About Arlington's Woodland Park Estates

It’s been a year now since flooding from Tropical Storm Hermine caused major damage to dozens of homes in Arlington, TX. This doesn’t even include an entire condominium complex which was probably the worst hit and determined to be totaled.

Many of the homeowners whose homes were badly damaged in the floods actually decided rebuild and stay where they were, and they did so. Unfortunately, they city of Arlington later decided to buy out many of these homes near Rush Creek and knock them down. I say unfortunately because they did this AFTER many homeowners went through the work, stress, and expense of rebuilding. And yes, many did have flood insurance, but they were still out money of their own in so many cases.

So over the last few months I have noticed that homes are slowly disappearing one by one. It was only yesterday that I drove by and actually saw a home being knocked down before my eyes. Today, the home next to it was being knocked down when I drove by.

Even though the families have moved on and some have even stayed in the neighborhood, it just really sad to see the homes coming down in my own neighborhood.