It's complicated. It's being discussed. it's fluid Sounds like just another Clutchfans insider sauce thread
There was the tropical storm (I forget the name) that hit Central TX back in 11 or 12. Round Rock was mostly under water. It was nuts. I think we got 17" in one day.
I keep checking Eric's blog hoping for some good news, since he's usually the voice of reason, but he's sounding more and more alarmed....which is a bit troubling.....
Yea this definitely could've been avoided. However, when you keep cutting taxes then there's no money for infrastructure.
Lol tell me about it. We're doing a mediation this afternoon in our office too. (I'm an attorney). We're also talking about things that we have on the calendar for Monday (guess we're going to canoe to work that day). FML.
La Porte and Seabrook doing voluntary evacautions. http://abc13.com/traffic/getting-out-hurricane-harvey-evacuation-orders/2337616/
I know it might be a bit late for those of us in the path or vicinity of the immediate impact of Hurricane Harvey but here is a reminder of the checklist of items for emergency preparedness : Stay safe, y'all.
UPS from what I just heard is completely shutting down for the weekend and Monday. That is pretty major.
The Levees in Houston are generally to keep the major river within their banks. The ones I know about are in Ft Bend County along the Brazos. The Levees in New Orleans are to keep a rise in sea level out because a lot of the land is actually below sea level. It would take a massive amount of rain up stream to overflow our levees, infact they would be more likely to back up water from reaching the river in a local event. The one project I have some knowledge about is Greatwood and it has a massive amount of pump capacity to remove stored water from the development into the Brazos. There has been a massive amount of flood mitigation work done in Harris County since Allison, not enough but a lot. Again, our real flooding issues are 1. the land has little or no slope to move water, water accumulates where it stands 2. the engineering standards for flood detention have an economic limit, events that are outliers from the design storm can't be justified. Areas below the natural ground level have to be pumped up to drain at all, so low freeways with large drainage areas are going to flood. Also most streets in Houston are designed as stormwater conveyances.(I don't recall the exact numbers) We live in a flat coastal swamp with hurricanes, it is going to flood. Also I believe the highest land point in Houston is the top of the old landfill that is now Wildcat Golf Course at 54 feet above sea level. I do see a point in Waller at 310'
