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At a (central Texas) city council hearing today on granting someone a variance to build tennis courts on a meadow next to a creek, a longtime resident said, “I
by jkestner 1y ago
At a (central Texas) city council hearing today on granting someone a variance to build tennis courts on a meadow next to a creek, a longtime resident said, “I think I’ve lived through five 500-year floods here.”
- nocoiner 1y agoWhere I live in Texas, we had three “500 year” events in three consecutive years, with the last one probably closer to a 1000 or 10000 year event - more rainfall in one spot than anywhere else ever measured. We’ll see how long that record holds (I’ll take the under on 1000 years).
- kbelder 1y agoThere's probably many other 1 in a 1,000 year events that haven't happened in many thousands. It's really hard to reason about infrequent events, especially post-hoc.
- Havoc 1y agoI guess if you’re building something in vulnerable spots tennis court is better than house
- jkestner 1y agoNot for the neighbors. The courts are 10x the impermeable cover of the house they’re also trying to build. There should be nothing on that land.
- Yeul 1y agoIf in the Netherlands a river floods millions are affected and there is trillions in damage. If in America a river floods a few hundred people die. That's why my country takes this stuff seriously.