The $31BN Seawall to Save The Texas Coast
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@deionford9215 Рік тому
When they said “Texas is defending its coast line in the only way it knows how” I thought they were going to say “by building a wall” 😂😂
@joespanojr Рік тому
We need a wall the higher the longer the better
@macaron3141592653 Рік тому
they pretty much are
@skinnie2838 Рік тому
0:25 They are not doing this because of 'climate change' you absolute muppet. Texas has had horrific hurricanes since the early 1800's at least. They are hoping to prevent what they know has been an issue for CENTURIES. Gotta love people who dont even live in my state pretending like they know what they are talking about.
@macaron3141592653 Рік тому
@@skinnie2838 they kind of are. These storms have gotten more severe and frequent, and will continue to get worse due to climate change. Whenever any city builds dams and levees to prepare, they are doing so to prevent flooding not just from higher sea levels but mostly more severe storms and flooding.
@skinnie2838 Рік тому
@@macaron3141592653 Haha, another lemming who bought into the propaganda. I have lived right next to the area mentioned in this video and the storms have always been like this. For at least half a century. And the records from this area show the same thing for the past few centuries. Take your propaganda elsewhere dumbo.
@AllAmericanGuyExpert Рік тому
I _died_ when he said Army _Corpse_ of Engineers
@StatusFX3 2 місяці тому
Hey man, dead engineers need work too.
@markarca6360 2 місяці тому
*Corps
@JayYoung-ro3vu 28 днів тому
Yes. English accent:successful. Mispronunciation of American English: unsuccessful.
@fatcat2025 Рік тому
Good to hear the Dutch are an inspiration. They've been doing this kind of thing for a long time and have been incredibly successful
@alileevil Рік тому
Too bad all they do now is ride bicycles and build new bicycle paths.
@JesseKonijnenberg Рік тому
@@alileevil Yeah and that's a good thing, car dependency sucks.
@alileevil Рік тому
@@JesseKonijnenberg Tell me what have the Dutch recently done? You are relying on your past glory, back when the Dutch were explorers and builders. Now they are a bunch of tree huggers with no real contribution except being a financial center for multimillion dollar corporations. Oh how far the Dutch have fallen.
@scb2scb2 Рік тому
@@alileevil About 20B will be spend on the updates of the delta plan over the next 10 years. Thats the design they copied here (and good on them) thats spending and building not just planning its a continues process. The good news is that we still seem to have money left to also make good roads for cars and bicycle paths.
@redsampler2017 Рік тому
@@alileevil funny🤣, although when i look at my window i can see them digging out drainage canals for a new housing district that is being build at the same time.(around 300 meters away from the big river that,s defended by that white behemoth.) and yes new bicycle paths leading to that new district as well of course..🤭 you can,t make war nor peace with water you can only hope for as many stalemates as possible.🏙⛈🌊
@christinabishop2533 9 місяців тому
My mother's side of the family lived in Galveston when the 1900 storm hit. The family home was closer to the bay side of the island so was not destroyed by the storm surge due to the debris stopping the flow from coming closer. The house is still there, though it is no longer owned by the family. A lot of people don't realize that the seawall is more than double the visual height that can be seen today.
@makechange5452 Рік тому
If you are from the region, you know all about the storm of 1900. It is the reason there is a sea wall. The island was completely under water. The storm hit at night. The survivors said you could hear the cry of people grow louder and then fade away as they were washed out into the gulf. Something like 10,000 people died. The story's that stuck with me was of the orphan's home and of people using hatchets to try broke though the celling to get to the second floor of their homes. Because they were trapped inside with the rising water. One can only imagine being in compete darkness with a hurricane that drop the barometric pressure lower than it has even been seen. A storm of raging hearing the cries of people as they are dying all around you. While you yourself are fighting to survive. Only to make it through the night to see total devastation as far as you can see. Then to have bodies washing up on shore for weeks.
@thespywaffles Рік тому
Dang
@Eli-El-Toro Рік тому
You forgot the shingles that were torn from rooftops and could slice straight through a human
@frankmacleod2565 Рік тому
Maybe that's not the best place to live
@juliodiaz7151 Рік тому
Shit bro straight out of a horror story
@livsamech8450 Рік тому
Totally agree, we Texans know about the horrible hurricane of 1900, heard it back when I was a kid and visiting Galveston.
@hvanmegen Рік тому
As a dutch person, I would like to say to the people of Texas: "I see you like our technology! You're welcome! Enjoy and may it keep you safe!"
@IwantDoubleToast Рік тому
same
@ceoatcrystalsoft4942 Рік тому
I'm sorry but Texans don't like foreigners so they would never thank you. They would claim they invented it and you stole it (somehow).
@hanz3967 Рік тому
You are not dutch. Maybe mixed ancestry at best.
@quagengineer1877 Рік тому
In the 80s Dutch learned from texans. It's a cycle.
@danhummel84 Рік тому
As a Texan, you don't own, nor did you invent sea walls....
@jonathanvandagriff7515 9 місяців тому
Never heard of Galveston? That part took me away. Is Galveston an unheard of city?!?! Thats wild to me, so much history.
@billbelk7250 8 місяців тому
Yeah, someone just told everyone how stupid he is
@BeyondSustainableLiving 6 місяців тому
IKR!😂
@Jayremy89 Рік тому
I've always wondered about our ability to extend coasts and barriers by just going inland and dumping dirt off the coast. Especially with places like CA, though we have no serious storm issues and hurricanes as a reliable threat, we do have coastal erosion and really step elevation from the coast, it would be easy to "take some off the top" and relocate that. Maybe develop something like a "mud pipeline". from higher elevation areas. We could also easily do water pipelines from the coast and desalination plants and run that into higher deserts to solve almost every case of drought issues and increase real estate value of a mostly value-less desert.
@DanAndHoe 8 місяців тому
Desalination takes a lot of effort, but might be doable. I know in the Netherlands along the coast are many things to help the beaches with coastal erosion. That includes structures in the water, but also planting beach grass and creating/protecting dunes. There’s also ships that suck sand from deeper in the sea onto beaches/closer to beaches. Those dunes also function as storm barriers.
@bishwatntl Рік тому
Galveston has a long history of being hit by hurricanes. I remember visiting in the summer of 1984 and seeing a whole district near the beach where houses had been lifted off their stilts and destroyed the previous summer. In some areas, there were just the concrete pads where houses had been; in others, some of the stilts were left. A stark reminder of what had happened.
@patrickobrienboling2837 Рік тому
Right a long history you say but the narrator said recent climate change. However hurricanes have been cyclical ever since Sub Sahara Africa became a desert because of science but narrator said climate change. I do not doubt climate change but things are more complex and a thing called HISTORY. We will also if it actually gets built.
@aldinklaiqi7808 Рік тому
@@patrickobrienboling2837 he litteraly said ".. a threat that is becoming more severe due to climate change.."
@patrickobrienboling2837 Рік тому
@@aldinklaiqi7808 fair point.
