SAN ANTONIO – People living along one Northwest Side street that has flooded multiple times in recent years are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst ahead of an oncoming storm.
Forecasts called for a large amount of rain and potential flooding across the area, beginning Thursday afternoon.
“I don’t know. I’ll probably get sandbags or something to make sure it doesn’t come up,” said Eric Stubbs, who lives on Dhaka View.
The street, not far from Grissom Road and Timberhill Drive, has become submerged in floodwaters several times recently.
The last time was in July, when Jonathan Clemente’s end of the block got hit the hardest.
He lost a dining room table and refrigerator to flooding.
“I didn’t even get it out of the box or enjoy it for one day before the flood took it away,” he told KSAT 12 News at that time.
Clemente had just replaced those items after losing them in another flood in 2025.
Other neighbors spoke of damage to their homes and foundations caused by the repeated deluges.
They believe the flooding stems from a drainage problem involving a nearby creek.
Stubbs, who moved into the neighborhood only a few months ago, said he had noticed a few signs of trouble but didn’t know the depth of it.
“The corrosion in the back and the fence, how it is,” he said. “I heard a little bit, but we really are just new here.”
He and his family are renting their home.
At the other end of the street is a sign outside a home indicating that the owner plans to sell it.
It may be a while before the problem itself goes away.
A spokesman for the city of San Antonio’s Public Works department told KSAT 12 News back in July that work on a project to mitigate the drainage problem is expected to start in mid-to-late 2027.
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