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Michael – your list shows the multi-institutional awareness and approach – in mitigating the Houston Storm Surge and storm induced intense rain-flooding problems. It is encouraging. When diverse thinking are given a chance to flower – there appear clarity and convergence of solution options, ...

Expanding on your question, one can take a number of steps as an individual homeowner for storm preparedness. I used the term storm as much of Jouston is at risk of flooding and structural inundation from random rain events. Individual mitigations not in any order include Know the risk of flooding ...

Lots of stuff is happening. Voters approved a $2.5 billion flood mitigation bond. https://www.hcfcd.org/2018-bond-program City and county have strengthened already very strict floodplain development rules that include freeboard and "no adverse impact" floodplain modeling. https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH19FL ...

Lived in Houston for about a year and sure we will have a major Hurricane event . Going there next week . What as engineers doing going forward to control loss. ------------------------------ Len Andersen ------------------------------

To your point, I was recently in Santiago Chile and visited the Iglesia de San Francisco. the oldest structure in the city. Of special significance, the 17th century structure has withstood at least 15 earthquakes of magnitude over 7. The structure is constructed on a foundation of cobblestones sourced ...

The Enduring Wisdom of Ancient Structures: Lessons for Modern Architects and Engineers Throughout history, humanity has constructed architectural and engineering marvels that have withstood the test of time for nearly three millennia. Iconic examples such as the Egyptian pyramids, the Parthenon in ...