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re: Does Houston have too much concrete?
Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:25 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:25 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:Not if you live there & sell Concrete & Concrete Accessories.
Does Houston have too much concrete?
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Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:33 pm to Chuker
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yeah thats it Einstein. If they had more grass and trees it would've absorbed all the rain.
You are missing his point.
Land development kills natural drainage.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:39 pm to LSUFanHouston
Houston and the surrounding areas actually have pretty good stormwater requirements. TS Allison really opened the eyes of the local engineers to get tough on stormwater. When I worked in BR/Nola doing stormwater work, we'd constantly look at Houston as an example. I took several trips there to study projects that backwards-arse Louisiana would never do. Harris County Flood Control is fairly progressive.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 5:45 pm to LSUFanHouston
No, Texas politicians didn't steal the tax money intended for drainage improvements, like Louisiana's did.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 6:57 pm to OceanMan
Storm drainage is scoped for major rain/thunder storms. A hurricane's water output is far beyond those drainage plans.
Some of the people on this board amuse me.
Some of the people on this board amuse me.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:03 pm to LSUFanHouston
Houston has the competency to fix issues after this. New Orleans will always be a shithole.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:11 pm to LSUFanHouston
What would NOLA look like if it received 40+ inches of rain in 3 days?
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:13 pm to LSUFanHouston
Yes there is too much concrete and not enough parks
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:16 pm to Clark W Griswold
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Houston has the competency to fix issues after this. New Orleans will always be a shithole.
I don't disagree that NOLA leadership is awful, but it's far more complex to drain NOLA during a storm. It's a much bigger engineering challenge. It's not even close. Even the Dutch think New Orleans is extremely difficult to manage.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:19 pm to cahoots
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don't disagree that NOLA leadership is awful, but it's far more complex to drain NOLA during a storm. It's a much bigger engineering challenge. It's not even close. Even the Dutch think New Orleans is extremely difficult to manage.
Which makes it an even bigger abomination that worthless frick Landrieu let the pumps and drainage get that bad off in the first place.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:20 pm to cahoots
I work in Stormwater solutions for a living . I can tell you that Texas and a few states in the far northeast are the lead dogs in innovative Stormwater solutions .
This is just a freak rain event .
All new commercial construction over the past 10 years is required to offset impervious development .
I live in northwest houston and am taking on water .
This is just a freak rain event .
All new commercial construction over the past 10 years is required to offset impervious development .
I live in northwest houston and am taking on water .
This post was edited on 8/27/17 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:21 pm to LSUFanHouston
Just like I-12 fracked up the Dinky.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:27 pm to LSUFanHouston
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would overwhelm any system.
Mitch, is that you?
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:28 pm to USMCTiger03
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Which makes it an even bigger abomination that worthless frick Landrieu let the pumps and drainage get that bad off in the first place.
Oh for sure. Very lucky this storm didn't go further east.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Does Houston have too much concrete? by LSUFanHouston
nope...all of that crap about too much concrete is a bunch of tree-hugging bullshite. fact is, water flows a lot better over concrete than it does through vegetation, etc. if the contour of the land and drainage system is equal, a lot more water will move if it is all concrete.
what you are alluding to is probably true for an afternoon thunderstorm that is not going to drain all the way to the ocean anyway, but the scale of rain that we are looking at is way beyond what any drainage system in existence can handle, regardless of what the surfaces are made of.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 7:47 pm to LSUFanHouston
Houston is flat, when it rains and you have a storm surge there's no where for the water to go.
I lived in Houston 9 years and we had at least three floods where I was off of work for several days
It is what it is
I lived in Houston 9 years and we had at least three floods where I was off of work for several days
It is what it is
Posted on 8/27/17 at 8:58 pm to zuluboudreaux
there's a major flood of some type in houston every 5 years ... lived there for 20 years ... that's about avg ...
not sure what can be done about it ...
not sure what can be done about it ...
Posted on 8/27/17 at 9:15 pm to Spankum
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Does Houston have too much concrete? by LSUFanHouston
Yes too much concrete and you should set the example by tearing your home down and returning your lot to its natural state.
See how that works?
Posted on 8/27/17 at 10:11 pm to LSUFanHouston
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A lack of zoning and a general desire of small government seem to make this happen.
Certainly a major contributor although few cities can handle 30 or more inches of rain in a couple of days, regardless of zoning and buildimg code that restricts impervious surface cover.
Posted on 8/27/17 at 10:39 pm to LSUFanHouston
I live in a master planned community, we have huge volumes of man made lakes and retention ponds, it's been raining cats and dogs, the streets have never even took on water. Yes, our houses don't look as original as a house in the Hieghts , but our house is dry, unlike most houses in Houston
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