Agrajag@scribe.disroot.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago“Disasters are a human choice”: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areaswww.texastribune.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1213arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains.
minus-squarejumping_redditor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down6·8 hours agoI 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.
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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.