Texas’s Proposal for $26.2BN Seawall

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Texas is considering constructing a $26.2 billion seawall south of Houston. Houston, the fourth most populous city in the USA, hosts the largest petrochemical complex in the country. It refines 27% of the nation’s gasoline and 60% of its aviation fuel. However, this complex is threatened by hurricanes and the storm surges they bring. If a hurricane directly hit the complex, it would result in an estimated $100 billion in damage. To help prevent this, professor William Merrill and the US Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a massive, 58 mile long seawall along the southern coast of Houston, nicknamed Ike Dike. The proposed seawall would protect national security and prevent a wildlife disaster. However, it would also be extremely expensive, could lower property values and disrupt local fish and oyster populations. As of 2021, the proposal is gaining momentum and is planned to be presented to Congress soon.
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@YippingFox 2 года назад

"one of the lowest elevation cities in the country at 46ft." The Dutch: "Oh, so it is above sealevel?"

@Fuglychick 2 года назад

The Dutch did it, but Texas thinks it’s impossible 🙄 it’s to expensive to build. How expensive would it be to rebuild Houston? They flood EVERY YEAR and never learn.

@JamieRobles1 2 года назад

@@Fuglychick Maybe if we, as a country, used architecture from other regions and countries that handled such environmental issues from the get-go, we wouldn't have to re-do many of our cities. Everyone thinks that they can cookie cutter structures, and tack on cheap buildings and roads that they have in NYC and D.C. and everything will be just fine. Coastal areas should use less concrete than more since it is so porous or at least treated or painted, or something. Salt air reeks havoc on concrete. (Ie. Surfside) Some businesses have left Houston. I believe the hotel that I worked for, Omni, closed their Downtown Houston location because of flooding. Wouldn't be surprised if others followed suit.

@Fuglychick 2 года назад

@@JamieRobles1 I agree with you 100% but companies and government only fix things AFTER they become a problem . None of the higher ups want to spend money on preventing a problem 😞

@davidmckendry7684 2 года назад

Yes, but downtown is sinking.

@MrDanisve 2 года назад

@@JamieRobles1 US strategy vs enviormental disasters have allways been to cheaply rebuild. Thats why the homes in the US are made of plywood pretty much. Compare US homes to European homes that stand for centuries, and you see the different mindset. The american home is build to last about 30 years. Americans move alot, so they never "bond" with a home like alot of the other world does. Maintain it, upgrade etc. Average american moves about 10 times in a lifetime, average European moves 4 times. Cheaply rebuild is not really an good option anymore, with how much we value human life. Cause it has a human cost aswell, along with the monetary expense.

@kennethmaza5090 2 года назад

Why don’t we just take the ocean and push it somewhere else. 🌊

@farhysthunterz6654 2 года назад

Hurriworm 🌀 🐛

@SubwayyyFan3000 2 года назад

Or we could use the ocean to fill up Qattara Depression, Death Valley, salt lake, lahontan, Aral Sea, Lake Chad, Fezzan Basin, Chott al jerid, Hāmūn-e Helmand, Dasht e Kavir, Ahnet and etc

@ArthursHD 2 года назад

Well! Only place left with enough space for it is the sky :) Isn't it what 🌀🌪️⛈️☄️🌊 are doing?

@sm3675 2 года назад

@@SubwayyyFan3000 YES!!!!! All of these land reclamation and huge ships have a toll on sea level. Refilling the Qatara Depression or some other old depressed lakes can greatly help local economies and even help reduce sea level rise

@garyjohnson4657 2 года назад

I could be wrong, but, don't storms bring a lot of rain? What are you going to do with the runoff, from these storms. Houston already experiences more than it can handle. Will you try to pump water over the wall into the ocean? If water levels rise, and storms intensify, this will not be adequate. Abject lesson in futility!!! Move.

@rubenheutink1271 2 года назад

As a dutch person studying international land and water management I find this extremely fun to watch and I encourage you Americans to do the same as us to protect your coastal infrastructure. You won't regret it. So good luck y'all. :)

@propanepusher101 2 года назад

Ruben, sadly thousands must die and billions of $ lost before anything will be done, pretty much how America works

@theroman2130 2 года назад

@@propanepusher101 let’s hope that doesn’t happen 😉

@miapdx503 2 года назад

It will never happen. We're talking about Texas, where they can't even maintain basic infrastructure. They haven't figured out electricity. 😐

@henrytep8884 2 года назад

@@miapdx503 But at least they'll have tesla trucks for the post apocalyptic landscape.

