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LetMyPeopleVote

(143,999 posts)
Mon Apr 26, 2021, 09:02 AM Apr 2021

It is time for the Ike Dike

This is something that we have been pushing for. In 2008 Hurricane Ike went up the Houston ship channel and caused a ton of flooding. A hurricane going up a slightly different path could flood Galveston and a large amount of Houston with a storm surge. Since 2010, there have been plans for a seawall that would in effect be a barrier to a storm surge going up the Houston ship channel.

There are hopes that the Biden infrastructure plan could include the Ike dike


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It is time for the Ike Dike (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 OP
How about some zoning laws and drainage requirements underpants Apr 2021 #1
Drainage does not help against storm surge LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #2
We need the Ike Dike LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #3

underpants

(182,279 posts)
1. How about some zoning laws and drainage requirements
Mon Apr 26, 2021, 09:17 AM
Apr 2021

or Houston can just get bailed out (literally) by the Feds.

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