveston County, where Santa Fe, Dickinson and…

After Hurricane Michael, Voting 'Is The Last Thing On Their Minds'

Posted on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

As Bay County Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen walks around the second floor of his office in Panama City, Fla., he points up at a makeshift ceiling of tarp and plywood. “From that wall right there, all the way over, all the wood there, that all just got put on,” he says. Andersen is the supervisor of elections for Bay County, Fla., the county most ravaged earlier this month by Hurricane Michael. Andersen was in…

Former Honduras ambassador: Caravan rooted in civil wars, 1998 hurricane

Posted on October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

SAN ANTONIO – As a professor of international diplomacy at St. Mary’s University and retired U.S. ambassador to Honduras under President Bill Clinton, James Creagan has a long history in foreign service. Creagan said a migrant caravan of thousands of Hondurans is rooted in a record hurricane and two civil wars in Central America’s Northern Triangle. El Salvador and Guatemala were torn by past civil wars that only led to further instability, poverty and corruption,…

Posted on October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 by WeatherPreppers

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