@jonny-b4954 Рік тому
Galveston oh Galveston! Good song. City was wiped out in early 20th century
@franciscodanconia4324 Рік тому
@@GEEZYEA777sinking land is empirically proveable. Man made climate change is not. Computer models are not proof. They’re just models. The two biggest hurricanes to ever hit Texas occurred 122 years ago and 138 years ago. Those are proveable facts.
@wondersteven Рік тому
When I bought my house in Spanish Grant (Galveston) gulf side in 1999 it was third row beach. In 2008 with Hurricane Ike, it became second row beach. I sold it in 2018 because I was getting too old to worry about some hurricane or tropical storm taking it out. I truly miss the place, but not the anxiety. Hope this will help folks and industry down there.
@stellawiller Рік тому
Yes of course ❤
@carijun Рік тому
buy inland house wait till others wash away sell your new beachfront house for millions
@juliannablaj8041 Рік тому
@@carijun
@stellawiller Рік тому
@@carijun hello dear 😍😍
@cuauhtemocd.n.s1178 Рік тому
@@stellawiller hello stella any social medias??? Lol
@woofpuppy Рік тому
I went to Texas A&M in Galveston. They about 10 undergraduate degree programs. ALL of them required assessment and research of the coastal spine in some way, shape, or form. Lots of professors are published on this topic from environmental to economic impacts. I graduated in 2017 and 2018. It is crazy to see how all of the focus attention we put towards this as students has manifested itself into a multi-billion dollar project.
@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle Рік тому
Yep, it's astonishing how just investing in education can help society. Oh well. The United States national education is going down the s****** and there's nothing that'll be done about it.
@Kylan6754 Рік тому
Reading this comment in Atlantic Hall right now
@triple3miller 10 місяців тому
Destroying the environment on the coast is pure stupidity.
@triple3miller 10 місяців тому
@DLM123 Progressives have been successful in destroying our universities.
@BeyondSustainableLiving 6 місяців тому
IKR!
@imasnail3597 Рік тому
As soon as he said “You’ve probably never even heard of it. Galveston!” I immediately knew he wasn’t talking about Texas residence at all. Every body in Texas knows about Galveston.
@ianhaylock7409 Рік тому
And us oldies know about it because of the song by Glenn Campbell.
@HEllis-qu5nn Рік тому
Yeah he didnt even mention San Antonio when he was talking about major cities...what an idiot. Galveston is a major portway wtf is he talkibg about no one has heard of it???
@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 Рік тому
Whenever a military corps of engineers gets to work on a big infrastructure project, I can't help but be reminded of Julius Caesar getting his own Roman engineers to work on his temporary bridge across the Rhine. Projects like that are so surreal.
@jtgd Рік тому
Or the wall within a wall
@HashknightGaming Рік тому
It's the hallmark of human creation build them big and shiny.
@HashknightGaming Рік тому
@Patrick Baptist Lol Rome failed long before America was even a thought.
@kkon5ti Рік тому
For me it rather reminds me of Cesar crossing the Rubicon
@kkon5ti Рік тому
@@HashknightGaming so what? America is going to fail this century, having lasted much less time than Rome
@PLuMUK54 Рік тому
Fred: "You may never have heard of Galveston..." Glen Campbell: "Hold my guitar!"
@derradune6722 Рік тому
Lol it made me feel old when he said that. I suddenly realised that song was from 53 years ago
@melissakenfield5012 Рік тому
I was baffled by that statement until I remembered I grew up next county over and of course most people haven't heard of Galveston 😂
@Bacopa68 Рік тому
The only hit song about the Spanish-American War. Got popular because folks interpreted it as about Vietnam.
@bararobberbaron859 Рік тому
Preventing the damage from 1 Ike size event already earns this project back all its costs, so yeah, totally worth!
@r45tyler Рік тому
worth
@Kgarz02 Рік тому
If it follows typical Texas trends when it comes to infrastructure construction, then it will take 2-3 decades past due and 3-4 times the initial estimated cost. Hell I remember seeing a highway construction project in San Antonio that started when I was 4 and didn't get completed till I was 25.
@nottherealjk Рік тому
The highways in San Antonio are still getting worked on.
@Kgarz02 Рік тому
@@nottherealjk Yeah I know. I'm just referencing those stacked bypasses just past the airport exit.
@yazanmowed Рік тому
And all that is fine when it’s any of these projects with most people, but as soon as it’s rail infrastructure or public transit in general then it’s the spawn of satan and deserves no funding whatsoever.
@psquared5574 Рік тому
And how is that unique to Texas? You don’t get out much.
@kevinhorrell4144 Рік тому
Lol, we're still waiting on this MF harbor bridge in Corpus Christi
@IanCrouse Рік тому
I'm from New Orleans, and they built massive pumps, waterways, levees, etc, for the big one. All worked well until the BIG ONE came, and it failed. In other worlds, no one knows the size of what will be the big one, but one will always be larger than what's built
@ronkolek613 Рік тому
Correct me if I’m wrong, but my understanding is that those levees were rated for a 100 year storm. And Katrina was a helluva lot more than that.
@IanCrouse Рік тому
@@ronkolek613 true. it was a huge storm but the system was a catastrophic failure.
@ronkolek613 Рік тому
@@IanCrouse failure because it was outside the parameters it was designed for. Here’s hoping Texas over engineers it. The Dutch designed the Delta Works to handle a 100K year storm, and even then they are still looking at design parameters and what needs to be done to upgrade.
@gadaadyn8190 Рік тому
It failed because they built the canals at sea level instead of having the canals at ground level in New Orleans and have the pumps at the lake to push it then to sea level. Also MRGO also was a giant Trojan Horse that captured storm surge and caused the flooding in the ninth 9 ward and the Industrial Canal.
@isaiahmacallister7760 Рік тому
I'm a Houstonian, but I always come to Galveston. I don't like it because it's the closest, however it's nice though. But the culture, people, experience, history, and views are unsettling. Please, if you go to either Houston or Galveston, experience them. Those that come to Houston go to Galveston. Galveston is a city tied together with Houston. The spring time through fall is a really beautiful time to go. Go watch the sunset to because believe me watching the sunset from Galveston is a sight you won't ignore or forget about. Come visit us down here!
@dbsti3006 Рік тому
It's no joke. I have family in Galveston and visited the beach once in the early 90s, and again in the early 2000s. There's this narrow strip of sand where there used to be a decent sized beach.
@woofpuppy Рік тому
This just depends on the tide. There has been a bunch of restoration and the beaches are now bigger, but if the tide is high they shrink.
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@gabriellewilson5625 Рік тому
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@kden1271 Рік тому
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@Mikaboshiff Рік тому
i was there for IKE, I was going to school at galveston college at the time and everything on the seawall was gone after the storm. We also went to Galveston every summer and any time it rained the city pretty much always flooded which is why im happy to see new drainage and pumps in the plan.
@woofpuppy Рік тому
I remember it flooding bad by GC. I remember one time it poured down rain for a couple hours and my car was parked across the street to the east. That roadway was flooded and I saw at least a dozen cars stall out and float while trying to traverse it. I waited an hour but the water never receded and I had to get to my car and the water was quite literally balls deep when i walked through. Just from a couple hours of rain. A big part of the issue was clogged drains (for decades). A lot of work has been put into fixing this. Harborside doesn't flood like it used to anymore. It was shitty city management responsible for the flooding.
