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Comments on: 2017 Hurricane Season https://whynow.dumka.us/2017/12/01/2017-hurricane-season/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 02 Dec 2017 20:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2017/12/01/2017-hurricane-season/comment-page-1/#comment-86814 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 20:35:02 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=40691#comment-86814 I got 4 feet of rain after Georges stalled, but it just flows through the sand back into the water table. The only flooding we have locally is a result of blocked storm drains for poorly designed roads and parking lots.

My understanding is that Houston has too much pavement and an inadequate drainage system for the metro area. It seems obvious that runoff should be directed into the ship canal, but it appears to be held in retention ponds/bayous which can’t handle the drainage. There doesn’t seem to be a plan, and any real fix will be obscenely expensive.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2017/12/01/2017-hurricane-season/comment-page-1/#comment-86813 Sat, 02 Dec 2017 16:55:58 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=40691#comment-86813 Houston was affected very unevenly. The public library 1-1/2 blocks from us was flooded to a degree that it’s still closed months later. Our street took water deep enough for a canoe and a kayak to pass through, but neither our cars nor Our House took water. For about 3 months furniture was piled in the yards of the truly unlucky. Several pro athletes donated in total millions of dollars to restoration of the worst hit neighborhoods. Many of us cannot avoid asking Why And still life creeps back to normal.

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