“The media is worse than useless.”
Right on!! I am not a Democrat apologist, but the Mayor of Houston followed good counsel. One can not evacuate 3-4 million people into the dark wet night. Media get a grip.
Although a Fox News viewer, some of the news babes are almost as clueless.
A good rule of thumb is to postulate only about things you know a little about. Having practiced drainage engineering in the Houston region for 43 years , I feel free to discuss floods, However I will keep my mouth shut about operating / maintaining the NYC subway system!
There is a lot that needs to go right for the civil engineers to keep this “event” from damaging lots of property.
You wrote: “Having practiced drainage engineering in the Houston region for 43 years , I feel free to discuss floods...”
In Katrina, the dikes failed, flooding New Orleans, as I understand it.
What about Houston? Is it just a case of too much rain for any system to handle, or were there ways to keep the city from flooding that weren’t implemented in the past?
Just curious what insights you might have. I’m not trying to stir the pot. I actually suspect it’s just too flat and large an area to be able to shed that much rain without flood damage occurring, but am wondering if that’s the case.