re: 24 inches of rain in Houston

While I don't think, or hope, we ever see another Superdome post-Katrina event, you can't really down play the threat of 15-22" of rain. I don't care how good your infrastructure or how competent your city officials are, that's going to create major issues.

Then there's the issue of optics. How good would it look for LSU/BYU to meet if there is major or catastrophic flood damage in the city and region?

If that's the case, you contingency plan for another site and you be prepared to make that call if necessary. If you don't, then you're no better than Nola and La.

People here don't understand how badly Houston floods. Go west towards Katy and there is still soccer fields underwater from their July floods. When I worked there we shut down the office a couple times over basic storms.

People also don't seem to understand the magnitude of 24 inches rain. That's a ton.