I know that there are several of you who read this blog who are not in Southeast Texas. Since I am from Utah, I am amazed consistently by the rain here. Last night I barely fell asleep when I woke to the sound of rain. Pounding rain. Incessant, thunderous buckets dumping on my roof. In the space of an hour, we had 2 inches of rain. Not to mention the thunder and lightning - bright enough and constant enough to read a newspaper by, provided you could focus while jumping every 3 seconds from the huge rolls of thunder...All of this is really quite lovely. So different from what I experienced growing up.
I only wish it would let me sleep.
All of this leads me to another point: the City Engineer, Dan Williams, has been with the City for about 3 years or so. He reviewed the drainage for many of the newer subdivisions in the City, including the one I live in. I am not exagerating when I say that I am able to sleep better at night knowing that he reviewed the drainage scheme and calculations for my home. I know that come high water, I will be dry and secure in my home.
So thanks, Dan. And keep up the good work!
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I grew up in San Francisco (talk about urban planning!) and moved to Houston almost 10 years ago. I was not really prepared for the Southeast Texas summers. According to my husband (born & raised Houstonian!) I never will be accustomed to them. That being said, after Ike in September, I will take an earthquake any day of the week over a hurricane.
Hi Stephanie!
San Francisco is a truly beautiful city, and one of the best planned communities around. I am hopeful that the lessons learned from San Francisco and other great communities like that can be used (to an obviously smaller scale) here in our community.
I don't think anything could have prepared me for the summers here... I have lived in Seoul Korea for a couple of years and the rainfall and humidity are similar, but the oppressive heat is amazing!
Did you stay for Ike? What an experience THAT was! I have been in some pretty good earthquakes in Southern California, so I know what you mean - just a few seconds of sheer terror as opposed to the hours and hours of terror followed by the weeks and weeks of clean up...
Thanks for reading!
PEACE
I did not stay for Ike. We live in Old River, so my husband ordered me out of town. So I ended up driving to Abilene with 2 boys (5 & 2), a dog & cat and a Suburban full of stuff. After 3 days in Abilene (the morning of the day the storm hit), my husband told me not to come home. So after careful consideration and lots of phone calls, I decided to drive my menagerie to my sister's house in Sacramento. That was a long, wild ride. After a week of staying with my sister, the power & water was back on, so we drove back. Two & a half days. It would have been only two, if not for an unfortunate tire blowout on the outskirts of Phoenix.
My opinion on hurricanes is the waiting is the worst. I was in San Francisco in 1989 when the quake struck during the World Series (my dad was at the game) and the clean up was about the same in scale, but not as wide spread. Now I have a great hurricane story to go with my earthquake & blizzard stories. I went to college in Rhode Island. Don't ask me why, I still don't know why I did that.
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