Will Bridge City, TX be flooded due to dam B release at Steinhagen Lake?
September 2, 2017 10:20 AM Subscribe
My parents have evacuated their neighborhood (Bevil Oaks outside of Beaumont) and are staying with family in Bridge City. How will dam releases affect the water level where they are? Should I ask them to evacuate?
I don't know how flooding works. What should I track?
I have family in Lumberton and Bridge City with houses that are above water.
Here are readings from usgs for Pine Island Bayou as of this time.
Should I mainly track the Neches River data to know when Bridge City would be flooded more than it has already been this week?
So far, my family's house in Bridge City has not taken on water, but roads have been impassible at times.
My sister says that Dam B at Steinhagen Lake between Woodville and Jasper is of concern, but I don't know how much to be concerned. How will it affect areas downstream?
Should I argue with everyone to evacuate even more?
I don't know how flooding works. What should I track?
I have family in Lumberton and Bridge City with houses that are above water.
Here are readings from usgs for Pine Island Bayou as of this time.
Should I mainly track the Neches River data to know when Bridge City would be flooded more than it has already been this week?
So far, my family's house in Bridge City has not taken on water, but roads have been impassible at times.
My sister says that Dam B at Steinhagen Lake between Woodville and Jasper is of concern, but I don't know how much to be concerned. How will it affect areas downstream?
Should I argue with everyone to evacuate even more?
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"voluntary evacuation has been requested for residents living in the low lying areas along the Neches River below Dam B." That info is five days old. I don't know how close they are to the Neches or even in that basin, or if they are on low ground, or if the voluntary evacuation order is still even in effect.
I would recommend calling the Lower Neches Valley Authority, give them the exact address and elevation and see what they say. Can also try the local US Army Corps of Engineers, who seems to also have a say in this type of thing.
I generally don't trust the state of TX for much of anything, they've had a "D" rating on flood control infrastructure for a long time, and they just don't seem to care much about building and repairing things that protect Texan lives and property.
But I think the LVNA is a better source than trying to do your own guessing based on water levels elsewhere, opinions of strangers on the internet, etc.
posted by SaltySalticid at 11:10 AM on September 2, 2017 [1 favorite]