@kekero540 Рік тому
Galveston and Houston used to have an electric passenger rail connection as well as extensive electric trolley systems
@nottawa86 Рік тому
they need to bring this back and on a larger scale
@iandennis7836 9 місяців тому
@@nottawa86"And deprive me of mah God Given Raht ter drive a 6.7 litre v10 truck dahn ter the store ter get a hayaff gallern o milk whenever ah wanna? Goddam pinko subversive commie bastard "....... well, good luck with that, or in other words it ain't gunna happen........sadly.
@Tremoring Рік тому
I can't wait to see what happens when the Ike Dike meets hurricane Tina in the future.
@vulture3874 Рік тому
That's why it is so important to have a tidal energy project. So the big wheel, will indeed, keep on turnin'.
@Ominous89 Рік тому
Wow. It's an exact copy of what we Dutch call "Deltawerken" (Deltaworks). Our defence system against the sea. It only looks slightly more modern. But, same idea, and hopefully it works out for Texas or even other area's. If not, raise more dykes and design and install more valves until the system works. I'm actually very proud to see the Deltaworks being adapted by the USA. 👏
@angryhairpeice Рік тому
Not exact. It will be a cheap knockoff, and will fail just like their power grid. Everything's dumber in Texas
@Akurin Рік тому
Florida?
@joecool4656 Рік тому
Thanks. I’m glad to see other people like the US and what we are doing
@ClementinesmWTF Рік тому
@@angryhairpeicecongrats on proving how little you actually understand about Texas infrastructure 🎉
@caesarsalad1170 Рік тому
@@angryhairpeice What makes you say that angrypubichairpiece?
@Hollyclown Рік тому
You can’t just fix all your problems with a wall Texas! Texas:
@Bacopa68 Рік тому
Lots of people in Texas don't like the wall, particularly the people who live where it was built.
@celladora31 Рік тому
@@stevesherman5761 the dead do not feel anything
@rorycannon7295 Рік тому
@@stevesherman5761 u do realize that illegal immigrants are actually less likely to commit crimes than natives?
@rorycannon7295 Рік тому
@@stevesherman5761 bro this isnt even up for a debate it is a well studied fact, almost as well proven as climate change even, and as we all know, climate change is completely agreed upon.
@rorycannon7295 Рік тому
@@stevesherman5761 In 2018, the illegal immigrant criminal conviction rate was 782 per 100,000 illegal immigrants, 535 per 100,000 legal immigrants, and 1,422 per 100,000 native‐born Americans. - the numbers do not lie.
@melissajohnson2935 Рік тому
Louisiana has already built one. It was built after Katrina to keep surge out of the river, which in turns keeps it out of lake Pontchartrain that feeds the canals that had the levee failures to create the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina.
@TheHornet44 Рік тому
“Texas is defending its coastline in the only way it knows how” Building a wa- going big! Going big is what I was thinking too
@sixteezchild Рік тому
GO TEXAS COAST!!! This will be beautiful and much needed! I know it's costing a LOT of money, but chances are it will save money in ways we cannot see! If it does its job, that will be magnificent and people, property, and businesses will be spared!
@sailorman92704 Рік тому
So you want my tax dollars to build over a billion dollar wall....to protect the wealthiest Americans with their millions of dollars of waterfront properties.....and I spend $20,000 a year on health insurance.....?
@sixteezchild Рік тому
@@sailorman92704 I hear ya and can totally relate. I can't rub two pennies together being as I live on a 1 acre piece of oceanfront property in the desert in West Texas. Not too many can afford health insurance out here unless they were blessed to hang onto their jobs. I would help with the wall if I could...I'd do a lot of things to help save our drilling and production industry! This oil field raised my kids and gave my family a good living. It's all gone out here now.
@moby1kanob Рік тому
@@sailorman92704 get a job that provides health insurance. There are PLENTY of jobs that will provide health insurance to you. Health insurance is also a problem stemming from Obamacare, so if you ever voted for that idiot, reap what you sew. I pay ZERO for my health insurance and get fantastic healthcare in Texas :)
@sailorman92704 Рік тому
@moby1kanob.... then you won't have any problem paying for your own seawall...instead of mooching off hardworking Americans taxes living across the country. BTW Americans pay twice what other wealthy countries pay for healthcare. So tell me about the great health insurance republicans are offering? .... oh... that's right.....Republicans have no plans.....republiCons have threatened for years to get rid of obamacare but have offered nothing....many republicans dont want to get rid of obamacare. It's the best game in town.....over 35 million Americans are on obamacare. Republicans don't know how to govern just b!tch about how awful it is here in America.....SO LEAVE!
@danieljones3664 Рік тому
@@sailorman92704 I mean, Houston is famous for flooding and this would prevent a lot of that. I know people who are not wealthy and lost everything to flooding. This will protect everyone in Houston.
@rockyroad7345 Рік тому
People always talk about things in Texas being big, but never fail to forget San Antonio, which is a beautiful historic city and the 2nd biggest in the state behind Houston.
@moby1kanob Рік тому
what does that have to do with anything in this video? Sure just interject your city into the discussion for no reason, makes sense.
@214dude2 Рік тому
Dallas is the true 2nd largest city in Texas. San Antonio simply annexed more land to boost its population. Dallas County alone still has more people than the entire San Antonio metro area.
@kronk9418 Рік тому
@@214dude2 I see you just contradicted every contemporary census report from the Gov, nice.
@214dude2 Рік тому
@@kronk9418 How? Dallas - 1,304,379 (339.6 sq mi of land) Dallas County - 2,613,539 (873.06 sq mi of land) DFW Area - 7,637,387 (8,675 sq mi) San Antonio - 1,434,625 (498.85 sq mi of land) Bexar County - 2,009,324 (1,240 sq mi of land) San Antonio Metro area - 2,558,143 (7,387 sq mi) Numbers from 2020. Clearly Dallas is the much larger city by these stats.
@lemonhead162 Рік тому
Galveston County is my home and I miss it dreadfully now that I live up in the Austin area.
@Tyler_Durden_562 Рік тому
I mean, if you're going to build something this massive. It's a very smart idea to get ideas and help from countries that have implemented similar or identical systems with success lol - bravo to A&M for finding some help to make realistic plans
@DanAndHoe 8 місяців тому
Yeah, no need to reinvent the wheel. There’s a lot of expertise all around the world, ready to be tapped into. Being Dutch I look forward to seeing the end product, how it might be different to the ones we have here, considering Texas deals with different weather than the Netherlands.
@jordez1 Рік тому
Im currently on a work assignment here Amsterdam and I drive every day to the Port of IJmuiden and I see these navigating gates, very impressive structures. I hope Houston(I’m from Katy) adopts this technology to protect our city.
@lucasrem Рік тому
IJmuiden is impressive, how Amsterdam got access to the sea, an ongoing project, the new wider gates now! Houston needs the same solution, are the taxpayers willing to understand it ?
