FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – For years, flooding has plagued streets and neighborhoods across Fort Bend County — and for residents like William Carpenter, the problem is personal.
Carpenter has lived on Sycamore Road in Rosenberg for more than 50 years. To protect his home, he built a barrier around the property.
“I picked these up and down there you can barely see them, but I have those gates that I put in here to keep the water from here, from coming in,” Carpenter said…