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Old 08-28-2017, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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So is the worst yet to come? Or has the worst come and gone?
Predicting that is about as easy as predicting the weather.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:18 PM
 
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Predicting that is about as easy as predicting the weather.
Oh no. Well then all you can do is pray for Houston.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:25 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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One thing for sure Harvey is going to be great fodder for Houston haters for a long time to come !
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:26 PM
 
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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.
The 100-year number is just a swag. I doubt we have 100 years' worth of data, let alone 500. And geological movements being what they are, relative soil levels constantly shift, meaning that drainage that was sufficient at the time a development was built may not be as time passes.

What they need to do is build a flood control system that has a lot of redundancy - something like the Brooklyn Bridge - a system that will serve its function smoothly for a century and beyond. All this rhetoric about 100-year, 500-year is just buck-passing. It's time for eminent domain laws that acquire land for drainage and a bond issue to build sufficient flood control structures for 50 inches of rain in the course of a week. We're only at about 30 inches since the storm hit Houston, and many of the highways are under water, not to mention vast swathes of residential areas. The city is at a standstill. It's time to get serious about flood control.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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How bad is it all really? The news is making it seem as though Houston is Atlantis at the moment but I'm thinking it is mostly the most developed areas where the water is having a tough time draining, no?

Still isn't this only the beginning? I've read Harvey is going back into the Gulf and making its way back to land dropping 50 more inches of water. Next the east rivers will overflow. So is the worst yet to come? Or has the worst come and gone?
Where did you see this? Please post a link..
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:30 PM
 
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/weath...ext/607419001/

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As it spins offshore, the storm is expected to dump an additional 15 to 25 inches of rain through Friday over the upper Texas coast and into southwestern Louisiana, exacerbating the life-threatening, catastrophic flooding in the Houston area, the hurricane center said. Isolated storm totals may reach 50 inches over the upper Texas coast, including the Houston/Galveston metropolitan area.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:35 PM
 
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Houston flooded majorly in 2016 and 2015 too. Does anyone know the population loss due to that?
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:40 PM
 
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One thing for sure Harvey is going to be great fodder for Houston haters for a long time to come !
Why would that be? Usually after a tragedy hits, people start talking about how brave the victims were and how well they handled it.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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The 100-year number is just a swag. I doubt we have 100 years' worth of data, let alone 500. And geological movements being what they are, relative soil levels constantly shift, meaning that drainage that was sufficient at the time a development was built may not be as time passes.

What they need to do is build a flood control system that has a lot of redundancy - something like the Brooklyn Bridge - a system that will serve its function smoothly for a century and beyond. All this rhetoric about 100-year, 500-year is just buck-passing. It's time for eminent domain laws that acquire land for drainage and a bond issue to build sufficient flood control structures for 50 inches of rain in the course of a week. We're only at about 30 inches since the storm hit Houston, and many of the highways are under water, not to mention vast swathes of residential areas. The city is at a standstill. It's time to get serious about flood control.
If I understand what you're saying correctly, all of that is already in place and in place enough to handle the storm that would come in once every 100 years.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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That's isolated storm totals, meaning the whole event , not an additional 50 inches, please read more carefully next time before you post misleading information.

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Why would that be? Usually after a tragedy hits, people start talking about how brave the victims were and how well they handled it.

How long have you been on CD ? It has already started in several threads...
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