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    Quote Originally Posted by 6souls View Post
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    the death count seems (forgive me) rather low considering how large the hurricane is and the fact its hit quite a few towns. katrina was so long ago i can't recall.... is the low death count normal at this point of time, and will suddenly spike as the months go on and the damage sinks in and bodies are found? or is our response this time much better?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psion View Post
    the death count seems (forgive me) rather low considering how large the hurricane is and the fact its hit quite a few towns. katrina was so long ago i can't recall.... is the low death count normal at this point of time, and will suddenly spike as the months go on and the damage sinks in and bodies are found? or is our response this time much better?
    Yes. Wait for the water to recede. Bodies don't float.

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    I feel bad for all the people displaced by Katrina who moved to Houston 12 years ago, only to go through this again.

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    Interesting article about Houston's inadequate flood water management systems.

    https://weather.com/storms/hurricane...te-experts-say

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    Harvey has now set a record for the most rainfall from a hurricane in the US at 51.88in.

    https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/29/1...flooding-texas

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    https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/0...ant-lost-power

    Multiple explosions at a chemical plant in Crosby, 10 hospitalized.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6souls View Post
    https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/0...ant-lost-power

    Multiple explosions at a chemical plant in Crosby, 10 hospitalized.
    It's funny reading all these comments about how their should have been more stringent safety requirements. Was arguing with my buddy. It finally dawned on him that there are no safety precautions you can implement that can counteract being three - six feet underwater.

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    That doesn't really change the fact that Houston's flood prevention systems were woefully inadequate for a city located in a wetland flood plain below sea level.

    "Nothing could have withstood this" is not a defense against better preparation.

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    There's one foolproof safety precaution, build for 10,000 year storm predictions.

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    Clearly it's time to engineer floating continents that hover above the clouds. Can't get flooded if you can't get rained on!

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    Yeah, but then you have to deal with Lavos.

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    Pence to visit this weekend.

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    Pence is going today I thought? Trump going back this weekend.

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    Think Irma will become a Hurricane today out in the Atlantic. One path has it going westward wrecking all those nice islands, DR/PR and Cuba, the other has it going northwest towards north Carolina and the east coast. It's still really far out there.

    Fun times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Day View Post
    Pence is going today I thought? Trump going back this weekend.
    Ahh, yes. Looks like Rockport specifically.

    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...arveys-damage/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Obsidian View Post
    a city located in a wetland flood plain below sea level.
    Houston isn't below sea level. It's very flat, and not very far above sea level, but it isn't below.

    Doing a quick search, the only places in the US I could find below sea level are New Orleans, Death Valley, and the Salton Sink region

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cantih View Post
    Houston isn't below sea level. It's very flat, and not very far above sea level, but it isn't below.

    Doing a quick search, the only places in the US I could find below sea level are New Orleans, Death Valley, and the Salton Sink region
    And most of Florida. Basements and cellars are not a thing here because you can't dig very far without hitting water.

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