Compare Galveston TX 1900 to Houston 2017

[Marthe48]

After a category 4 hurricane devastated Galveston, causing 6,000 to 12,000 deaths, many families and businesses moved to Houston. Galveston still exists, but it lost it's place as a major Texas port.

My point? There isn't safety from hurricanes. trump is suggesting that Puerto Rico be abandoned and the people go live elsewhere. Moving isn't a solution. I'd say rebuild making the homes either as cheap as possible, and people hanging on to the bare essentials of making a home a home. When it all blows or floods away, replace with same. Not much of a life, not much sentiment.

Or let's build structures that have a good chance of surviving hurricanes. Sturdy, to resist the winds, waterproof to resist the floods. Global warming is here, fierce storms are here to stay. Instead of offering ideas like relocation, let's use current technology and continue to develop even better building materials and techniques to help people in high risk areas survive climate change and disaster.

If we can find a way to construct better buildings in hurricane lanes, maybe we can use the same kind of ideas in Tornado Alley, along the rivers, and around wetlands. Maybe big isn't better.

[BigmanPigman]

1. What global warming?

[BannonsLiver]

2. Still a lot of shipping in and out of Galveston

It's also the No. 4 busiest cruise ship port in the country.

[Marthe48]

3. It was called Wall Street of the West

lost that part of it's economy. I knew it was a busy port.

[delisen]

4. I've always thought that only shacks should be built near beaches.

Private property has destroyed the beauty of the US coastlines, making them smeary, polluted messes.