Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Scientists and engineers. You know: "alarmists."

“Houston is built on what amounts to a massive flood plain, pitted against the tempestuous Gulf of Mexico and routinely hammered by the biggest rainstorms in the nation. It is a combination of malevolent climate and unforgiving geology, along with a deficit of zoning and land use controls, that scientists and engineers say leaves the nation’s fourth most populated city vulnerable to devastating floods like the one caused this week by Hurricane Harvey.”*

BILL

* Source: 8/29/17 Los Angeles Times

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