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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flood zones are changing as global warming increases flooding and hurricanes.  I[b] really don't know[/b] what can be done to predict or stop it.  [/quote]

Are you a scientist? Do you know anything about weather patterns? Do you know anything?

Much can be done to prevent the billions in losses that Harvey is predicted to cause.

First, rebuilding on flood plains must end. All building on flood plains must end. There should be no flood insurance for houses and any other type of structure built on a flood plain. If you choose to build on a flood plain, you're on your own.

It's a complicated problem, because avaricious governments and corporations and individuals have allowed tons of building on flood plains in the past, so all those structures must be relocated.

But to say or think it can't be done, is ridiculous. It can, and must be done. Period. [/quote]

Should we also end building in Oregon and Washington, particularly west if the I-5 Corridor?  Where do you propose we relocate millions of people to?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one/amp

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Relocate millions?  What doesn't need to be in Houston due to proximity to the Gulf CAN go elsewhere.  Shipping, refining need to be there but .... KISS example.  Exxon was Standard Oil of NJ in NY and NJ.   Exxon scooped up Mobile in Fairfax County VA.   Within the last few years that went bye bye.   I knew people who now perform the same jobs in Houston.

How much vacant housing [needing rehab] on GOOD land for building exists in other areas?   Not glamorous but there is Baltimore and Philadelphia.   Fema had buy outs in NJ.  People took it and left their more flood prone spots for elsewhere in NJ.  There are people in Houston area who left NOLA after Katrina.  
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