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Old 08-28-2017, 01:53 PM
 
Location: Cypress, TX
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Well, I still plan to move to Houston . I'm not a bottom feeder nor asshat though.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:01 PM
 
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Well, I still plan to move to Houston . I'm not a bottom feeder nor asshat though.
c'mon
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:08 PM
 
Location: Unplugged from the matrix
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Houston just needs to get better with drainage (more detention ponds, reservoirs, bayou widening/deepening). Perhaps de=annex and let smaller cities form to have their own local control (imagine how much easier these evacuations of unincorporated areas would be if it was in separate cities vs various MUD districts.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:24 PM
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Oddly, not. It's like there is a epidemic of short-term memory. TSA was 16 years ago, but a lot of people reacted like it was 116 years ago.
Allen caused a disaster with the evacuation in 1980, but everyone had forgotten about it by the time of Rita in 2005.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:27 PM
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Houston has been flood prone since forever the same way New Orleans is and the same way Manhattan is. The same way LA is waaaaay over due for a major quake. Hopefully the city and surrounding areas will work together to manage drainage and building things higher in the necessary places.
Well Houston's approach has been to have drainage areas like Addicks and Barker, line the bayous to speed flow and use the streets to hold excess water. Also to stop groundwater withdrawal (although the deadline hasn't been reached yet for some areas in North Harris County). New Orleans built levees and didn't change much else. The levees failed.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Well Houston's approach has been to have drainage areas like Addicks and Barker, line the bayous to speed flow and use the streets to hold excess water. Also to stop groundwater withdrawal (although the deadline hasn't been reached yet for some areas in North Harris County). New Orleans built levees and didn't change much else. The levees failed.
I'd say both approaches failed. We probably need to start looking to the Netherlands for flood control mitigation plans.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:45 PM
 
Location: South Florida
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I think just as Miami-Dade county strengthened construction requirements after the horror of Hurricane Andrew (home more able to withstand hurricane winds), Houston may need to make construction of new homes/edifices be required to have homes elevated so that the bottom floor is not the living or working area. It adds to building costs, but when you have a flood-prone city, that makes immense sense. Not just for Houston. Any flood-prone area.

Just like requiring that new homes be built with hurricane shutters or high-impact windows makes sense in Southeastern states that tend to be hurricane targets.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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It means that we are going to try to get another Super Bowl instead of fixing the city's drainage system
Dude, Houston puts a lot more money into its drainage than it does hosting any of its events combined whether super bowl or not.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:53 PM
 
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I'm staying, but I wouldn't blame others for leaving.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:55 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Harris county drainage is prepared to handle a storm that will come once every 100 years and the city of Houston has a rain tax that continually pumps money into drainage improvements.

We've had hurricanes before. As someone else said, this will just make the city build again possibly better than it was before with more modern buildings and construction.
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