Supports National Flood Insurance Program

"...recent lambasting ("Hightower Report," Sept. 17) of the National Flood Insurance Program. Millions/billions of dollars are paid annually in..."

Sept. 27, 2004 Postmarks

The Flood Is on the Other Foot

Local hospitality pros in need of assistance after Halloween flood

"...is hurt, or sick, or washed out by a flood, our local restaurant and bar community gathers around, pitches..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...of Mexico created the perfect conditions for a massive flood event...."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...greatest wildfire risk – could instead be ravaged by flooding. What does it all mean? Preparing for doomsday is..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

First-Ever State Flood Planning Project Underway

Plan offers strategies to mitigate risk including structural improvements and buyouts

"...rainfall across the U.S., recent studies suggest that current flood mapping has not accounted for that increased risk. Flooding..."

April 15, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

After the Flood

It's going to take time and hard work to rebuild what the Memorial Day flood destroyed

"...past Saturday, June 20, in the direction of the flood waters that devastated Wimberley, San Marcos, and other parts..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Rising From the Halloween Flood

Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods

"..."Is God getting us ready for this? – another flood?"..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

FEMA's Flood Tide

One stroke forward, two strokes back – hurricane victims tread rising bureaucratic waters

"...toss into a bag or two, fleeing from a flood that decimates the city you call home. Now picture..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Council: Fire, Flood, and Men on Horseback

Contentious issues fill this week's slate

"...Beyond that, ridesharing raises all sorts of issues of insurance, liability, etc., and Council's previous forays into this territory..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

News Roundup: Homeless Count, TNCs, and Council Races

ECHO's annual homeless count takes place January 23

"...will he run for D6 again?; FEMA issues updated flood insurance rate maps for portions of Austin; and more...."

Jan. 11, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Anatomy of a Drowning

A Flood of Bad Blood Deluges Onion Creek

"...the boundaries, as presently defined, of Onion Creek's 100-year floodplain, though the creek itself is more than 1,000 feet..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: It’s Floodin’ Down in Texas

Special Sunday meeting addresses latest Onion Creek disaster

"...a litany of desperate tales of yet another Halloween flood...."

Nov. 9, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Supports Flood Insurance..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Column

The Hightower Report

The Department of Homeland Security shills for Big Insurance; and Dubya uses Nixon's old hatchet man against Kerry

"...THE HOMELAND SECURITY INSURANCE SCAM..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Public Notice: PUD Doesn't Get ZAPped

Zoning Commission works through Council hiatus

"...Do you need help filing a flood insurance claim? FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program has a..."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

News Roundup: All Sorts of Disasters

Pressley vs. Casar, Linklater vs. fire, and more

"...In this week's News Roundup, flood relief efforts are far from complete, a judge rules..."

June 22, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Don’t Stop Believing: Moving Panoramas’ Leslie Sisson Overcomes the Trauma That Birthed In Two

Sophomore LP spins a sequel to the shoegazers’ extraordinary journey

"...wasn't taking new patients or had stopped taking my insurance. The only place I found was a community clinic..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Patricia J. Ruland Does Your Mac Live in a Floodplain?..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature

Alejandro Escovedo Hosts Matt McCormack Benefit

‘I looked at the windows to see water coming through them’

"...Valley Below – to hear firsthand about his family’s flood experience and the benefit...."

Feb. 5, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Sandy Nay-Sayers

The eight Texas congressmen who voted against storm relief

"...to borrow an extra $9.7 billion for the National Flood Insurance Fund by amending the National Flood Insurance Act..."

Jan. 9, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Left Holding Short HUD Hurricane Aid Stick

State gets a sliver of total it requested from Congress

"...uninsured when Katrina hit because their mortgages, which require flood insurance, were paid off, she said...."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Day Trips & Beyond: Twelve Weeks After Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas

"Port A is open for business," says chamber of commerce

"...boats were flung around like toys in a bathtub. Flood waters covered all but the highest parts of Mustang..."

Dec. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Katrina and the Lessons Not Learned

New documentary about Hurricane Katrina uses old footage to teach the same lessons.

"...a punching bag as a floatation device in the flooded streets. He was pushing it from house to house..."

July 19, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two

In a post-Katrina about-face, Republicans suddenly don't want to play the 'blame game'

"...their tribe while counting its trust funds) indicted federal flood insurance as a major culprit because it encourages folks..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Out of Pocket

Teachers forced to pay for supplies after flood

"...work, all those office supplies washed away by a flood, and the investors want you to pay to replace..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

High Waters: Questions at Onion Creek

Residents still frustrated six months after flood

"...Southeast Austin – survivors of last fall's deadly Halloween flood – shouted out questions on Saturday when the floor..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...boxes or suitcases ready to go. And those include insurance papers, medical considerations. We ask our citizens to get..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...an engaged community. His simple, sensible policies include health insurance for all Texas children, raising the minimum wage, and,..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...an engaged community. His simple, sensible policies include health insurance for all Texas children, raising the minimum wage, and,..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...an engaged community. His simple, sensible policies include health insurance for all Texas children, raising the minimum wage, and,..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

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