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| Topic | I can't believe we haven't come up with anything defensive against hurricanes... |
| Bio1590 08/30/17 9:19:18 PM #16: | You can't stop it, you can only mitigate the damage. But the problem there is that people have to care. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-harvey-engineering-20170828-story.html The city’s flood system is supposed to protect the public from a 100-year storm, but Bea calls that “a 100-year lie” because it is based on a rainfall total of 13 inches in 24 hours. “That has happened more than eight times in the last 27 years,” Bea said. “It is wrong on two counts. It isn’t accurate about the past risk and it doesn’t reflect what will happen in the next 100 years.” --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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