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You lost me at “climate change induced typhoon”. Comparing an “Bay Area typhoon” (very hilly) to low and flat Houston with a direct hit is disingenuous at best
by ethagknight 2y ago
You lost me at “climate change induced typhoon”.
Comparing an “Bay Area typhoon” (very hilly) to low and flat Houston with a direct hit is disingenuous at best.
- wannacboatmovie 2y agoDon't worry, he saw a clogged storm drain in Pac Heights once, he's got this.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoHe does speak from experience!
- jwkpiano1 2y agoThe elevation of Houston is _higher_ than the elevation of SF. Yes, there are many hills, and the _max_ elevation is obviously higher, but there are also plenty of low lying areas and areas at sea level.
- ethagknight 2y agoHills make a huge difference impeding winds across the land, storm water drains much faster. Has a hurricane ever hit San Francisco? It’s not a real comparison, typhoons in the area, to a direct hurricane. It’s also extremely expensive to mitigate, maybe it should be done, but the GP was hand waving it all away. Commenter even “disagreed from experience” and then cited a totally different experience.
- jwkpiano1 2y agoTrue, but none of that contradicts what I said.
- ethagknight 2y agoHouston geography is just so so different from San Francisco, it's a goofy comparison to make. Both are major coastal cities, one being slightly higher than other is not really material, and thats about where the comparison ends. The impact to Houston is a drainage matter, no where for massive quantities of water to go.
- AlbertCory 2y agoNonetheless, there are no recorded instances of large storm-induced floods in the SFBay area that I'm aware of. Do you know of any? Fires, earthquakes, heavy rains causing mudslides that have actually killed people: yes. Some very localized flooding around the Russian River happens all the time. The Guadalupe River in San Jose flooded a few years ago. But storm surge from the ocean? nope, nope.
- sdenton4 2y agoThere was a pretty bad flooding event portrayed in the documentary movie San Andreas. https://youtu.be/jvIGFhqbe0c?si=ZCaVjWjw-oi84HgD&t=1m39s https://youtu.be/jvIGFhqbe0c?si=ZCaVjWjw-oi84HgD&t=1m39s
- AlbertCory 2y agoYou're calling it a "documentary movie"?
- vdqtp3 2y agoJust because he didn't add /s doesn't mean it's not implied
- AlbertCory 2y agoyou never know what someone thinks /s. There's another guy here claiming there are supernatural phenomena.
- mistermann 2y agoAnd there are also people who are big talkers but can't defend their "non-supernatural" claims when challenged.
- AlbertCory 2y agooh, you're just so busy here, aren't you? we don't have to prove the negative; you have to prove your claim.
- DoneWithAllThat 2y agoI was laughing too. Yes the legendary typhoons slamming into SF yearly, how could I forget.