The Michael Berry show homeowners in the Conroe area expressing their frustrations

About the San Jacino River Authority releasing water into the San Jacino River and not

pre-releasing the water ahead of the storm.

The story from Fox 26.

Homeowners expressing their frustrations with the San Jacinto River Authority

for continuing to release water into the San Jacinto River which is now

flooding and flooding their homes. We did speak to the River Authority who says and

we asked them why they didn't pre-release the water knowing that the storm was

coming and they said it's just hard to determine what Mother Nature is going to do.

When we moved we knew that this was a high-risk area. River Plantation resident Jordan Ortiz made the difficult decision to evacuate his

family from their home Thursday because of rising floodwaters.

Where that water's flowing out, it's coming out from my yard and my yard next to it. I'm thinking I've

probably got stomach high water. The San Jacinto River Authority says during Hurricane

Harvey in 2017 the inflow into Lake Con Row was about 130,000 cubic feet per second.

Just a few days ago they said they saw a peak of 150,000 cubic feet per second.

Our primary goal is to protect our dam.

People have been raising concerns about the release of water causing their homes and their

neighborhoods to flood. Can you just kind of speak on that a little bit?

Well, once again our role is to to maintain the integrity of the dam and with as we have rainfall and storm events, Mother Nature sends that rain.

We don't know when and how long and how much.

And we respond to that by opening our gates to protect our lake and our dam.

Meanwhile downstream homeowners are facing a tough reality as floodwaters inundate their homes.

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