@Geoff9001 Рік тому
H-town represent haha. I'm from Katy too but it's just Houston to those outside of east Texas. Yeah Netherlands have been reclaiming land for centuries with windmill pumps and their civil engineering is impressive. I would say our system of hundreds of miles of huge bayous is pretty impressive too if I'm being honest
@mikespurg8006 Рік тому
@@cubefreak123 lost tax revenue from homes worth a lot less after Harvey. We survived Harvey and Ike, except for some pieces of fence knocked down. We are located near I-10 and Houston Tollway, 2 miles from Memorial Hospital and shopping mall. House values have sky rocketed. Never had flooding or wind damage on our street. Lucky. so far.
@USandGlobal Рік тому
@@lucasremno since Amsterdam and Texas are like comparing a house to one of the worlds greatest buildings 😂 Netherlands has terminal demographics as well where they have more older people than young and low birthrates and one of the reasons is because they have high taxes so no I hope Thai doesn’t happen in Texas
@USandGlobal Рік тому
@@Geoff9001not really impressive about the Netherlands system 😂 and comparing it to Texas is pretty funny since Texas has a much larger economy thanks to its great technology
@The-KP Рік тому
Informative and mercifully brief - a rare combination these days!
@SansNeural Рік тому
Not sure I can trust this presentation completely... he said the *corpse* of engineers has gotten involved.
@The-KP Рік тому
@@SansNeural The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The same people who've been bringing you dams, locks, levees, dikes, bridges, seawalls and other large-scale water engineering projects for, oh, about a quarter of a millennia.
@SansNeural Рік тому
@@The-KP Oh, I know all about the US Army Corps of Engineers... my father served in that Corps in the Korean War. But the narrator here said "corpse".
@The-KP Рік тому
@@SansNeural lol
@cornebod Рік тому
The sun will have to rotate around the earth before this project begins 🤣🤣🤣
@Jacob-ed1bl Рік тому
I'm a towboat Captain primarily in the port of Houston and Galveston like the few shown in your video. I'm also a born and raised south Texan and have been in industry for 27 years, this is the first I've heard about this project and very curious how it's going to affect my job. The five way intersection where the flood gates are going to be placed is one of the busiest in the country with hundreds of vessels passes one way or other daily, very interesting to say the least.
@eagle25311 Рік тому
And I'm a tow boat 5 star general I even managed to tow your mom somehow
@KB-ke3fi Рік тому
It's not gonna happen just because of that...this is all BS. The only thing that needs to change is the rest of the country's ignorance about the Gulf Coast.
@Jacob-ed1bl Рік тому
@K B What? First of all, nobody said the traffic has anything to do with the project. I'm simply pointing out how I'm not familiar with the project and at the same time extremely knowledgeable about the area. I don't know what vast knowledge you claim to have about the Gulf Coast, but I'm 100% sure the experts know far more than you ever will. Not to be a jerk, but you sound pretty ignorant.
@theshosher Рік тому
@@Jacob-ed1bl I think you underestamate the sheer size of this project. Yes you might need a detour you cant cut off close the coastline anymore, but 2 container ships could move through this with relative ease. and there's 2 of them. I get your concerns though. As someone from the netherlands i can tell you with all my heart. Its better to have a little added difficulty with boats then having millions of people flooded. We deal with water like nobody else does and and this is out of a pure need. In 1953 our small country got absolutely demolished by floods. Also it might actually increase your workload. Most of rotterdam cannot be entered by big ships, they have to be tugged. The chance of someone hitting the Delta works and breaking them is simply too high. i have no sense of scale how far this is away from houston, but theres a reasonable chance they'd have to be tugged the entire way.
@Jacob-ed1bl Рік тому
@Shosher I understand the size of the project, but I don't think you understand the amount of traffic that goes through that location, and driving vessels isn't like driving a car. It's an extremely difficult location as it is, so saying "a little more difficulty" could lead to major catastrophe. Regardless, it's being built, and we'll deal with it.
@slowedversion6393 Рік тому
Feel like this is only gonna backfire. Mother Nature is very strong
@jojodroid31 Рік тому
Yep, should divest from fossil fuels instead, but they'll only realize their greed once it's too late. But hey, they can just sell their houses and move, amiright?
@michaeltrower741 Рік тому
agreed
@MrNote-lz7lh Рік тому
And yet we have to be very careful not to kill the old hag on accident. We got this.
@christianmoore7932 Рік тому
What do you mean by backfire. It won't make a hurricane worse but if you mean overconfidence in the system that leads to people staying in they're homes then maybe. But it should greatly reduce damage from hurricanes
@danniionderwater Рік тому
Je moet ook voorbeeld nemen aan ons Nederlanders wij zijn 1 met de zee. Volg de golven en leert ze kennen en geef ruimte waar nodig. Watermanagement is vooruit denken hoe efficient, weerbaar, leefbaar we de toekomst verzekeren.
@MayorZach Рік тому
Guy 1 : *sees dude building a wall in the desert* Guy 1 : " why you buildin' that wall here?" Guy 2 : "to keep these guys out of my country that i don't like" Guy 1 : "well....I don't like the ocean very much..." Guy 2 : "Wall it up!"
@rorycannon7295 Рік тому
family guy nice
@jeebusk Рік тому
I think you mixed up guy 1 with guy 2
@M7S4I5L8V2A Рік тому
I went there on vacation in I think 2010. My dad apparently had been in the past and my stepmom went there for her senior trip I think. They really hyped it up but I don't think they had heard or remembered the damage it took. I remember when checking into a hotel I saw a pamphlet for a hotel in the area I think called the flagship or something. Then we went driving around and looking back I think my dad had a lot more planned because we mostly just saw houses and rubble. I remember trying to keep an out for the hotel and while driving by some other stuff I saw it. It was about half way intact and you couldn't really drive up to it.
@woofpuppy Рік тому
The hotel was intact as well as most of the pier structure it was situated on. Apparently it used to be *the spot* for governors & presidents decades ago. It turned into a rats nest/dumpster but still operated until Ike. The hurricane damaged the connection of the pier to the seawall/roadway. It was sold to Tillman Fertitta for only $500,000. It is the site of the Pleasure Pier today. Apparently it is the "Historic Pleasure Pier" because that is what it was originally opened as prior to the construction of the Flagship hotel.
@b.thomas8926 Рік тому
I live in the area, and been through Rita, Ike, and Harvey. Yeah, build the (sea)wall. If you never have experienced a hurricane, be happy. During Ike, after mandatory evacuations were issued, there were still people out on Bolivar that refused to evacuate. When the storm surge came in, they called for help. The Galveston PD told people out on Bolivar to write their SSN on their arms with magic markers because there was no way they could be rescued. (So they could be identified after drowning) That's the kind of storm a hurricane is. A sea wall will save lives.
@Hayyyward Рік тому
Doesn't really matter as this planet gets more over populated. Those sea walls will not stop winds and heavy rain that causes flooding inland. As our population continues to keep growing, storms are only seen as worse as they affect more people and it's considered more costly. And as areas like that get more populated, it's much harder for those to evacuate and the storms are then considered more deadly. I've been thru many hurricanes myself but I do not live on the water for a reason. I live a good 40 minutes from any coastline and no sea wall will protect me from any major hurricane. When you've seen wind damage 100 miles away from the coast from a hurricane, you know there is nothing we can build to protect us from it.
