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Houston Is Drowning-In Its Freedom From Regulations

Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago to Government
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I had to post a response to this drivel in my FB account, but wanted to share this as it is so indicative of the "disater happens because we are not controlled enough" crowd. My point was, in oregon we get 1-2" a day rainstroms and in 4 days we are flooding, houses under, roads covered, and Oregon is the most regulated atste beyond Kalifornia. If we got 20-30 inches, we would look just the same as Houston. Regulations do NOT fix the problems, they often cause more of them. It is only when the local populace hold their political morons to task to actually prepare for these things, that it can be somewhat ameleorated. When you get 20-30 inches of rain in a few days, you just betted have a frigging boat ready, and a waterproof home, no matter where you are, as you are screwed. Ask the people who went through Katrina. I can just bet they are filling out the "give us 10 Billion for Houston" forms for the feds already.....

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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Best reason to innovate is when it’s your money that is lost when another storm arrives without free government rebuilding bailouts
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Look at the Gulf Coast, after Katrina they require you to build on 8-12 high supports designed to specifically survive when storm surge hits with debris in it, so they do not get knocked down. A lot of people have designed garages into them. The supply of boats needs to be added to hugely so the local people have them available, and equipped with night lights. Maybe some kind of rugged inflatables that can be stored in containers at locations like emergency lifeboats. Lots of room for innovation, until the government steps in to tell you why you can't....
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Seeing as though SE Texas. Has been flooded before, it’s time to check out the areas that will be hit NEXT TIME, the structures that survived, and the things (like pontoon boats, jet skis, canoes, kayaks) that one should get, and supplies and meds for a couple of weeks. I saw a lot of houses built on stilts that survived ok for example
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Doc and Term you are both correct, plan for the worst, hope for the best. Look at the issue they have now at a chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, in danger of exploding in the next few days because they did not know how to protect their volatiles with water proof generators and protective dykes. Reminds me of TepCo and Fukushima, although warned of a possible size 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, they opted to go with a low seawall, and put the one thing they really, really needed (generators) in the basements....that is what college educated people do..save money and screw up...
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    it is the same in many places, same thing in Oregon, only we are burning and choking so the Fire Service gets a bigger budget next year.. government is totally useless and needs to be eliminated and replaced, even f the people replacing them DON'T have a frigging degree, 2 oz of common sense overcomes that issue....
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  • Posted by Abaco 8 years, 6 months ago
    Only a complete moron could write something like that. If the leftists weren't so stupid, maybe I'd pay them some heed. I just can't...just can't do it. I hear this kind of thing all the time out here on the left coast. The Sacramento region is the capital of the left cost and, mark my words, you will see a disaster here that rivals Katrina someday because the dummies didn't prepare the levies - failing to prep and just squandering the money on needle exchanges and crony deals... It's like this place is run by the mob, only much worse...
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    But in this socialist world, people have been taught the government will take care of them for "free" no matter what happens with mother nature. And they have been taught that no matter what YOU have, its available to anyone in "need". Since this was not the first time water got to nearly 50" deep, I would move from low lying areas in Houston , New Orleans, and other coastal places to some other place as a high priority.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I've been through the hurricane drill before, and when all of the weather centers are warning of a 12' storm surge and up to 50" of rain, the only sensible thing to do is to evacuate, finding your own place to stay. Relatives first choice, friends, hotels that offer weekly rates, government shelter, in that order of priority. It isn't like the Houston residents didn't have plenty of warning.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    All depends on what is available, I have looked at property with a stream or river front on it, and just planned to put a wall in around the potential flood area, you have to work with what is available,
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think personal responsibility can prevent a lot of emergencies. I would have stayed at home but would have had a boat, life raft enabling escape if needed. A few days of food and water for my family and pets would have been in stock. Staying in some government shelter is a last resort
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Absolutely. It’s a big decision to leave ones home to the ineffective protections of our statist government. I would have stayed in my home but arranged for my safety and escape route before the emergency . I can protect my home and possessions and pets better at home
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  • Posted by Dobrien 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    NalaniTex, glad to here you are safe. It is funny when it is important the leaders will cut the red tape but the rest of the time they produce it and worse. Gov Moonbeam cut the regs in the Oroville Dam mess this past spring. Idiots love to get in the way of positive action.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 6 months ago
    When you read something like this, you know certain things about this person. He has accepted the 2nd hand ideas of of those who surrounds him, he is not curious enough to study opposing ideas, and he will defend his 2nd hand ideas so that he doesn't feel like a fool.
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  • Posted by NalaniTex 8 years, 6 months ago
    I live in Houston. I am high and dry...Thank you. I do not care for our Mayor BUT when the National Guard was called in and it was clear it would be some time before any teams actually made it to town....He Said...IF YOU CAN AND WANT TO HELP, JUST HELP...FORGET THE RED TAPE! I was applauding that. On TV were announcing if you want to help, call this number so we can register you and tell you where we need you. Once the mayor spoke that was never mentioned again. Until now. I am sure it is a legal nightmare for the lawyers but I think it was great. I don't support Mayor Turner's efforts to make a sanctuary city or the erroneous bids he has messed up....but I had to give an applause for this one statement at the height of the storm.
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  • Posted by scojohnson 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'll trade "convenience" for "elevation" every day of the week.

    Sacramento would need a 345 foot flood level before my driveway gets wet. (Sacramento makes a good comparison as it is/was #2 most costly potential flood disaster listed by ACE behind New Orleans).
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yep, same thing in beatuiful Portland Oregon, within their UGB. Houses built 6 inches apart, "to save the environment". Actually to impose their control, as you cannot have cars, there is no parking and the roads are a nightmare. I drive 62 miles each way to work to avoid the jackals. I also am buying an Elio at 82 mpg when they come out, so I am serving both needs.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You find that out whenever someone from any branch of government shows up at your door with any paperwork in his hand.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The tool is true, at a crossing near Brookings, I was amazed. She posted a picture from her office window, the entire horizon is on fire. Ugly. And now the genius's at the Forest Service refuse to use supertankers, and it has been well documented why: If they put out fires quickly, their budget gets cut because of lower costs. Really. A retired Forest Service professional was on the radio describing the backroom planning to allow fires and ring up the register to get increased budgets....I would be hunting down every FS administrator and beat them with a charcoal stick if my house burned for the idiots.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    LOL! Me dino never knows what wild critter may be lurking in wait when I click onto my Gulch email.
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