Hind sight isn’t helpful ...I think the call not to evacuate was the right one....nobody would have imagined the destruction these waters brought to be as severe even though the meterologists warned about up to 51 inches.....
I would have left simply because of Houstons history of constant flooding since it’s waterways run throughout the area....so common sense would say flooding would be severe. I suspect people there were simply accustomed to the flooding as a normal way of life there.
Having watched the event and people there in Houston I can understand why a friend of mine moved there and within a year moved back to the east. You really have to like all the many foreigners (diversity) that is represented there.....which wouldn’t be to my taste either. I’m not for mixing up cultures in one area side by side no matter how they present it.
No doubt people will rebuild....even with the dangers of flooding again....they’ll get bailed out regardless.
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I heard an interesting April conference replayed on radio of a group of water and flood engineers, etc. They spoke of the problem of overbuilding in known flood plains, building homes high enough, and speeding up the national flood danger mapping project that is supposed to help municipalities make appropriate laws on where and how to build given the flood issue.