Right on!

Harvey was a once every 1000 year event . Some have said once every 10,000 years event. Has Lake Conroe ever caused flooding like it did in 2017 or ever prevented it? Latta is probably right .

It�ll be interesting to see what they do. There�s a lot of money on Conroe and we know money always seems to win. I doubt pre releasing Conroe would have mattered but you�ll never convince most Kingwood homeowners of that. Most of ones I know are part of a lawsuit and think they�ll win. I tell them they are crazy and the only persons that�ll win are the lawyers.

Pre Loweing the Lake a foot or two in case we get another rain event like Harvey is like arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

More of a issue to me is how they let it rise without increasing the flow enough then they had to go to a crazy high release rate. I think they miscalculated the in flow or at least how long the in flow could keep that rate up.

Heard yesterday Lake Houston only has two release gates at the dam, is that true? If they�d pre releaed and Kingwood would have gotten all the water and it missed Conroe then they�d be screwed, it�s a lose/lose situation I think. All a gamble

I saw something that said it is a 3 year plan until they come up with a better solution

I am willing to bet your boat cant get out of a dock in 2ft of water. You need 10 inches for the lift cross beam and the bunk supports. That means at 2ft you only have 14 inches left to draft. My boat drafts close to 18" loaded. With season changes its unlikely that 2ft will actually be 2ft. More likely it will be a swing between 2-3 feet leaving somewhere in the 12-24" of water.

Conroe and lake Houston go hand in hand. Lake Houston guys say Conroe is at fault. And neither lake hace property owners that likes flooding.

lol... 2 feet and the sky is falling.

The lake was built for flood control and water supply not for home owners and fishermen and they will do what they want to do to keep people safe. Build a home on lake Amistad, oh that's right not allowed thank god.

That�s no lie!

Please don't bring logic into this. We all know that a storm dropping 40-50" of water would have been saved with the lake lowered by 2', and no flooding would have occurred downstream. Let's not get all wild and crazy with the logic there, Jaret

I also helped people escape following Harvey, both along the lower San Jac, and then down in the Golden Triangle area. People seem to be incapable of realizing that Harvey was a freak of nature that wreaked havoc and lowering lakes by 2-3' wouldn't have saved anything. But it is what it is...political pressure will be the overcomer once again. Logic be damned

They might have built Conroe for water supply and flood control but there�s a lot of million dollar plus homes on Conroe. I think it became more about money. Quite a few of the homes are �vacation� homes or just a second home. I know several people that live in multi million dollar homes in The Woodlands who have million dollar homes on Conroe for some reason. The SJRA will probably be involved in lawsuits for the next 20 years.

Not sure Conroe is on anyone's bucket list. I've never been there and doubt I'll ever go.

Its a tough lake to fish for sure. Its definitely not the place to go to if you are looking for numbers. But 2 8+ have been caught out of my boat in the past 6 months. Hard to find that a lot of places.