Irresponsible Development

[Tbar]

I agree with a previous poster. Keep goberment out of it. Let insure-ability and capitalism decide.

This was a 1-in-1,000-year flood event thus reward out ways risk.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/08/31/harvey-is-a-1000-year-flood-event-unprecedented-in-scale/?utm_term=.c9441a9d3eeb

Rebuild Houston ASAP!!!

[B Littleton]

Just to throw in my two-cents (as the pot stirrer I am), If the current administration has their way and the clean water rules are revised to only cover intermittent and perennial streams and abutting wetlands, there will be a surge of development filling in wetlands and ephemeral streams ultimately leading to larger and more dangerous floods. Over development up-gradient in watersheds always leads to increased volumes and velocities of water, combine this with an already outdated and over-burdened flood control infrastructure, and an increased frequency of 100-year storms, and we are setting ourselves up for some catastrophic situations.

Something to think about when you're cheering on the deregulation of some of our most important natural resources.

[batmaninja]

If we start building around 800 year natural disasters, it will raise the price of homes. A lot.