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Did Houston's Infrastructure Making Flooding Worse?
Sep 29, 2017
Arnold & Itkin LLP
When residents’ homes in Fort Bend near Barker Reservoir were left flooded and destroyed, they wondered how it could have happened. They weren’t in a flood zone, so many of them hadn’t bothered to buy flood insurance. Not even their real estate agents told them about a history of flooding, and there weren’t issues in the past. The devastating ...
Refinery & Chemical Plant May Have Caused Flooding
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
29
2017
Our blog has covered flooding that was caused by flood management officials in Houston, the SJRA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers…but today’s ...
Accountability Act Demands Report from SJRA & Houston
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
26
2017
On September 26, 2017, a bipartisan bill was introduced to Congress entitled “The Texas Flood Accountability Act of 2017.” The bill was sponsored by ...
Houston Home Cooks Find Ways to Move Forward
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
25
2017
Harvey flooded over 100,000 homes throughout South Texas, leaving homeowners and businesses to clean up $190 billion in damages. Among the many things ...
The Deck Is Stacked Against Business Interruption Claims
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
21
2017
In Hurricane Harvey’s wake, local communities rely on businesses to restart the local economy and renew a sense of normalcy. We’re not being overly ...
Representatives Call for Investigation into SJRA Floods
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
21
2017
The San Jacinto River Authority is legally sanctioned to release water from Lake Conroe Dam to preserve the lake’s water level and prevent ...
Flood Forewarnings from Over a Decade Ago
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
14
2017
Consider the following scenario: One of the worst storms that the Texas Gulf Coast had ever seen moved over the San Jacinto River Basin…and stayed ...
Harvey's Floodwater Is Dangerously Contaminated
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
11
2017
Residents caught in Harvey’s wake are finding that the water in their homes is the least of their problems: what’s in the water is even worse. A ...
Houston's Poverty Rate Will Rise If Insurers Do Nothing
Arnold & Itkin LLP
Sep
07
2017
According to 2016 Census Bureau data, the poverty rate in Houston was nearly 21 percent last year—and nearly 33 percent among minors. Texas has the ...