Belief in Flood Control
Sugar Land, TX. Taken from the University Boulevard bridge over Ditch H, looking down on the ditch and South toward the Brazos River, which is just visible in the distance beyond the trees. Note that the levee on the right below the spillway has already experienced significant erosion from previous floods. Three flooding episodes during Hurricane Harvey left only a few feet of freeboard on these levees. A more recent storm with no name delivered a higher precipitation rate, but only for one day. Ditch H is the drain for the Levee Improvement District that protects my house from flooding, one of nine such districts in Sugar Land.
Nothing added to the photo, but it did need vigorous slides to bring out the detail in highlights and shadows. Happy Sliders Sunday!
Belief in Flood Control
Sugar Land, TX. Taken from the University Boulevard bridge over Ditch H, looking down on the ditch and South toward the Brazos River, which is just visible in the distance beyond the trees. Note that the levee on the right below the spillway has already experienced significant erosion from previous floods. Three flooding episodes during Hurricane Harvey left only a few feet of freeboard on these levees. A more recent storm with no name delivered a higher precipitation rate, but only for one day. Ditch H is the drain for the Levee Improvement District that protects my house from flooding, one of nine such districts in Sugar Land.
Nothing added to the photo, but it did need vigorous slides to bring out the detail in highlights and shadows. Happy Sliders Sunday!