This morning we opened up another category for the Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate. That brings the tally up to 5 so far — Favorite Houston Design Cliché, Best Demolition, the “Where Are They Now?” Award, Best Industrial Incident, and Special Achievement in Parking. Here’s the last new category for today: the High Water Award.
This award is meant to honor contributions to flooding and flood drama in the Bayou City — or gee, maybe there’s some even more compelling form of high water here we should take note of? What deserves the spotlight for its role in the Houston flooding story? It could be an event, a place, a symbol, a lawsuit, a myth, or a something-else-entirely; we’re looking for nominees that capture a key element or instance of the city’s relationship with excessive water. Whatever you choose, just be sure to explain yourself when you send in your picks.
To float your nominees for this award, leave a comment below with your suggestions (and your rationale). You can email it to us, too, but all nominations for this category are due by midnight next Thursday, December 8. (More on how to nominate can be found by clicking here.)
- Fifth Category: The Swamplot Award for Special Achievement in Parking
- And Now, This Year’s Fourth Swamplot Awards Category: Best Industrial Incident
- Introducing The Third Swamplot Awards Category: The “Where Are They Now?” Award
- The Second Swamplot Awards Category Is Now Open for Your Nominations: Best Demolition of 2016
- The First Category in the Swamplot Awards, Now Open For Your Nominations: Favorite Houston Design Cliché
- How To Make a Nomination for the 2016 Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate
- Swamplot Award Nominations 2016
Surely the answer is the UH professor plowing his Prius into the water at Studemont & I-10 and the floundering around in water he could pretty much stand in before he was rescued on live tv by the reporter doing a live spot.
The opening of the cistern/park at Sabine Street and Buffalo Bayou:
http://buffalobayou.org/visit/destination/the-cistern/
upvoting the prius. it made the national news. :)
Eric Berger and Matt Lanza’s Space City Weather Website has been a great development in Houston weather reporting. Those guys know the appropriate amount of hype to give a story…. :)
Best Flood Symbol: Man rescues armadillo at Greens Bayou. I believe Cort McMurray said it best: “You’ve seen it… an intrepid Houstonian was spotted, knee-deep in rainwater, a yellow slicker hanging haphazardly on his shoulders, surrounded by flooded cars and floating debris, toting a waterlogged armadillo to safety… Because wherever you live in this far-flung metropolis, you know what it feels like to be soaked to the skin and up to your knees in rainwater, carrying a stranded armadillo to safety. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? It’s the closest thing we have to a universally Houston experience.”
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Houston-needs-a-new-flag-One-with-a-flood-And-7258046.php#photo-9821381