[Magdalen] Houston

[Lesley de Voil]

Glad to hear you are OK, Lynn. Sorry to hear that rain has been so
devastating over your city, though.
Reminds me of the Grantham floods we had here five years ago,
immediately before my visit to New York and Indiana (hi, Fr Tony!)
It does appear that weather patterns are changing in many places. I'm
interested to hear about the Govt-backed insurance, though. That's
something that has not been introduced here, although there has been
Govt financial support for flood-affected rebuilds that show they are
being effected to counter new levels of flooding ( e.g., raising the
building on stilts, something that used to be much more common.)

Regards
Lesley de Voil

On 4/20/16, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've managed high and "dry" from house flooding from rising water and
> unceasing 2 days of hard rain. Others not too far from me have not been as
> fortunate. A large bayou/creek continues to be enlarged and enhanced to
> accommodate all the continued development in my NW area ( to supposedly aid
> in flood relief) but in reality it is a monster when it rain here or
> especially north of here AND here. Many areas in or near downtown have been
> severely flooded causing major damage to homes and vehicles. Today's news
> said 5 deaths which is most likely miraculous considering how many people
> drove into water in the dark yesterday morning in the many flooded below
> street level underpasses. Whole areas of the greater metro area flooded that
> had never before - stats on water displacement formulas, miles of highways
> and acres of new subdivision developments frequently do not succeed even
> when the "formulas" say they should be safe and dry. The only insurance that
> covers damage from rising water is bought from the Federal government and
> people only buy that if they are in a stated flood zone. Needless to say the
> last 10 years have caused nearly annual modifications of what they call 100
> year floods risk ( i.e. Once in a 100 years).
>
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 18, 2016, at 10:51 PM, ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> I gather from the BBC website that a state of emergency has been declared in
> Houston.  There has been an awful lot of rain there in a single day.  I
> trust Lynn is OK.
> Roger
>