Tag Archives: Hurricane Harvey
Requiem for an Alt-Weekly
The strange and sudden demise of the Houston Press.
“We need journalism more than ever, and alt-weeklies were an important voice."...Read More
Sunk Costs
Back-to-back record flooding along the Brazos River has forced people in Richmond to make an excruciating choice: Stay or go?
Back-to-back record flooding along the Brazos River has forced people in Richmond to make an excruciating choice: Stay or go?...Read More
New Estimate Puts Harvey Agriculture Losses at $200 Million, One-Tenth of Irma
The figure is only one-fifth of Hurricane Ike’s $1 billion agriculture losses and one-tenth of Irma’s.
Hurricane Harvey caused an estimated $200 million in agricultural losses as it flooded farm fields and washed cattle from ranches, according to a Texas A&M ...Read More
Eye On Texas: Hurricane Harvey
Tamir Kalifa I spent many days on assignment documenting the scenes of devastation and loss in Hurricane Harvey’s wake. The 130 mph winds had passed by the ...Read More
Loon Star State: ‘Harvey Who?’
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ben Sargent takes on the Texas Legislature's response to Hurricane Harvey....Read More
Even Hurricane Harvey Can’t Temper GOP Hostility Toward Texas’ Big Cities
Governor Greg Abbott scoffed at Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s request for emergency funds, saying he "has all the money that he needs."
On August 4, less than a month before Hurricane Harvey made landfall, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick appeared on the Fox Business Network with a diagnosis for ...Read More
Costs for Rural Towns Surge after Hurricane Harvey Hits Water Systems
In Patton Village, some residents went weeks without access to clean drinking water, and now their sewer system is running on a “Band-aid.”
Patton Village had just started using its new $10 million wastewater treatment system when Hurricane Harvey wrecked it last month. Floodwaters fried the pumps...Read More
Reports of Livestock Deaths, Other Ag Losses Trickle in After Harvey
The Texas Animal Health Commission and USDA, however, are mum on an estimated death toll.
At the peak of Harvey’s flooding in southeast Texas, Chambers County rancher Richie Devillier couldn’t distinguish between the westbound lane of Interstate ...Read More
Flood Expert Jim Blackburn: Houston Must Plan or Perish
Blackburn says an “insidious” and “intellectually bankrupt” system favoring developers has worsened flooding in Houston.
For more than three decades, environmental attorney Jim Blackburn has been sounding the alarm about how rampant development is worsening the effects of hurrican...Read More
