Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areaswww.texastribune.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-link“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areaswww.texastribune.orgAgrajag@scribe.disroot.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThis would work for areas that flood gradually. The flooding that happened had fast moving water. And water of that volume moving that fast is like an unstoppable force. I would trust that structure to hold up.
This would work for areas that flood gradually. The flooding that happened had fast moving water. And water of that volume moving that fast is like an unstoppable force. I would trust that structure to hold up.