▲ 18 ▼ They Rebuilt After Texas’ Devastating Floods. Then Their Home Flooded Again. (www.propublica.org) submitted 6 days ago by supersquirrel@lemmy.ca to c/texas@lemmy.world 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Varesti@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 days ago (1 child) But certainly, it won't happen a third time! 😱 permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* It used to happen all the time, so in the 70s the Army built a shit ton of levies... And people built on land they never would have before, because now it didn't flood regularly. It's 50 years later tho, the levies weren't built to handle waters this high, and even if they don't overflow, they're failing due to age anyways. It's a giant problem, and it's not going to fix itself. The longer we take to address it, the more it'll cost. Edit: Any case anyone is curious, here's the list of Army levies: https://levees.sec.usace.army.mil/search 193 in Texas, but it was/is a national program, and I wouldn't be surprised to see drastically increased flooding around those areas soon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* It used to happen all the time, so in the 70s the Army built a shit ton of levies... And people built on land they never would have before, because now it didn't flood regularly. It's 50 years later tho, the levies weren't built to handle waters this high, and even if they don't overflow, they're failing due to age anyways. It's a giant problem, and it's not going to fix itself. The longer we take to address it, the more it'll cost. Edit: Any case anyone is curious, here's the list of Army levies: https://levees.sec.usace.army.mil/search 193 in Texas, but it was/is a national program, and I wouldn't be surprised to see drastically increased flooding around those areas soon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 4 points 5 days ago (1 child) Texans are so dumb permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 5 days ago Texas is a deathcult desperately trying to convince people it is just another shithole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 5 days ago Texas is a deathcult desperately trying to convince people it is just another shithole. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (1 child) Then it fell over and sank into the swamp! permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca [S] 2 points 5 days ago swamps >>> texas permalink fedilink source parent
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