Residents on Houston's northwest side are feeling a little low right now, but that sinking feeling has nothing to do with an emotional downswing.
New data shows northwest Houston is now the fastest sinking land in the coastal area.
Between 1987 and 1995, some areas have dropped some 1.98 feet. Houston's had a subsidence, or sinking problem, for years. But officials had been more concerned about the southeast side of Harris County and Galveston. This new trend affecting the northwest side, revealed in a National Geodetic Survey, is important but not surprising, according to those who track sinking land for the Houston area. But it does mean a fine-tuning of the agency's subsidence plan.