Let’s go back to Tropical storm Claudette. https://www.weather.gov/lch/1979Claudette Since that storm, drainage district 6 in Beaumont has spend north of $250mm in flood control projects and the place still flooded in Harvey and Imelda. But not my house, which drains straight into both pond Cs in the illustration, which were dug to a depth of 10 feet. I don’t carry flood insurance, but my family “paid” more for flood protection than any other entity in Jefferson County, as every single area highlighted in green was taken from my grandfather via eminent domain. Hindsight being 20/20, our attitude during arbitration in the 80s was “the gotdanged govmint is stealing our land” - but 40 years later we freely admit it was the best decision for the most number of people. I can’t imagine what would have happened had we developed neighborhoods and built houses on all that land. What is now pond B was my private dove field/high school keg party and bonfire venue, so at least I had that. It was outside of city limits.