tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post5003213064993122940..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Sparks fly in last debate before early votingPDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-54220018425553356402015-10-18T00:55:20.083-05:002015-10-18T00:55:20.083-05:00Well, even without climate change, if the next Ike...Well, even without climate change, if the next Ike steers 10 miles further west, lots of Houston is like a shallower version of New Orleans' bowl. I'm not sure what exactly the answer is. That said, I think the experts are right; even with that buildout on infrastructure, Houston can't handle rains that big.<br /><br />That's why Parker is laughable on Houston passing Chitown. It will be a mosquito-invested hellhole in 30 years, with climate almost as bad as New Delhi is now and gridlock like Dallas plus Austin combined. And, who would want to live there? (Setting aside the whole no-zoning issue,)Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-67683266730231992632015-10-17T16:37:43.941-05:002015-10-17T16:37:43.941-05:00Bell's primary and somewhat personal issue -- ...Bell's primary and <a href="https://bellformayor.com/news/bells-blog-recovering-from-the-flood" rel="nofollow">somewhat personal</a> issue -- his own home took 3 feet of water during the Memorial weekend deluge -- has been <a href="http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Flood-problems-emerge-as-mayoral-race-issue-6312815.php?t=fef379fef3438d9cbb&cmpid=twitter-premium" rel="nofollow">flooding</a> and <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Mayoral-candidate-calls-for-investigation-of-6340754.php" rel="nofollow">associated infrastructure</a> (but not so much climate change).<br /><br />Rebuild Houston is Councilman Costello's baby. It's been having growing pains, and Costello is getting slammed for it. Costello is the moderate Republican in the race, and self-funding his campaign with the millions he's made on engineering contracts with the city in previous years.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-940880439867913402015-10-17T13:27:41.614-05:002015-10-17T13:27:41.614-05:00Saw you retweeting Bell. Contra the cockamamie PR ...Saw you retweeting Bell. Contra the cockamamie PR of the current mayor on growth issues, Helltown itself, not just Galveston, could be in some degree of difficulty on flooding if climate change is bad enough. Did Bell, or anybody else, talk specifically about this issue, on flooding?<br /><br />(Or that groundwater pumping has parts of Houston below sea level? Hello, NOLA!)Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com