@b.thomas8926 Рік тому
@@Hayyyward I grew up in Beaumont, Texas, and today, I live in Galveston County. I've experienced multiple hurricanes. And here's some facts. Do you know Port Author is surrounded by a dyke? Did you know that dyke has protected Port Author many times in the past? Did you know that low level cities around the world that have used such systems have weathered Typhoons and Hurricanes just fine? Sure, there is flooding inland, but, that's nothing compared to a wall of water pushed in from the sea. IF that water is held back, then the flood water inland has somewhere to go dramatically reducing the level of floodwaters inland. Dykes have dramatically reduced flooding every time they've been tested. This isn't science fiction, its happened and its real and Texas needs a system like this.
@Hayyyward Рік тому
@@b.thomas8926 It's all because of overpopulation and too much development right on our coasts. As I said, that wall will do nothing for wind damage and there will always be flooding inland. All the wall will do is help what is immediately on the coast but it will alter the coastlines that formed naturally to deal with storms and flooding. Humans altering it is why we have to keep on doing things like this.
@b.thomas8926 Рік тому
@@Hayyyward The world is doomed, gotcha. It's amazing you can get up in the morning.
@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Рік тому
15 miles inland ...that's crazy... I grew up 14 miles from Seal Beach California in Downey... that's a long way! Wow ✌️❤️🇺🇸🗽
@gaius_enceladus Рік тому
Great video! A very impressive project! Good to see the Army Corps of Engineers involved - if anyone can get things done, they can!
@lucasrem Рік тому
Just copy the works from Rotterdam, but are taxpayers willing to pay for it ? if anyone can get things done ?
@frankmacleod2565 Рік тому
They can't stop sea levels from rising
@conradnelson5283 Рік тому
@@frankmacleod2565 an inch every hundred years. They can handle it
@frankmacleod2565 Рік тому
@@conradnelson5283 unfortunately it's a much faster rate than that, and the rate itself is accelerating. Sea level in San Francisco bay has come up seven inches in the last century and the rate is increasing. King tides have consistently been several inches higher than predicted according to standard models, the last few years. I live on the ocean and can see this rise myself. The ocean is changing
@frankmacleod2565 Рік тому
@@conradnelson5283 you didn't think the climate changes at the same rate over time, did you? The climate fluctuates over time in reaction to a great variety of drivers, one of which is atmospheric chemistry.
@Jorjgasm Рік тому
The idea that it would cost just 31 billion is absolutely crazy.
@Luk844 Рік тому
When people see negative things, often they haven't asked you to know anything. Assuming is dangerous. Never take anything for granted.
@RenTheGreat Рік тому
It's funny how In a lot of videos about Texas they usually exclude San Antonio. San Antonio is bigger than Austin yet it seems like it doesnt exist to the rest of the world.
@kronk9418 Рік тому
They’ve forgotten the Alamo. Faith in humanity lost.
@michaeltrower741 Рік тому
San Antonio is always forgotten
@JVM42069 Рік тому
Great informative video and not boring thanks
@markzieber9733 Рік тому
Now that's a wall worth building.
@220ox7 Рік тому
I live in central Texas but my family and I go to Port Aransas every summer on vacation and it's sad to see some places are still rebuilding to 100 % capacity and some places we liked to eat or go just folded up shop and moved. Mother Nature does her own thing and we no different than creatures can do no more than learn, overcome and try to adapt to her will.
@ameanoacid6176 Рік тому
Sure, In The Netherlands we have been doing well for decades. This is essentially a copy paste of the Delta works in Zeeland and the Measlantkering In Rotterdam. Just saying, you Americans are years behind on what can and honestly should have been done.
@HelloImNoob2323 Рік тому
I'm sorry you live in Texas. Is there anything I can do to help?
@vinceruland9236 Рік тому
@@HelloImNoob2323 don't be sorry. Texas is great
@HelloImNoob2323 Рік тому
@@vinceruland9236 It used to be, pre Trump
@vinceruland9236 Рік тому
@Hello I'm noob still is. Trump didn't have any negative effects
@Grenadier311 8 місяців тому
A powerful hurricane pushing up the Houston ship channel would be apocalyptic.
@lk29392 Рік тому
I'm from Houston and have been to Galveston many times. Too bad it has some really rough/delapidated areas in the middle of the island. The east and west ends are very nice.
@celladora31 Рік тому
Poor people have to live somewhere too.
@konichiwa3744 Рік тому
Need to gentrification the place. Get them to unaffordable tax rates. Bunch of bums with beach walk homes
@celladora31 Рік тому
@@stevesherman5761 because most people live in coastal areas. Lots of people live in tornado alley too. Develop some empathy.
@celladora31 Рік тому
@@stevesherman5761 most people live in coastal areas. There is always something to endure. Whether it's hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, drought, etc. You sound ignorant and I obviously hit the nail on the head by pointing out your lack of empathy even for your own family. No one worth their salt asked for any help. We actually help each other without being asked because we have empathy. Your kind isn't welcome here, so we can all be happy that you chose to live elsewhere.
@Bacopa68 Рік тому
@Steve Sherman There's still plenty of industry and commerce in Galveston. It's not entirely a resort town as all the features that made it an attractive port are still there.
@benba8342 Рік тому
0:30 They're finally decarbonizing their Energy sector!; They're finally decar... Oh. Oh shit! "Dealing" that way.
@ClementinesmWTF Рік тому
Texas is the largest green energy producer in the US…we can talk about complete decarbonization when the rest of the US stops begging for its oil addiction. Until then, blaming Texas for the nationwide (and worldwide) issue is ridiculous
@tclanjtopsom4846 Рік тому
I watched a video on the Netherlands Sea barrier, amazing work. I'm sure Texas will get experts from there to build in Texas.
@jackdamron382 Рік тому
Corpse of engineers? Deadly.
@campbellsadeghy213 Рік тому
The Army Corps of Engineers just announced a preferred alternative in a $35+ billion dollar seawall project for NYC as well.
@cameronf3343 Рік тому
@Patrick Baptist National debt & personal debt are treated very differently. AKA… no worries.
@caesarsalad1170 Рік тому
@@patrickbaptist8233 So let another hurricanes storm surge hit and do $30 billion worth of damage? Oh that $30 billion seawall would have helped right about now. It will pay for itself.
@caesarsalad1170 Рік тому
@@patrickbaptist8233 You know what drove up costs? Printing trillions during a bs pandemic. Did that money contribute to anything beneficial? No it just went to stimulus checks people bought TVs and beer with.
@caesarsalad1170 Рік тому
@@patrickbaptist8233 Defense budget is around 700b a year, a couple trillion on stimulus is a much more massive waste than actually using $ for something tangible.
@caesarsalad1170 Рік тому
@@patrickbaptist8233 There will always be need for defense, on this planet or off it.
@Followerofchrist2091 Рік тому
The biggest need as well to Galveston, and I am in the area, is a need for a traffic route connecting between Bolivar and Galveston island. And bolivar needs their highway improved from a 2 lane to at least a 4-6 lane for evacuation routes. Houston is so huge now that taking the I45 corridor to get out is really hard when you’re on the south side. We need routes heading east, the only way to cross is a slow ferry system that can take 1-3 hours depending on traffic and time of year.
