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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1029451)	9/2/2017 8:30:46 PM
From: Bonefish	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573505

In 1979 they got 43 inches out of a tropical storm. Global cooling then too.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1029451)	9/3/2017 7:41:16 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573505

Our flooding has nothing to do with climate change or melting glaciers etc. It has to do with our development in west Harris county. See this post from elsewhere: The Katy Prairie had 600K acres of undeveloped land as recently as 1990. Now its down to 200K or so and this matters because that area is where Cypress Creek, Buffalo and Braes Bayou all arise. That undeveloped pasture land absorbed and held a LOT of water, like a sponge. Grass roots there go up to 10 feet deep. As its developed, it turns into asphalt, house roofs and sodded lawns. Water that would have been held, now goes into the drainage systems lickety split. Between 2000 and 2010, NW Harris county increased pop. 578K. We all have to have places to live, but we can't develop everything in the type of area we live without creating much worse flooding problems. Before we moved to Spring, I lived in Westbury/Meyerland area. They've flooded three times in three years there now. But I never had to face flooding there the 15 years I lived down there. Now I have to wonder if I moved far enough? Maybe I need to get out of Harris County all together if they're going to let developers create flooding problems for people downstream from their developments. youtube.com en.wikipedia.org facebook.com facebook.com houstonchronicle.com