@fdr8343 2 года назад

Dutch people say y’all?… 🤭

@BobBob-cy9cu 2 года назад

Homeowners being upset that their property value will go down is so funny when you consider how a hurricane would reduce their home to rubble.

@ArthursHD 2 года назад

They lose less in that case. Ever heard of insurance?

@BobBob-cy9cu 2 года назад

@@ArthursHD yeah I’m sure their insurance is really cheap living in a hurricane zone lmao

@ColinTherac117 2 года назад

@@BobBob-cy9cu Flood insurance is a national program paid into by everyone within what is called the "100 year flood zone". It was maybe 500 a year back when I paid it.

@cxa340 2 года назад

Really not sure what homeowners he is talking about - most of the areas in question, like the bolivar peninsula, are totally undeveloped so there are no homes on the coastlines in question

@eljanrimsa5843 2 года назад

@@ColinTherac117 You mean the type of floods they had three years in a row in Harris County?

@joek81981 2 года назад

"What kind of wipes are we gonna use in this video?" "All of them. Every single wipe they ever made."

@justocho9090 2 года назад

I live in Houston Texas. Didn't realize early 2000s they had plans to build this marvel. If they had started it then we would be at the end of the construction process or even done by now 🤦🏾‍♂️

@bob-manuel 2 года назад

Zuko: That's rough buddy

@salvation8755 2 года назад

I mean it's not that expensive and we do waste billions of dollars every year trying to fix the city's so if it prevents billions of dollars going to be worth it

@RCas-wt7cj 2 года назад

And it would have been significantly cheaper 20 years ago.

@davidanalyst671 2 года назад

no, they would still be fighting in court over which contractor would get the job. This doofus in the video didn't mention the existing plans and spending to boost the existing sandbars around houston to stop storm surge

@firefox39693 2 года назад

26.2 billion USD is not a lot of money for a state like Texas. They have low debt, and could easily dip into debt if needed to help finance it, together with raising state, county, and local taxes to pay for it.

@daltonmiller5590 2 года назад

Exactly. Texas can definitely do the project if it wants to. But going through the legal hassling and cost negotiating is what makes the process take so damn long.

@sambar101 2 года назад

Y'all must not be from Texas. The GOP doesn't give two fucks.

@firefox39693 2 года назад

@@sambar101 I know it doesn't. Raising taxes, going into debt, maybe even having state-owned enterprises to generate more money for the state are all good ideas. I mention them knowing the Texas GOP is completely intransigent and won't listen.

@MidlandTexan 2 года назад

I concur, given what is pi ss ed off around the country, it is approaching the "chump change" level.

@raghavbhatnagar2329 2 года назад

It’s only 10% of our annual budget

@Taladar2003 2 года назад

I think this shows the difference between the US and the Netherlands. The Netherlands just build this since everyone knows it is necessary while the US argues about cost even though the damages from a single event would be far more costly than building it.

@brendanrodgers9753 2 года назад

As much as I prefer The Netherlands its not really comparable, compare the size of the coastline of theirs to the US, and also the fact that they have landmass in-between which lessen the severity. Hard to build a protection when it's an ocean compared to a sea

@uchennanwogu2142 2 года назад

And another difference between the US and the Netherlands. The US doesn't have an economic disaster theory named after it. Dutch disease.

@DarkKnight52365 2 года назад

well we got corrupt politicians that doesnt care about anything but money and power

@Roderickdl 2 года назад

@@uchennanwogu2142 Ok, but what's the relevance here?

@uchennanwogu2142 2 года назад

@@Roderickdl It comes up because neither matter to the conversation.

@SamuelKristopher 2 года назад

I love it when people bitch about their seaside property value dropping or bitching about losing views when their entire house is probably on track to be destroyed in the next decade or so. "Waaaaah, stop trying to save my house from oblivion, waaaaah"

@ArthursHD 2 года назад

That is what happenes when you use a house just as store of wealth :(

@ChainMiles777 2 года назад

I love it when you can literally hear the triggered tone through the words in you comment

@SamTheCrazyOne 2 года назад

That's landowners talk. No one really cares for house value vs safety if you actually live in the property.