@vitopannucci2001 Рік тому
This, on Thanksgiving the power lines on the Bolivar side shorted and we sat there for 3 hours. They're buying another ferry soon for $40M, converting the others to diesel hybrid, and spend about $50M annually between the two ferry systems in the state according to txdot. The Baytown Bridge is similar in length and height to what would be needed in Galveston and cost about $250M adjusted for inflation...
@KRYMauL Рік тому
That won’t fix anything. It sounds like they need more options or have a freight only route. More lane = more trips.
@lucasrem Рік тому
Keep the islands as they are please, you need to move to Austin ! Keep it as a vacation home only!
@hockeymaskbob2942 Рік тому
Need to build out alternate options like passenger rail, all adding another lane will do is create more backed up traffic
@hockeymaskbob2942 Рік тому
@@cubefreak123 the rail infrastructure already exists, just copy what Brightline did in Florida, spend a little time and money repairing and improving the existing track, then you'd have a system that not only moves more people faster then the existing 10 lane highway, but also removes traffic from said highway
@SCTproductionsJ5 Рік тому
Walls don't work. We have *ladders* 😂
@christiancruiz9044 9 місяців тому
Build the wall ! Build that wall!
@Fayroozi Рік тому
US Army "Corpse" of Engineers
@VinnyUnion 9 місяців тому
Met a US Navy chick and she was a complete jerk. Assuming me being jealous for not being in the military or not being accecpted into. What a total joke. The seniors are already retiring and the army is being replaced by juvenile karens and ts as well. I highly doubt it would stand a chance against other armies at this point. Especially asian ones which are just fierce on the battlefield.
@Mike335is Рік тому
As someone who just moved to Galveston county... This is amazing!!
@omadoutlaw4868 Рік тому
An old country song made Galveston familiar to me, but I have never been to that part of Texas.
@chuckfrazier2007 Рік тому
My grandfather was a young boy when Hurricane Ike hit in 1900. He managed to survive by clinging to the causeway. He later worked for the Irish gang who controlled gambling.
@juarezderrick9647 Рік тому
Ike hit about 12 years ago not in 1900. I live here in Galveston County and stayed during Ike. That was a different hurricane
@chuckfrazier2007 Рік тому
@@juarezderrick9647 you’re right. I got the name wrong. It was the Great Hurricane of 1900. Thanks.
@GrumpyCockatiel 7 місяців тому
The Maceo Brothers controlled organized crime in Galveston... they were Sicilian. They ran The Balinese Room off the Seawall which was destroyed during Ike. There's a story that Al Capone once sent one of his guys to Galveston to see about taking control of it... and The Maceo's mailed his head back to Chicago.
@CallieMasters5000 Рік тому
I live 2 blocks from the location at 7:01. My family never left Galveston for any hurricane, including Ike in 2008. After the 1900 Storm they built the Seawall, which is about 17 feet tall facing the Gulf of Mexico for about 100 blocks. Then they did the Grade Raising, where they filled in the entire island by about 9 feet, jacking up all the surviving buildings, including cathedrals, mansions, businesses and small homes. This took about 14 years. The storm surge came in from the Bay side, where the flooding was as much as 10 feet in Ike, though less as you go towards the Seawall, as the island drains to the bay. Along Broadway the flooding was about 4 feet. The cost of the Ike Dike is projected to be less than the insurance claims paid out in Hurricane Ike alone, so the sooner we get it the better. New Orleans got billions of dollars in levees and storm protection tight after Hurricane Katrina, yet we haven't had any building yet. You can go visit the county history museum and see the jewelry and other personal effects of victims from the 1900 storm. Galveston has a long history, and our property values continue to increase every year. Most homes are now being built to at least 20 feet above sea level now, or even more. We're just a sand bar 3x30 miles long, but we'll survive one way or another.
@longhunter1975 Рік тому
I got a lot in Gilchrist next to rowover
@oreo1064 Рік тому
@@revelationakagoldeneagle8045 No been sober for years now. When I hear about this beach town that comes to mind. Sorry to upset u.
@oreo1064 Рік тому
@@revelationakagoldeneagle8045 When I hear of this small beach town that comes to mind. Sorry to upset u.
@revelationakagoldeneagle8045 Рік тому
@@oreo1064 I'm not upset Brother... I was just a little confused at the moment. Blessings from Georgia 🍑 🙏
@oreo1064 Рік тому
@@revelationakagoldeneagle8045Shalom Yud-Tes Kislev
@tdyerwestfield Рік тому
I don't think people have forgotten about the hurricane that hit Galveston in the early 1900s. Isn't it still the deadliest hurricane in US history?
@409DLo Рік тому
It is
@lightdark00 Рік тому
It doesn't sit right with the climate propagandists though.
@409DLo Рік тому
@@lightdark00 what doesn't sit right?
@77Treasurehunter77 Рік тому
It is the deadliest........and people have forgotten.
@lightdark00 Рік тому
@@409DLo Anything that disagrees with their propaganda.
@randomtricksvideos Рік тому
Did you guys take the music from the intro for Undecided?
@pathfinder509 Рік тому
The wrath of nature is the correct explanation
@amydiazhollis6642 Рік тому
Islander here. Thanks for covering Galveston! We are gritty and resilient bunch down here.
@amydiazhollis6642 Рік тому
@Steve Sherman you don't see me begging for handouts. And I was born here.
@amydiazhollis6642 Рік тому
@Steve Sherman negative. I thanked the creator for making a video about Galveston.
@HTown99 Рік тому
@@amydiazhollis6642 @Steve Sherman Steve, that was embarrassing.
@ericwright8592 Рік тому
Good luck. Lived on the Texas coast a while. It flooded when we got the slightest drizzle. Galveston is basically a bowl. The seawall facing the gulf and the port facing the bay side, basically the perimeter of the island, are the highest points. Everything in between is much, much lower. Also kind of ironic the oil and gas industry needs help being saved from increasingly stronger storms caused by the effects of pollution from... the oil and gas industry.
@wlpaul4 Рік тому
They would very much like it if you forgot about that.
@ericwright8592 Рік тому
@@wlpaul4 now that I think about it, the seawall will do exactly what they intend it to, protect the refineries and port. The actual residents of the coastal areas? If it helps them, that's a happy coincidence. Always amazing they can find billions for these projects but building even just proper sidewalks in texas? Who will pay for such extravagances?
@jarjarbinks6018 Рік тому
I think your neglecting all the people who work in the oil industry and other big industries in that area who will be protected by this barrier. +7 million… Do you remember hurricane Harvey
@ericwright8592 Рік тому
@@jarjarbinks6018 @JarJar Binks hurricane Harvey was terrible because of falling rain, not storm surge. It was a very different storm than Ike. There's a ton of people there, yes, but one of the biggest issues is unchecked development paving what used to be swamps and bayous. Houston sprawl is absolutely nuts. They may keep the ocean out but heavy rain will still plague them all the same as before.
@franciscodanconia4324 Рік тому
Except we aren’t seeing worse and worse storms. The worst hurricane to ever hit Texas happened in… wait for it… 1886.
