[uncbob]

Remembering the largest Hurricane to hit the Houston Galveston area since 2000 was in 2003, where Hurricane Claudette at Cat 1 destroyed 1700 homes and businesses.

Sounds like another area that doesn't need an influx of new settlers
Some serious thought is going to have to be given about further populating vulnerable areas or even some population control in general

[RDTF]

anyone else having trouble getting on storm2k? I think it may have crashed.

[johnb838]

It's bull, didn't happen, don't know where BD is getting his facts.

[bd476]

uncbob wrote: "Sounds like another area that doesn't need an influx of new settlers. Some serious thought is going to have to be given about further populating vulnerable areas or even some population control in general"

People quickly forget after rebuilding and restoring. Tropical Storm Allison was just four years ago.

"...Allison will go down as the costliest tropical storm in United States history.

Estimates place the total damage across Southeast Texas close to $5 billion ($4.88 billion in Harris County alone). Twenty-two deaths were caused by Allison, with each of these fatalities occurred in Harris County. By comparison, Hurricane Alicia, the last major hurricane to strike the Upper Texas Coast, caused $2 billion damage and 21 fatalities..."

Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 2000s

Map of Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclones in the 2000s