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The water table in Germany and the water table in Texas are two different things. Notably, the city is right next to a giant body of salty ocean water, which
by akira2501 2y ago
The water table in Germany and the water table in Texas are two different things. Notably, the city is right next to a giant body of salty ocean water, which is why they get hurricanes in the first place, but it also severely complicates the process of creating underground utilities.
- sangnoir 2y agoThis argument would be more convincing if Houston didn't have any underground infrastructure.
- stevenwoo 2y agoDowntown Houston has a big underground tunnel system connecting building so people don’t have to walk outside. The first big plan to reduce flooding in Houston was to create tunnels similar in size to the ones under Tokyo to funnel water from Houston area to gulf. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environment/article/A-30-billion-vision-to-build-eight-massive-flood-17247151.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/environm...