Post AjrKBR8Fibr47FbFtA by evedazzle@mas.to
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 (DIR) Post #AjrKBLspEXXlpxLMeG by evedazzle@mas.to
       2024-07-12T15:20:24Z
       
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       "In the city, authorities have recently spent hundreds of millions of dollars widening bayous, the natural waterways that flow across Houston, which nonetheless overflowed during Beryl. Authorities also bought out thousands of homes in the flood plains. But many thousands more remain." #Beryl #ClimateChange #Hurricanes #HurricaneSeason #GulfCoast #Texas +
       
 (DIR) Post #AjrKBNWZ8GvUvUwcEK by feld@bikeshed.party
       2024-07-12T15:52:40.732946Z
       
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       @evedazzle the city is too big to maintain, really. They shouldn't have expanded the way they did https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/4/1/heres-the-real-reason-houston-is-going-broke
       
 (DIR) Post #AjrKBOkmYttOjsbU1o by evedazzle@mas.to
       2024-07-12T15:20:38Z
       
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       "Jim Blackburn, co-director of Rice University’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education, & Evacuation from Disasters Center, said the city should fundamentally change its development pattern to mitigate recurring storm damage. “We ought to be very slow to rebuild in the same areas that flood over,” Blackburn said. “That’s not a popular position, but I think it’s a very important one." +
       
 (DIR) Post #AjrKBR8Fibr47FbFtA by evedazzle@mas.to
       2024-07-12T15:20:45Z
       
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       "Blackburn, a veteran environmental lawyer, was surprised at the amount of damage done to Houston’s power system by Beryl’s 90 mile-per-hour winds and by the length of the ongoing effort to restore electricity. “I cannot imagine what 150 mile-per-hour winds might have done to this community; that’s what I’m horrified of. What’s a cat 4 or cat 5 going to do to us?” Blackburn said. “They will be coming.”https://www.texasobserver.org/hurricane-beryl-warning-shot-houston/