@j.griffin Рік тому
Unfair to Storms! PREJUDICE! ☝🏿🤠👍🏿
@aiwash2766 Рік тому
I remember going to Galveston 2 years after Ike hit we where still seeing the aftermath, there was still boats in the side of the highway and houses where still in ruin it decimated that area
@michaeltrower741 Рік тому
yeah, Ike was bad, really bad
@stevejenkins2335 Рік тому
I was there the day after. Had to swerve around boats and a ship on 45 to get in then drove on 20 foot pile of rubble to get downtown.
@OnesRealness Рік тому
That next storm gone hit way before that’s built
@jeebusk Рік тому
Seems like it would make sense to collect tidal energy as part of this project .
@ravinraven6913 Рік тому
nah, its texas, they didn't think that hard. They said what is the best way to protect our oil fields and keep the flow going and the money coming....anything that benefited other people is just a side effect from them not thinking things through texas is a land of idiots. In marfa one year, they had a veterans day parade, a flatbed truck full of ww2 vets, vietnam vets, all old. That truck stopped on a train track, a train came and no one even tried to get off, move or save their life in any way, AT ALL...they are idiots, the smart ones move away.
@mimcduffee86 Рік тому
Tidal energy sounds too green. The people running Texas would never go for it.
@fishingfool2644 Рік тому
That would be too "woke" for them.
@DanielRichards644 Рік тому
@@mimcduffee86 Well given how well the "green" Windmills and shutting down natural gas power plants worked for them last winter when they got hit with a big freeze and chunks of the power grid collapsed because of it, wouldn't you be suspicious of "green" projects when you just saw a bunch of people DIE in the name of Renewable Energy?
@vulture3874 Рік тому
Tidal, solar and wind. However as others have said. No, this is Texas. Although I find it baffling that a nation so fiercely proud and independant wouldn't take the opportunity to use any resource possible in order to be less reliant on other nations for its energy.
@michaeldeierhoi4096 8 місяців тому
"The hope is that when the next big storm arrives the Ike Dike will be ready". Of course in reality the Galveston area could be exposed to at least one major storm before the Ike Dike is ready.
@eustatic3832 Рік тому
Texas storms are orders of magnitudes larger than little Rotterdam storms, is one problem. The other problem is that Harvey flooded the ship channel from above
@woofpuppy Рік тому
Yes every proposed plan for a coastal spine is not waterproof but will only mitigate the turbulence of the water. Its a joke.
@BamBamGT1 Рік тому
These structures are specifically designed to handle the most extreme of storms. You're not designing from scratch 22 metre tall, 6800 ton steel arms to handle measly storms. Their magnitude design was 'once in 10000 years' storms.
@Gandalfthefabulous Рік тому
I wish them all the luck! Here in the Netherlands engineers have come around from switching to mega dykes immediatelly though. Why? they cost a huuuge amount of money , effort and ecological worth and sometimes just move the problem to another area (I know in New Orleans they built massive floodworks but now the floods just go further inland targetting less populated (but still populated) areas). A lot of times it's easier and cheaper to work with your environment. Like strengthening excisting dunes, marshes or mangroves (if you live somewhere they grow). Or move around or adapt your cities to the moving coastline. Why not accept the sea is sometimes more powerfull then humans? We don't have to 'conquer' or 'defeat' it
@chinavirus841 Рік тому
The Netherlands defeated USA in the World Cup!!!!!!!
@aluisious Рік тому
Are you actually a Dutch person talking about adapting to the land? You've got to be kidding. Large portions of your country shouldn't exist. You're a bit late to talk about mangroves of all things.
@Gandalfthefabulous Рік тому
@@aluisious yes I am. Why shouldn't we be able to talk about our wrongs? Just the fact that we have allready been through it all and can talk from experience means our views are worth something. Saying you can't talk about something just because you did a bad in the past is just ridiculous
@GreenCowsGames Рік тому
@@aluisious It's a huge thing in the water sector nowadays. 'Soft' protection as opposed to 'hard' protection. And passive over active. Once you combine soft with passive you get nature based solutions, or stuff like the 'Haakse zeedijk'.
@Bill_N_ATX Рік тому
They kind of buried the lead as they say in the news business. Indeed they are protecting the city of Galveston and some other residential areas, but they are also protecting the petroleum and chemical plants of Texas City and the banks of the Trinity Bay. They process over 2 million barrels of oil every day plus produce a lot of chemicals from oil and natural gas. It’s billions in revenue every week. Plus we export millions of barrels of oil and refined products out of this area.
@2009heyhow Рік тому
Texas is going Dutch! Good job guys, this will plan be very succesfull. I know it.
@stellawiller Рік тому
Of course dear it will be very successful 🎉
@imho2278 Рік тому
Yes, must be reassuring to know that in the event of hurricanes, the Netherlands will be safe!
@moby1kanob Рік тому
If you use an Apple product or an Android or an Google or Amazon product does that mean you are going American?? YAY!!!!
@2009heyhow Рік тому
@@moby1kanob Maybe i would say it when i prepare myself a hamburger. Food has much more of a cultural aspect to it then for example a tech product. While in this video it's about a certain construction technique. One that became an importand part of our culture.
@ryanstanley3838 Рік тому
my grandparents live there, I go to Christmas there every year since I was a baby
@kubhlaikhan2015 Рік тому
"We're gonna build that wall" meets King Canute.
@DavidSimpson-dm9kf Рік тому
Impressive project. Not sure how a sea wall can nullify hurricane damage. Time will tell I expect.
@moby1kanob Рік тому
well you are not an engineer but I will describe it best I can in layman's terms. There are things called "storm surges" when a hurricane hits and it raises the sea wall and causes HUGE flooding very far inland well past the coast and causes billions in damage. These walls will break up these storm surges and deflect their energy from the more susceptible parts of the coast from flooding. Also deflect flooding away from important infrastructure and highly populated areas. This will pay for itself easily in time. This has nothing to do with wind damage that occurs along the coast line but the damage REALLY far inland since the land is very flat.
@dave7072 Рік тому
@@moby1kanob Many thanks for your explanation re: damage caused sea water. That makes sense. :)
@mikeleader9594 Рік тому
@@moby1kanob water wins
@MrNote-lz7lh Рік тому
@@mikeleader9594 Brain dead take.
@ladymidnight4282 Рік тому
Omg you finally talked about Galveston! Finally felt seen for once. Is it possible if you could make more videos on Houston? We are the 4th largest city in the US after all.
@leogarcia5174 Рік тому
Waiting for a vid on Austin’s upcoming super tall skyscraper
@ClementinesmWTF Рік тому
@@leogarcia5174Austin also recently got *another* supertall proposal that will beat out the Waterline. Excited to see what more comes to the Austin skyline in the next decade
@lucasrem Рік тому
Why you never post them ? Post videos please, what can you find ?
@lucasrem Рік тому
@@leogarcia5174 please do make them!
@GrumpyCockatiel 7 місяців тому
The natural erosion of The Island is for the Gulf side to erode while the bay side builds-up. Some day when we are long gone... so too will be Galveston when it collides with the mainland. Though probably by that time another barrier island will take its place.
