Why Houston Flooding Isn’t a Sign of Climate Change

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Watts Up With That
by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
Aug. 28, 2017

Excerpt:

Major floods are difficult to compare throughout history because the ways in which we alter the landscape. For example, as cities like Houston expand over the years, soil is covered up by roads, parking lots, and buildings, with water rapidly draining off rather than soaking into the soil. The population of Houston is now ten times what it was in the 1920s. The Houston metroplex area has expanded greatly and the water drainage is basically in the direction of downtown Houston.

There have been many flood disasters in the Houston area, even dating to the mid-1800s when the population was very low. In December of 1935 a massive flood occurred in the downtown area as the water level height measured at Buffalo Bayou in Houston topped out at 54.4 feet.

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Pics of 1935 flood: http://www.chron.com/about/slideshow/The-Houston-flood-of-1935-130127/photo-8086147.php

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Yup. We'll continue to build in floodprone places.

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Yup. We'll continue to build in floodprone places.

Short term, the tax monies spent on relief is good for people suffering such as a flood. Long term, that relief perpetuates the problem underlying the suffering.