Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
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Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#2Direct link to plain text version for those who prefer it: https://www.propublica.org/article/hell-and-high-water-text
It is also linked from the article, but embarrassingly took me a minute to find it.
Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#3And now you see how ridiculous this "Ike Dike" idea was. It would have protected nothing. The problem was and is is still the massive rain falls, not the incoming storm surge.
Energy industry could easily build such a "Ike Dike" but why should the city of Houston do such a thing? Bush lobbied strongly for it on behalf of the energy guys, but didn't get it. Now you see why.
Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#4We are all sitting ducks for next big natural disaster.
Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#5We are all sitting ducks for next big natural disaster.
Yes, however every region has different natural disasters that can be prepared for in different ways, so when they happen they cost many less lives.
Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#6Someone, at sometime, has previously predicted just about anything and published it, making them appear prescient.
Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#7Someone, at sometime, has previously predicted just about anything and published it, making them appear prescient.
If you read the article you will see that it entirely failed to predict what just happened in Houston. The article goes on and on about Storm Surges, and building Dikes - neither of which had anything to do with what just happened.
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Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#9I found this "floodsplainer" series of tweets informative about Houston's flood-mitigation infrastructure efforts.
Re: Houston is a sitting duck for the next big hurricane (2016)
#10Three Years After Sandy, Is New York Prepared for the Next Big Storm?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29102015/three-years-afte...
California ill-prepared for the Big One, experts say https://phys.org/news/2016-07-california-ill-prepared-big-ex...
What Would Happen If Yellowstone's Supervolcano Erupted? https://www.livescience.com/20714-yellowstone-supervolcano-e...
America’s Crumbling Dams Are A Disaster Waiting To Happen http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/america-crumbling-dam...
Scientists say Seattle’s overdue earthquake could happen within 50 years http://mynorthwest.com/12944/scientists-say-seattles-overdue...
Ancient aliens are hibernating on Earth – and they are waiting to ATTACK - shock claims http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/618941/ancient-a...
There's nothing particularly interesting about old articles that appear to have predicted current events.
When it happens, someone will dig up the old article saying "are we ready for the floobledasch EVENT?!!!"