tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post646645626420931317..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Coastal floods from rain get worse as the drop to sea level gets smallerEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-65641292404389194822017-09-02T00:36:56.056-04:002017-09-02T00:36:56.056-04:00
The retired guy from the Harris County Flood Cont...<br />The retired guy from the Harris County Flood Control District claims subsidence has a nearly zero net effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-65871372978527639962017-09-01T05:06:04.238-04:002017-09-01T05:06:04.238-04:00Within the Houston city limits the creek banks ove...Within the Houston city limits the creek banks overflow at 70 to 85 feet over sea level. If we use open channel flow equations it's easy to sea level change does have AN impact in flow capacity. However the worst impacts come from subsidence and non compliance with flood control regulations. I own property in north Harris, and that flood control district designs the system to preserve private houses. This requires that parks, and some commercial areas, be allowed to flood. In our case the clubhouse, the pool, the children's park, tennis courts and the club parking lot were flooded, but only one house got a small amount of water. <br /><br />The solution for Houston appears to be better enforcement, widening the bayous downstream of the city, and placing a combination drainage canal and underground storm sewer form Addicks to the Brazos River. For the long term the sea level rise will be a more serious problem for Brazoria and Galveston counties, which are much lower, but they also have lower population. <br /><br />I've seen a lot of baloney written blaming global warming on the damage, but that's typical propaganda. In 1963 Hurricane Flora stalled over eastern Cuba, and dropped 100 inches on Santiago. That killed one of my cousins, whose village was covered up by a landslide caused by the huge amount of rain and deforestation. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.com