What's Causing Floods Around Kingwood??

Im not going to debate the facts with you. Go to the san jac river authority website and look at historical river stage data. Look at river stage in 1994, then again for Ike, and our most recent May event. Observed flooding was consistent with river stages shown on site. 4951

choclab: Yeah, screw logic, hydraulics, and physics in general. We'll go with this. 4951

I am just looking at data. I have heard no hydraulics, physics, or logic from you. All i have heard spewing from you is the release from lake Houston was less than that from lake conroe, which contradicts the facts. You also made a statement that dredging would likely make no difference. Well, if a container originally the size of lake houston is now half the size because it is filled with 40 years of silt and sand, deposited by a river with high bedload during flooding occrrences, it only makes sense less severe rains will more readily create flood situations. 4951

choclab: Well, if Lake Houston started at empty prior to a flooding event you might have a point....but it doesn't. The lake is intended to hold water for consumption.  They either need to get the lake drained down earlier or figure out a way to move water out faster than it comes in - not magic.To answer the dredge statement, let's say you have a gallon container and a half gallon container both filled with water.  You pour a cup of water into both containers...does only half a cup spill out of the gallon container because it is twice as big?  No, of course not - the whole cup overflows.  That is why I say dredging won't help much with a surge situation like we got that weekend. Be great to have more capacity though - pretty expensive process for a city with money troubles already.  As for the logic/hydraulics/physics you can not have higher water levels and less flooding - that is how the world works.  Sorry if you find that hard to believe.  So either you are not looking at the same points, the level data is incorrect or the flooding description is wrong.
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What is wrong with you people? The OP's question was simple: "What's causing floods around Kingwood?"WATERDamn, is it THAT difficult to answer? I don't understand you guys sometimes. 4951

jax: Partially right,  "too much water" is the correct answer.
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ET: Well I imagine so. I wouldn't expect it to be milk. 4951

choclab: Lake Conroe is not the only thing feeding Lake Houston.
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More feeding the lake than I thought.  A lot of that weekend's rain fell to the west and that is a huge feeder that doesn't go through Conroe.  4951