July 16, 2017

Houston Chronicle Editorial Board Calls for Governor Abbott to Add Storm Surge Protection to the Special Session

Houston Chronicle Editorial Board Calls for Governor Abbott to Add Storm Surge Protection to the Special Session

   

    Kudos to my former colleagues at the Chronicle editorial board for calling on Governor Abbott to add action on a storm surge protection system to the special session.  [click here to read].

    Many of us had hoped the Legislature would make some progress on a storm surge protection system for our region this session.  But little was accomplished.. Nothing is as critical to our state than protecting our coastal region from the catastrophic storm that will inevitably show up one day.  And certainly nothing on the Governor’s call even comes close to the gravity of this issue.

    So please contact the Governors’ office and ask him to get this project moving.  If we start today, it would probably take a decade or more to have a functioning system.  Every year we go without taking action we are adding a bullet to the revolver with which we are playing Russian roulette.

    For additional background on the effects of a major hurricane making landfall just to the west of Galveston (referred to by researchers as the “Scenario 7 storm”), click [here] to view the outstanding Texas Tribune multi-media presentation and article on the consequences of a a Scenario 7 storm.

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