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Old 05-08-2019, 08:20 PM
 
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Are you planning a long term or short term move? Come visit and look around at areas that have not experienced any flooding yet. You may still like it here.
Long term. I am endlessly searching for those areas. The recent floodings threw me for a loop and add to my confusion. I am currently searching in Katy, Spring, Cypress, Sugar Land, Tomball, and Pearland.

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Old 05-08-2019, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Houston is not the only city that has experienced flooding in recent days and weeks.


Flooding turns deadly in Texas after water submerged Dallas Love Field Airport garage
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...arage/70008088


Man found dead in Lady Bird Lake after being swept away in flood waters
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/aust...ers/1989546620

I have lived in Houston my whole life and have experienced many flooding events, I personally have never experienced a flooding loss or a hurricane loss either. Its only in recent years that what is a fairly run of the mill flooding event makes national news. I guess its a sign that Houston has arrived and people in other parts of the country are interested in what is happening here
That only happened because the storm drain was clogged in the garage. We do have areas that flood in North Texas but not widespread flooding that happens in Houston.
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Old 05-08-2019, 08:38 PM
 
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That's a gulf view Beaches are... so so...
Are you getting a transfer from work? You probably need to know where you will work to look for a place to live. Otherwise, you will spend lots of time living on the highways.
Relocating my business so traffic is not a big concern. No flood zone is the main concern at this point. Does that even exist anymore?
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Old 05-08-2019, 08:43 PM
 
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I have lived in Houston my whole life and have experienced many flooding events, I personally have never experienced a flooding loss or a hurricane loss either. Its only in recent years that what is a fairly run of the mill flooding event makes national news. I guess its a sign that Houston has arrived and people in other parts of the country are interested in what is happening here
That's good news. I was thinking the whole city and surrounding areas are doomed to flooding.
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Old 05-08-2019, 08:47 PM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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There is a map of floodplains:
https://www.harriscountyfemt.org/
Zoom it to see the areas.

Flood-prone areas of Houston:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/abo...-map-83183.php
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Old 05-08-2019, 08:57 PM
 
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There is a map of floodplains:
https://www.harriscountyfemt.org/
Zoom it to see the areas.

Flood-prone areas of Houston:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/abo...-map-83183.php
That's interesting. Thanks
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Old 05-08-2019, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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That only happened because the storm drain was clogged in the garage. We do have areas that flood in North Texas but not widespread flooding that happens in Houston.
Yes local clogged drains. You would be surprised how many of the floods like the ones last night are caused by exactly that here.

With that said it rains more here so it will flood more here, and that's fine, its worth it....
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Old 05-08-2019, 09:38 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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That's good news. I was thinking the whole city and surrounding areas are doomed to flooding.
No they are not. With that said I probably would never live in a 1 story house or ground floor apartment again in Houston.

Buy a 2 story house and never store anything of any monetary or sentimental value on the ground floor.
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Old 05-09-2019, 05:26 AM
 
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Well, don't forget hurricanes: they usually come from top...
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Old 05-09-2019, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Memorial Villages
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Probably 90%+ of the homes in Houston have never flooded. But it is absolutely true that many of these could flood if a storm parked over them long enough, especially if there were extenuating circumstances like an undetected clogged or collapsed storm drain nearby.

If you're still open to moving to Houston - find a house that's never flooded and is nowhere near the 500-year floodplain, not inside a reservoir, and check a topo map and try to find a relatively high area. Buy flood insurance so that you're covered just in case. Or just buy a midrise/highrise condo.

It's been a long time since Houston was hit by a hurricane whose primary impacts to Houston were wind damage, rather than flooding. Ike in 2008 did some damage, but Galveston and areas east of Houston bore the brunt of the storm. Harvey's wind damage was very minimal (mostly associated with a few isolated tornados) - if it had kept moving over Houston and hadn't stalled and dumped a ton of rain, we wouldn't still be talking about it.
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