Clear Creek just north of Shadow Creek Ranch has seen more water during Hurricane Harvey than in its recorded history. This has been referred to as a 1,000 year event. The watersheds of Shadow Creek Ranch are performing as designed. The streets were designed and intended to store water. When water in the lakes reaches roughly a foot from the top of the lake's edge, the water will start back-flowing in the streets through the street inlets. Again, this is by design. There is an enormous amount of storage when all streets of SCR are being utilized. The home builders of SCR then build the house pads roughly two feet above the top of curb. You can see in this video of SCR we found (posted on YouTube by Dean Digamon), even though it is awful to see that amount of water, on the whole, SCR is doing extremely well considering the unprecedented amount of water in Clear Creek. So far we have not heard of one house that had taken on water inside the dwelling. (UPDATE: We hadn't heard of any at the time of this post but reports are now coming in. We're working on putting together a list of neighborhoods that had water in homes. If you know of any please let us know.) Unfortunately, it is not over, and we may not have seen the worst of it. I hope SCR continues to detain water in every little place available for a couple days longer. Up to now, she's done an amazing job. (fb)

Pearland Medical Center & Pearland Fire Department Hosting SAVE-A-LIFE SATURDAY WHO: Pearland Medical Center & Pearland Fire Department WHAT: Pearland Medical Center & Pearland Fire Department are hosting SAVE-A-LIFE SATURDAY, a free community event where attendees will learn hands-only CPR. Information regarding cardiac wellness, early heart attack care and stroke prevention will also be provided. WHEN: Sat., June 24, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Pearland Town Center Pavilion, 11200 Broadway St. Pearland, TX, 77584 (fb)