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TexasBushwhacker

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4. Well, the flood plain maps will be redrawn

Reply to Demtexan (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 09:22 PM

Sep 2017

They simply must stop rebuilding in areas that flood all the time. FEMA needs to a buy back program and areas that are cleared can be reclaimed as government owned wetlands. The 2 reservoirs on the west side of town are actually parks 99% of the time. Their dams were already undergoing repairs, so I hope they take advantage of the situation and make them stronger and taller. They were built 70 years ago and their was supposed to be a 3rd major reservoir, but it was never built. Developers wanted to build and SURPRISE, some of those very developments are amoung the hardest hit. Those blasted developers made their money though.

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Road 18 miles through west and SW Houston today [View all] TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 OP

Glad things are improving malaise Sep 2017 #1

So... politicat Sep 2017 #2

Houston used to have houses built on blocks in yards. Demtexan Sep 2017 #3

Well, the flood plain maps will be redrawn TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #4

Well, I'll take 3 story townhouses over McMansions TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #5

The problem with townhouses is that there is no yard to hold the rain. Demtexan Sep 2017 #6