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Tag: USACE

Energy & Environment

Disaster Responders Say Ike Taught Them Debris Is Your Enemy

Dave Fehling

Posted on September 8, 2016 · Hurricane Ike hit us here on the Texas coast eight years ago next week. The disaster taught emergency agencies what it takes to clean-up and restore the Houston region. News 88.7 went with them for an aerial tour.

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Looking To Holland To Find More Sand For Galveston Island

Dave Fehling

Posted on August 30, 2016 · Galveston Island is trying a new way to make its beaches bigger.

Tags Beach erosion beach restoration Galveston Beach Sand Motor USACE

Energy & Environment

Tax Day Floodwaters Finally Drain From Houston’s Big Reservoirs

Dave Fehling

Posted on July 6, 2016 · It’s taken over two months, but the last of the massive rainfall from the Tax Day Flood is flowing out of reservoirs on Houston’s west side.

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