Floods, Water, and the Built Environment

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Kind

Topic

Pieces

11

Minimum To List

3

Recommended Entry

What Happened at Camp Mystic?

Format

Essays and field cases

Scope

Floods, water, and infrastructure

Entry Point

In This Collection

1. The 100-Year Flood Is Not What You Think

   Essay | Feb 11, 2026 | v1.0 | 3 min read

   Why the 100-year flood happens more than once in a century ~
2. How Tucson, AZ Plans for Water Scarcity

   Essay | Sep 22, 2025 | v1.0 | 6 min read

   Four Ways to Manage Risk in a Desert City ~ and how tucson plans to water its lawns for the next century
3. Camp Mystic Evacuation Timeline ~ Guadalupe River Flash Flood (July 4, 2025)

   Essay | Sep 7, 2025 | v1.0 | 8 min read

   Why 30 Minutes Matters ~ Testing the Official Accounts Against the USGS Hunt Gauge
4. Who’s Responsible for Building in the Floodplain?

   Essay | Jul 24, 2025 | v1.0 | 7 min read

   Camp Mystic, Zoning Laws, and the Limits of Federal Power
5. Flash Flood Alley: Why Flash Floods Kill

   Essay | Jul 17, 2025 | v1.0 | 11 min read

   Texas Hill Country and the Limits of Early Warning
6. The Water’s Rising: What the Data Really Says About Extreme Weather

   Essay | Jul 14, 2025 | v1.0 | 6 min read

   “The weather’s never been like this!”
7. What Happened at Camp Mystic?

   Essay | Jul 14, 2025 | v1.0 | 4 min read

   A Primer on the July 4, 2025 Texas Flood Tragedy
   Entry PointRecommended entry point for this collection.
8. Dirt Is Better Than Air

   Essay | Apr 27, 2025 | v1.0 | 3 min read

   Build heavy. Before you need it.
9. Mingo County: Mud in the Water

   Essay | Mar 24, 2025 | v1.0 | 6 min read

   What one West Virginia town reveals about America’s crumbling water systems
10. Rethinking Coastal Retreat

    Essay | Dec 15, 2024 | v1.0 | 5 min read

    An Exploration
11. The National Flood Insurance Program

    Essay | Dec 15, 2024 | v1.0 | 5 min read

    An Exploration

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