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The 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

The 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 ago
Hills 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 ago
  True, but none of that contradicts what I said.
  - ethagknight 2y ago
    Houston 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 ago
Nonetheless, 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 ago
  There 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 ago
    You're calling it a "documentary movie"?
    - vdqtp3 2y ago
      Just because he didn't add /s doesn't mean it's not implied
      - AlbertCory 2y ago
        you never know what someone thinks /s. There's another guy here claiming there are supernatural phenomena.
        mistermann 2y ago
        And there are also people who are big talkers but can't defend their "non-supernatural" claims when challenged.
        AlbertCory 2y ago
        oh, you're just so busy here, aren't you? we don't have to prove the negative; you have to prove your claim.
        mistermann 2y ago
        Impressive, but fairly normative[1] rhetoric[2]. Can you please take that courage over to the thread in question, where the cat seems to have gotten your tongue? Some alternatives: 1. Engage in even more rhetoric (which is easily identified) 2. Pretend that you have not seen this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40954874 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40954874 [1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychology-normative-cognition/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychology-normative-cogn... Note: - you and I are both Humans - this conversation is "a situation" [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric

ethagknight 2y ago

Hills 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 ago
True, but none of that contradicts what I said.
- ethagknight 2y ago
  Houston 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 ago

Nonetheless, 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 ago
There 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 ago
  You're calling it a "documentary movie"?
  - vdqtp3 2y ago
    Just because he didn't add /s doesn't mean it's not implied
    - AlbertCory 2y ago
      you never know what someone thinks /s. There's another guy here claiming there are supernatural phenomena.
      - mistermann 2y ago
        And there are also people who are big talkers but can't defend their "non-supernatural" claims when challenged.
        AlbertCory 2y ago
        oh, you're just so busy here, aren't you? we don't have to prove the negative; you have to prove your claim.
        mistermann 2y ago
        Impressive, but fairly normative[1] rhetoric[2]. Can you please take that courage over to the thread in question, where the cat seems to have gotten your tongue? Some alternatives: 1. Engage in even more rhetoric (which is easily identified) 2. Pretend that you have not seen this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40954874 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40954874 [1] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychology-normative-cognition/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychology-normative-cogn... Note: - you and I are both Humans - this conversation is "a situation" [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric