Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.

  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    A house that looked almost exactly like this was swept away by the flood. It was an incredibly sad story (the family described the event in great detail). The family probably did everything they could’ve done. At a certain point the government NEEDS to intervene. A family can’t reasonably do their own weather analysis, flood plane analysis, or build and maintain their own alert system.

    • jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      I disagree (the government should offer the service to those that want it) families should be able to overbuild their house to the point that it resists almost all flooding by making it out of large enough I beams or steel pipe.