@motexas9092 Рік тому
I’m currently working at the Galveston bay refinery hopefully this will keep more steady work in the area
@simonb9573 Рік тому
Hopefully the refinery won't work much longer or soon you will have to build another higher wall. .
@yulieminaj Рік тому
are you looking for a sugar baby 😳 asking for myself
@PCrailfan3790 Рік тому
Florida needs this
@dansanger5340 Рік тому
In Texas, I figured they would go for mass prayers or something like that. It would be a lot cheaper. I know that was their official policy for dealing with drought back in 2011. The governor issued a proclamation calling for days of prayer against the drought. It wasn't effective, but it was cheap.
@DanielRichards644 Рік тому
Ok fascist, whatever you say, bet you support funding the nazi's in Ukraine too.
@dansanger5340 Рік тому
@@DanielRichards644 No, I support Communist KGB Colonel Putin. Doesn't everyone?
@DanielRichards644 Рік тому
@Dan Sanger no, people that think for themselves can acknowledge both sides are bad.
@dahwe12 Рік тому
I wonder how much additional costs it would be for maintenance until the next big storm.
@moby1kanob Рік тому
@Steve Sherman well you are not an engineer but I will describe it best I can. There are things called "storm surges" when a hurricane hits and it raises the sea wall and causes HUGE flooding very far inland well past the coast and causes billions in damage. These walls will break up these storm surges and deflect their energy from the more susceptible parts of the coast from flooding. Also deflect flooding away from important infrastructure and highly populated areas. This will pay for itself easily in time. This has nothing to do with wind damage that occurs along the coast line but the damage REALLY far inland since the land is very flat.
@drjekelmrhyde Рік тому
It went boom
@jimhudson4744 2 місяці тому
the 2008 storm was big, we felt its affects even in Dallas a couple hundred miles away.
@JohnVance Рік тому
I just read Neal Stephenson's novel Termination Shock this year, which prominently features the Maeslantkering which this looks to be modeled on. Unbelievably huge project but probably cheaper than moving millions of people and businesses inland.
@andyphillips7435 Рік тому
For someone who played excellent guitar and wrote spot on lyrics, that's the first time you have been.
@HashknightGaming Рік тому
John C Vance?
@JohnVance Рік тому
@@HashknightGaming My grandfather was a John C. Vance, but I am not. The other commenter may have mistaken me for someone else.
@HashknightGaming Рік тому
@@JohnVance My biological father's name was John Charles Vance just making sure. 😐😅🤣
@JohnVance Рік тому
@@HashknightGaming Shucks, mine was John Campbell. So close!
@histershellac2842 Рік тому
keep fighting, keep patching the holes you shoot in your own dingy, keep drilling for new oil reserves to power the pumps you will need to save you from the rising oceans and endless storms. dont give up your Escalade! keep treating the symptoms!
@KRYMauL Рік тому
It’s how Texas has so much money. They could start doing geothermal and lithium mining, but Chevron-Texico and Exxon-Mobil has too much pull.
@texasred7291 Рік тому
dang its about time we get hit every 5-8 years by a bad one I live in Houston and go to Galveston a good amount ive seen ive been in some crazy storms here
@paulowens4744 Рік тому
Build that wall!!
@PropiaPersona Рік тому
Nothing can stop the destruction when the world shakes
@kmaher1424 Рік тому
You mentioned the Seawall. it was another huge project. Especially when raising the grade of the portion of tlhe island behind the Seawall. Buildings and utilities were jacked up and sludge pumped in. Initially funded by Galveston. Houston paid for the Ship Channel. Galveston had a hard time distributing cargo with one railroad bridge. Hiuston's motto was Where The Railroads Meet the Sea. Lined with petrochemical plants because loading tankers directly is better than building more pipelines The Bush sprout tried to use the Land Office to begin another wonderful Bush political career. He failed...
@michaeltrower741 Рік тому
sprout :)
@colephelps6202 9 місяців тому
Galveston's biggest and most destructive storm took place before anyone talked about global warming. This area is naturally subject to hurricanes.
@DONMARIO96 Рік тому
As long as they do it right no shortcuts we are all good.
@Esbbbb Рік тому
This is so funny. Classic humans at it again... Texas producing oil like mad and then using the money to save itself from the consequences of using said oil. :D
@mabrenz_n5391 Рік тому
what is sand oil ?.
@andymofoincross Рік тому
Seems a bit odd to blame a state of 30 million people's oil production for global climate change 🤔
@jrr6947 Рік тому
A storm that happened in 2008 which was as big as the one from 100 years ago. Wow, climate sure changed because of humans😂😂
@Esbbbb Рік тому
@@andymofoincross Not blaming only the US, just stating the obvious irony that the very thing where Texas gets its money from is requiring them to spend 31b to combat the consequences of their money maker. :D
@Esbbbb Рік тому
@@jrr6947 mate did you even watch the video? Climate change denial was cool for boomers like 10 years ago, everyone knows nowadays what it's all about :)
@jonjonesiii8619 9 місяців тому
Extreme weather has been common for hundreds of years!
@littleredcurious5044 Рік тому
Yes , let’s get a short time fix while we continue to contribute to the problem 🔥🔥🙌 gatta love the west . 😊
@stipepoljak1985 Рік тому
Mother nature will deal with this wall.
@stellawiller Рік тому
Of course dear lol
@giannisupereroe2189 Рік тому
Nah, tell that to the Dutch
@crystalhoffler Рік тому
I know right
@Awakeninghumanzombies247 Рік тому
Yes she mother nature definitely will🗡️🗻🕊️🏰
@jiwilliams2026 Рік тому
Yep this wall ain’t gonna work
@tylerahrens275 Рік тому
Climate change has no effect on size and frequency of hurricanes. If you feel like more damage is done by hurricanes each year, its probably because more and more people are moving to many of the hurricane-prone regions of the US.
@fredachildress3728 9 місяців тому
I've been to Galveston, and I fell in love with it. I live in Dallas and I would love to go back, but for now all I can do is save my money and then I can go down to Galveston in about another year. If the US government would make China pay us back the trillions of dollars that they owe us, then the safety measures could be built.
@thomsen256 Рік тому
Cant build a functioning power grid but im supposed to believe they can pull this off lmao
@moby1kanob Рік тому
You wanna talk about BAD power grids look at California and NYC, they can barely go a week without rolling brownouts and black outs with perfectly fine weather...now THAT is bad!! Texas Power Grid has ONE outing when it got to 0 degrees Fahrenheit and you think its an actual problem. Texas energy runs perfectly fine 99.999999999% of the time and the last time it got that cold was 30+ years ago. You don't know what you are talking about. I live in Dallas and actually never lost power once during that whole mega freeze. I have not been without power in a storm, or any other reason in over a decade. DFW, Texas Power grid is solid as a rock.... Also, now that we had a FREAK nature occurrence happen, promise you that will never happen again, Texas learns from past problems, unlike California, NY, Oregon, Washington State, etc etc etc...
@thomsen256 Рік тому
@@moby1kanob fake news I lived in California for 3 years never had even a brownout
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