Houston may see population boost from Harvey

[curbur]

Originally Posted by 979Texan

Spring and cypress boutta get a ho lot mo ghetto, fam

Haha, I doubt that but perhaps portions of them will.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

I could remember the TV reporter said that "at least Houston drains" compared to New Orleans (Katrina or the pumps not working a couple weeks before Harvey).

Most people equate Houston and New Orleans drainage problems, but being significantly above sea level helps. The Northshore suburbs of NOLA are pretty much the same elevation as Galveston, but that's considered high by NOLA standards.

We are worse, because we don't have any pumps to get the water out
At least New Orleans has pumps
We rely on gravity and our "great" drainage system

[texas7]

Originally Posted by convextech

My cousin lives in Houston and she is fed up with the flooding every time it rains. This hurricane clinched it for her. She and most of her neighbors are moving as soon as feasible.

She must have flooded? I live on the coastal side of harris county and wouldn't dream of moving. Love it there. I was spared from flooding this time. I was prepared though, it got close. I flooded many years ago in a different home. Just to the tops of baseboard but that was high enough.

[Jack Lance]

With all those people stuck inside with each other during the storm I predict there will be a baby boom sometime in May 2018...? That will be a population boost from Harvey !

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

With all those people stuck inside with each other during the storm I predict there will be a baby boom sometime in May 2018...? That will be a population boost from Harvey !

Not in every household,
in some households, one of the two people was freaking out way too much for anything like that

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by Dopo

Not in every household,
in some households, one of the two people was freaking out way too much for anything like that

Was that Mrs Dopo, or was that you freaking out ?

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Dopo

We are worse, because we don't have any pumps to get the water out
At least New Orleans has pumps
We rely on gravity and our "great" drainage system

Pumps are needed because NOLA sits below sea level. Without a siphon, the water would just sit there--stagnant--and the city would be part of Lac-Ponchatrain or the new Lac-Orléans!

Beaumont and Port Arthur are essentially Louisiana swamps, which end at the Trinity River/Bay. It's much more flatter than Houston and low-lying in elevation due to the closer proximity to the Gulf Coast. The Neches and the Sabine converge into the Lake in Port Arthur.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

Was that Mrs Dopo, or was that you freaking out ?

I thought only cold weather made it shrink

[Lrm123]

So New Orleans sits below water and they got pumps. So they flood when the levee built by army corp of engineers fail. Just because Houston's elevation is above New Orleans, does that mean Houston doesn't need to do anything about the annual flooding? No one disputes that other than maybe Netherlands any city could have handled the amount of rain due to Harvey. 3 floods in 3 years. At some point, you need to have flood control at a city wide basis and not just stick it to the communities that are downstream. New sub-divisions get built higher, wiping all the vegetation and who cares about the sub division that was built 10 yrs ago. I think the developers run the city. It's interesting to see between the insurers and builders who prevails.