[Magdalen] Houston

[Jay Weigel]

Lynn, is it still true that Houston has no zoning? I know that used to be
the case.

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ...I call the "efforts" to accommodate too much concrete (new outer loops
> and tollways, 100s of new subdivisions , to name a few) by the USArmy corps
> of Engineers
> : "TX mathmagic".
> They forecast scenarios, calculate "additional run-off" added to the
> existing "area" loosely defined, then come up with formulas for widening
> already existing rivers, creeks and bayous (words often used
> interchangeably), and/or digging huge sloped sided grass-planted basins,
> also based on mathemagical calculations, that "confirm" safe retention of
> water in case of flooding (??!!?) for new communities, which are then often
> dug larger and deeper so they can become a "water feature" of the new
> community, which still conforms to the formula because they've dug it
> larger to accommodate the water they're adding for decorative purposes.
>
> No one knows or wants to say ENOUGH, NO MORE, so the city and the area E,
> W, and N keep building and expanding.
> When I moved in 1987 the middle class subdivisions in the unincorporated
> areas 20+ miles from the city were very transient- corporate employers
> transferring people in and out, sometimes in just a few years. People had
> no sense of potential tragedy in the form of nature events if they didn't
> actually experience them. The '90s saw more new residents who moved in for
> long term OR like us, transferries laid off and unable to move without a
> job at the other end in a new location.
>
> Such is life. I have been thinking for a while about moving away from TX
> but it is complicated.
>
> Have confirmed Sunday tickets home (for now at least), have figured out
> the rest of our itinerary- blessed to be seeing even more family and old
> friends than our original scenario included. My house/condo is still dry. I
> am blessed.
> Lynn
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2017, at 9:40 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One of our local meteorologists (that is, he's a college instructor, not
> someone on teevee) commented on the amount of Houston that's been paved
> over because of rapid overdevelopment.
> (Lynn's part of town has more undeveloped land than downtown.)
>
> He wrote:
> Dump a glass of water on a granite counter.
> Dump a glass of water on a sponge.
> Note the difference.
> -M
>
> On Wednesday, August 30, 2017, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > The problem is the sheer volume of water that has to be dispersed. I read
> > that there has been something like 6 cubic miles of water dumped on
> Houston
> >
>