Lake Houston waterfront owner here! My family has lived on the lake since 1974...we own 5 lakefront homes between us...and an extra lot.
They drained the lake a few days before. It lowered about 6-12" from my view (did not measure obviously.) I can't believe there is any foul play here. Conroe is now used as a storage unit for lake houston b/c lake houston is now COH drinking water. It is almost as if no one remembers 2011 when the SJRA lowered conroe to fill lake houston. anyone???
Other tin foil stuff on this thread:
(1) property value for taxes - lol - the CADs get you regardless of water level...and in reality, every sale increases taxable value b/c they typically have lakefront valued lower than actual (unlike other high dollar area where inventory moves quickly.
(2) kingwood people - i love kingwood. i love kingwood people. they do always seem to be acting like their life is perfect and complaining when it is not. They probably have the biggest pride vs. property value issue on the planet. People living in a 279k house acting like they are in River Oaks...so silly!
(3) Eff lake conroe - bulkheaded-up POS! No tin foil here
This was a great flood. We had two houses flood, one on east side and one on the west side. The west side was a disaster b/c the wind/waves were kicking like it was a Cat 1 hurricane.
I have also never seen so many boat docks being uprooted before. My backyard had over 80 linear foot of boat dock laying in it. Most of them have two problems (1) Ringshank nails only...seriously...building permits require bolts at runner joints joints...how did this get by? (2) space your deck out....it needs to allow flow when underwater. I broke code with my dock with screws on every board as well !