Hurricanes, and the curve of forgetting.

[who?]

The mayor of Houston asked people not to evacuate because of the inherent risk of evacuating.
Houston is famous for having NO zoning, not poor zoning.

 

[Puffnstuff]

Houston needs an official theme song that reflects their values. What song would be appropriate?

 

[Victorian Gray]

Houston was warned it was a 'sitting duck' for major flood

Years of building and expanding on flood plains and wetlands contributed to disaster


"When presented with sweeping evidence in 2016 that Houston was a "sitting duck" for the next big hurricane, the former head of the Harris County Flood Control District dismissed the report, saying scientists "have an agenda" and that "their agenda to protect the environment overrides common sense."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/houston-flood-concrete-planning-1.4271740

Hooray for "common sense".

 

[nickqt]

This 18 month old article is relevant.

https://www.propublica.org/article/hell-and-high-water-text

 

[shortylickens]

This 18 month old article is relevant.

https://www.propublica.org/article/hell-and-high-water-text

Republicans will somehow find a way to blame Obama for this. They'll say even though they denied the possibility of a flood it was still on Barrack to find a way to prevent it.

 

[nickqt]

Republicans will somehow find a way to blame Obama for this. They'll say even though they denied the possibility of a flood it was still on Barrack to find a way to prevent it.

The reality is that ultimately, it is the responsibility of reasonable and rational people to anticipate and solve problems before they happen, even if they have to drag the imbeciles along kicking and screaming. Unfortunately, the Masters of the imbeciles have perfected their propaganda machines and have trained their useful idiots to denounce anything that their propaganda machines do not directly issue to them.

 

[dank69]

So I haven't heard any criticism of Trump's handling of this crisis yet. I went looking and found nothing. Is the consensus that he handled this ok thus far?

We learned that he and his entire administration have no idea what it means to see something "first hand."

 

[bshole]

Houston was warned it was a 'sitting duck' for major flood

Years of building and expanding on flood plains and wetlands contributed to disaster


"When presented with sweeping evidence in 2016 that Houston was a "sitting duck" for the next big hurricane, the former head of the Harris County Flood Control District dismissed the report, saying scientists "have an agenda" and that "their agenda to protect the environment overrides common sense."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/houston-flood-concrete-planning-1.4271740

Hooray for "common sense".

I am perplexed about the article you posted. The scientist who made the report remained in his home and got flooded out like everybody else He OBJECTIVELY and SCIENTIFICALLY knew the risk and chose to stay in his own home. That seems so irrational and so human.

The scientist who raised the alarm a year ago watched the waters rise and eventually force him out of his own flooded house.

"It's an emotional issue, because all of our warnings from our research projects have come to fruition," said Sam Brody, a marine scientist at Texas A&M University. He has studied flooding for 15 years and is one of the authors of Rising Waters: Causes and consequences of flooding in the United States.