And doesn't this graphic say it all?
And doesn't this graphic say it all?
Was it posted here?
I did a search, and nothing came up.
I don't know what percentage it is in Texas but I'm going to go out on a limb here and state I don't believe the majority of the rebuilding which gets done there is due to hurricane activity. From my experience in living in Houston, it's heavy rains which cause flooding in the same areas' time after time. I'm not even talking about catastrophic flooding either, I'm addressing heavy thunderstorms which in the past might have caused minor street flooding but now floods entire neighbourhoods. I don't have any statistics or facts to back up my observation so take it what it may be worth.
In '91 I moved back to Houston after being away for 10+ years. I went to work for a company on the NW side of Houston. During the 3 years I was there one of my co-workers had her home flood twice. The 2nd time she'd had new living room furniture for a week.
Some of the problem with flooding in Houston is the newer subdivisions creating flood area's out of locations which weren't initially in a flood zone.
I'm trying to remember which storm it was in Houston that flooded the Medical Center. I think it may have been Alicia (am guessing though since I didn't live there when the storm hit). I do know that after that particular storm hit and flooded so much of the area, steps were taken to make sure it didn't happen again.