“Exactly what is Houston facing as far as storm surge?
How far above sea level is it?”
IAH 97 feet. That in Florida would be a mountain.
IAH is way up north. Houston is considerably lower and crisscrossed with bayous. Should be interesting to see how they manage. I live next the massive Addicks Reservoir. We have a levee along Hwy 6 that is pretty durn high. Makes you wonder what the engineers thought was possible in a worst case scenario.