Do you have links for that? I'm not disputing it, would just like to document it on another forum.
...over 1000+ mid to high end homes flooding to 2nd story level for months, even though they never wanted them there to begin with.
That still bothers the heck out of me. I just do not understand allowing all this development in flood control areas. The engineers probably want to shoot somebody.
Big developers pay off politicians to be able to build in flood control areas. Insurance companies may collude by insuring them, and the rest of us who live prudently pay the resulting costs. As an experienced builder I hope President Trump will study the issue carefully. As to whether a climate warming trend is caused by human activity or not, there is a definite trend to warming. And warm sea water spawns very wet storms and greater flooding.
Meanwhile officials are reacting to possible crime danger like what happened in New Orleans.
Addick/Barker Fate Stabilization:
Dam Safety Program:
They are currently replacing both gates, with cofferdams erected, casually referred to in a press conference along the lines of “ we believe in our dams and that includes the cofferdams”, but I don’t have a link for that.