Indeed. Houston itself is not much about sea level. There was a smallish hurricane just before I got there in 2001, quite a bit of flooding in south Houston as I recall.
Dana On 9/21/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/21/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > eep. Is it still on course for Galveston? I hope they get everyone out, > that > > place is pretty much sea level as I recall. > > Yes, and Galveston got hit by a huge super Hurricane in 1900 > (1900storm.com <http://1900storm.com>) and got wiped off the face of > Texas. Many people > credit that even with making Houston what it is today, since everyone > fled inland and many setup shop in Houston rather than stay in > Galveston. > > A similar phenomenon is currently happening in Baton Rouge. > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:174580 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
