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don't tell the Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau I said this, but it's not a great city to visit. There isn't much to do here that's touristy, especially during our sultry summers. But here's a little secret: Houston is a great place to live. It's the opposite of, "It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there."
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I worked throughout the storm on my website with a partner, Matt Lanza. The response was almost unbelievable. On Thursday, before landfall, traffic to the site spiked to 440,000 page views—about 100 times a normal day. By Sunday, traffic peaked at more than 1.1 million page views. We would certainly have crashed, and crashed hard, had not fellow Ars editor Lee Hutchinson provided incredible support. It was a bit terrifying to know that hospitals, first responders, and elected officials were looking to us to make critical decisions. I'm still processing where this weather thing goes next.
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If Houston is to remain the prosperous, vibrant, great city that it was before Harvey, we are going to have to take a hard look at our unfettered development and willingness to let almost anyone build almost anywhere, including in floodplains. Our state officials are going to have to recognize that these events will be possible again, especially in a warmer world. I'm not holding my breath for all that to happen.
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don't tell the Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau I said this, but it's not a great city to visit. There isn't much to do here that's touristy, especially during our sultry summers. But here's a little secret: Houston is a great place to live. It's the opposite of, "It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there."
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I worked throughout the storm on my website with a partner, Matt Lanza. The response was almost unbelievable. On Thursday, before landfall, traffic to the site spiked to 440,000 page views—about 100 times a normal day. By Sunday, traffic peaked at more than 1.1 million page views. We would certainly have crashed, and crashed hard, had not fellow Ars editor Lee Hutchinson provided incredible support. It was a bit terrifying to know that hospitals, first responders, and elected officials were looking to us to make critical decisions. I'm still processing where this weather thing goes next.
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If Houston is to remain the prosperous, vibrant, great city that it was before Harvey, we are going to have to take a hard look at our unfettered development and willingness to let almost anyone build almost anywhere, including in floodplains. Our state officials are going to have to recognize that these events will be possible again, especially in a warmer world. I'm not holding my breath for all that to happen.
Unfettered development is kinda what Texas has going for it. Can you avoid the stupid zoning laws for specific use while preventing people from building in flood plains? I worry that opening up the idea of "managed growth" will get y'all California Nimby-ism.
Post subject: Re: Here comes the story of the hurricane
Posted: Thu August 31, 2017 5:08 am
Broken Tamborine
Joined: Mon June 12, 2017 10:14 am Posts: 271
fucking common sense and a slight nod toward teh abundance of evidence pointing to increased storm levels and rising sea levels....US infrastructure was supposed to account for that, in its trillions spent every few years.
This fucking administration....call it that i suppose....decided not to, as it was presented by someone they don't like. Literally ignoring the abundance of evidence. If this 500 year storm, and the ones we' will continue to have on a regular basis....if we ignore them....
Its been said a country has the leaders it deserves. Fucking American nightmare bullshit apologists trying to deport cooks and gardeners and decent people for no fucking reason....shit, maybe this country deserves this non-thinking fucking approval seeking dipshit.
A 500 year storm.....the largest US refinery in the world being shut down, and they only have to submit voluntary numbers in terms of pollution....air pollution, waste just leaked into the waterways....typical. Profit over people, yeah?>
Post subject: Re: Here comes the story of the hurricane
Posted: Sat September 02, 2017 1:44 am
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Joined: Wed February 26, 2014 12:08 am Posts: 3085 Location: the afterlife...
Noangel wrote:
fucking common sense and a slight nod toward teh abundance of evidence pointing to increased storm levels and rising sea levels....US infrastructure was supposed to account for that, in its trillions spent every few years.
This fucking administration....call it that i suppose....decided not to, as it was presented by someone they don't like. Literally ignoring the abundance of evidence. If this 500 year storm, and the ones we' will continue to have on a regular basis....if we ignore them....
Its been said a country has the leaders it deserves. Fucking American nightmare bullshit apologists trying to deport cooks and gardeners and decent people for no fucking reason....shit, maybe this country deserves this non-thinking fucking approval seeking dipshit.
A 500 year storm.....the largest US refinery in the world being shut down, and they only have to submit voluntary numbers in terms of pollution....air pollution, waste just leaked into the waterways....typical. Profit over people, yeah?>
Post subject: Re: Here comes the story of the hurricane
Posted: Sat September 02, 2017 1:45 am
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Yo we see you coming, Irma.
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Post subject: Re: Here comes the story of the hurricane
Posted: Sat September 02, 2017 3:46 am
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Noangel wrote:
the largest US refinery in the world
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