BRACE FOR THE STORM The Ike Dike will transform Galveston. See how in a fly-through tour.

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I have been watching projections on Ian and saw that there were concerns that Ian could hit the Tampa Bay area with a large storm surge. This reminded me of Hurrican Ike in 2008. I remember Hurricane Ike very well. In 2008, Ike nearly went up the Houston ship channel and there were projections/forecasts that storm surge could have destroyed the Houston ship channel area and local refineries. I remember watching TV weather projections that the storm surge could travel up the ship channe and l could have reached the southern portion of Loop 610 near where the Astroworld complex was located.

The Ike Dike is a concept designed to stop this event. It appears that the Ike Dike may become a reality and the Houston Chronicle has a good article on what this project would look like

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The Ike Dike is nearing the finish line in Congress after years of debate. President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation approving a $31 billion coastal barrier project designed to protect the Houston region. The plan was drawn from an idea that a Texas A&M at Galveston professor developed after catastrophic Hurricane Ike hit in 2008.

About time, some say. The area is immensely vulnerable to storm surge from a hurricane, which could push a wave of water into homes on Galveston Island and up the Houston Ship Channel, dislodging chemical tanks and damaging refineries......

The Ike Dike is nearing the finish line in Congress after years of debate. President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation approving a $31 billion coastal barrier project designed to protect the Houston region. The plan was drawn from an idea that a Texas A&M at Galveston professor developed after catastrophic Hurricane Ike hit in 2008.

About time, some say. The area is immensely vulnerable to storm surge from a hurricane, which could push a wave of water into homes on Galveston Island and up the Houston Ship Channel, dislodging chemical tanks and damaging refineries.

The Ike Dike has been in the planning stages for a long time and I hope that this plan is adopted

The Houston Chronicle article shows that the Ike Dike is a massive project. Such a project is what is needed to counter the effects of climate change and the massive storms that are now more common

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1. After making it through Hurricane Harvey in Wharton,

I can't state how grateful I am to have moved further inland.

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3. Ike was at one point headed towards my part of Fort Bend but veered towards Houston

I am far enough inland that neither Ike nor Harvey was an issue. However the Ike Dike makes sense to me. The amount of engineering that this project amazes me. Combating climate change will not be easy

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2. Can we guess the oil industry will not be helping with the costs including via taxes?

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4. Once the thwaites ice shelf collapses none of this will matter

All of this should have been done 20-30 years ago.

At current estimates the thwaites ice shelf is predicted to collapse with in 5 years. This plan won’t even be off the drawing boards by then

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5. Hurricane Ike hit 14 years ago. Here's a look back at the hurricane's record-breaking devastation.

I remember Ike well. Ike destroyed Galveston and hit Houston hard. I was lucky in that I was only without power for 40 hours. I had law partners who did not have power restored for a month. They would take showers at the YMCA or health club and eat out. Galvestn was hit hard. These photos are hard to look at

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