Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas, the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against the next raging storm.
Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas -- but mostly spared the region's oil refineries and chemical plants -- the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against the next raging storm.
The House passed the $858 billion defense bill by a vote of 350-80. It includes major projects to improve the nation's waterways and protect communities against floods made more severe by climate change. "No matter what side of politics you are on, everyone is interested in having good water resources," said Sandra Knight, president of WaterWonks LLC.Researchers at Rice University in Houston have estimated that a Category 4 storm with a 24-foot storm surge could damage storage tanks and release more than 90 million gallons of oil and hazardous substances.
"It significantly reduces the risk of that catastrophic storm surge event that is not recoverable," said Mike Braden, chief of the Army Corps Galveston District's mega projects division. The water resources bill continues a push towards wetlands and other flood solutions that use nature to absorb water instead of concrete walls to keep it at bay. On the Mississippi River below St. Louis, for example, a new program will help restore ecosystems and create a mix of flood control projects. There are also provisions for studying long-term drought.
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