- Death Toll from Storms Increases to 7 in Houston as Flood Waters Recede [Houston Chronicle]
- Floods in Houston No Surprise, Despite Control Efforts [Time]
- In Texas, Race To Build in Hazardous Places Outpaces Flood-Risk Studies, Warming Impacts [New York Times]
- How the Recent Floods Stack Up Against Houston’s Other Catastrophic Rainstorms [Houston Chronicle]
- Displaced Alligator Captured Outside West Houston Office Building Along the Katy Fwy. [abc13]
- Touring Allen Pkwy. by Kayak [YouTube]
- Grand Opening for Renovated Buffalo Bayou Park Delayed from June to the Fall [Houston Chronicle]
- Expect To See More Mosquitoes in the Next Couple of Weeks [Houston Chronicle]
- Never Mind the Flooding, Free Press Summer Fest Will Play Eleanor Tinsley Park in 9 Days [Houston Press]
- CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Has No Comment on the $16M Worth of Building Permits It’s Filed with the City for McNair Campus [HBJ]
- Galveston Restaurant BLVD. Seafood To Open Soon in Former Convenience Store at 28th and Seawall [Galveston County Daily News ($)]
- Del Frisco’s Grille Opening Friday in Hughes Landing in The Woodlands [Houston Chronicle]
- Metro Board May Raise Outbound Peak Toll Price $2 on I-45 North of Downtown, U.S. 59 Southwest of Downtown, U.S. 290 Northwest of Loop 610 [The Highwayman]
- New Mural on Breakfast Klub Building in Midtown Honors Jesse Owens [Houston Press]
- Series of Meetings Scheduled for Public Input on Houston Bike Plan [Montrose District]
- Handcrafted Details of the New Katy Chick-Fil-AÂ [Community Impact Newspaper]
- How Houston Has Heeded That Ancient ‘Live Like People, Not Like Bees’ Billboard on the Gulf Fwy. [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of I-45 North on Tuesday:Â Marc Longoria
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So what is the storm going to be categorized as? A 100 year storm? a 500 year storm? a 1000 year storm?
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Let’s be realistic, 10″ of rain in 3-5 hours is a freak event, just as Allison was a freak event in 2001, but they were unique events of different types and shouldn’t be categorized together. Time did a bad job, imo.