@jheht2000 2 года назад

@@ulissesarredondo8674 Cheaper but inefficient. Refineries depend on waterways to transport oil from the offshore platforms and transporting it to other facilities like LNGs. The closer your to a waterway, the more your able to produce.

@bcase5328 2 года назад

@@jheht2000 But many business should think long term about moving, as should people who's employment isn't depend upon the docks and waterways. Unfortunately, many cities like New Orleans will need to move much of their city to higher ground. There maybe this rough idea, but US politians only act after the fact when pushed and underfund the actual work.

@yay-cat 2 года назад

the ecological issues are small fry compared to the ecological disaster that will eventually happen if it’s not built

@MidlandTexan 2 года назад

aye...

@TimeSurfer206 2 года назад

And what happens when the seawalls fail? They will. Nothing lasts forever. We need to, basically, pick up our cities and move in an orderly fashion, before Nature serves us Eviction Notices. Yes, that will be expensive. But, fighting Nature has turned out to be a Fool's Game.

@DSAK55 2 года назад

America as a whole will be better if Texas goes under the waves

@FireboltPrime 2 года назад

@@DSAK55 Texas isn't all flat, so your hopes are left high and dry

@armandohermoso5070 2 года назад

@@DSAK55 naw that’s California.

@roost7667 2 года назад

The realtors and millionaires really need that “View”

@mtn1793 2 года назад

Yes. The view goes perfectly with the SUVs they chose instead of doing anything about greenhouse gas buildups.

@2036scott 2 года назад

Let them keep the view, they can get a good look at whats coming.

@chez1241 2 года назад

Yeah ngl that stuff gets ridiculous in Galveston. There was a guy in the news paper when I lived there who managed to sell his beach house for 2 million dollars and "had a large part to do with the view" apparently

@CriticalRoleHighlights 2 года назад

The rich? You mean that one percent everyone's going on about as if 3 million people in the US out of 8.5 billion world-wide would even make a dent? Wouldn't it better if the rest of us put in more of an effort instead of whining about a tiny minority that can't do anything even if they wanted to?

@mtn1793 2 года назад

@@CriticalRoleHighlights That one percent creates more than half the pollution and also creates all of the denialist propaganda. Sure we can get electric cars but that's a small dent compared to areas the one percent controls.

@Pinkman207 2 года назад

if the houses get elevated then shouldn't they be able to see the coast?

@JEdwardBanasikJr 2 года назад

If your house is along the Galveston coast it's already at least 20' plus up on stilts anyway. It won't block your view.

@bobbyfields2073 2 года назад

y,all haven't been to the Tx coast. There are countless houses built at ground level.

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

yeah but then the wind would knock them down...see.....logic....lol

@ILoveQazaqstan 2 года назад

@@bobbyfields2073 as a person that lives within the Houston area and has been to Galveston a handful of times, I can confirm that it is indeed confirmed that houses are built on ground level

@TXnine7nine 2 года назад

It’s a good idea but I agree with TAMU’s findings that it isn’t big enough to be effective.

@mtn1793 2 года назад

If all polar ice caps melt, which is well under way, the sea level rise will be over 100 feet. 3/4 of all cities in the world will be submerged. With all the chemical poisons leaching into the oceans from that humanity won’t have a chance.

@richieewinns 2 года назад

@@mtn1793 Correct and seeing how deeply rooted we are in our current processes and way of life, making any significant effort to backstep the inevitably consequences would be futile. All this does and many like it is just "buying time". It WILL happen, it's just a matter of when.

@mtn1793 2 года назад

@@richieewinns Building sea walls and hardly a thing to reverse greenhouse gasses. In fact still denying the science. It’s total idiocy, total insanity.

@wingwong143 2 года назад

Just wait til global cooling kicks in in a few thousand years

@mtn1793 2 года назад

@@wingwong143 Everything gonna be alright…

@familygash7500 2 года назад

We're going to build a big beautiful wall, and the fish are gonna pay for it!

@mtn1793 2 года назад

Best comment of the day! -When we have those beautiful walls in place the polar icecaps will just quit melting!

@Pokemaster-wg9gx 2 года назад

@@mtn1793 they’ll just get sent back to snow china and bring back the redundant already dying jobs

@Menaceblue3 2 года назад

The wall is gonna huge, it's gonna be big, it's gonna be wonderful, it's gonna be beautiful! Other sea walls are total disasters! Believe me! We're gonna make land dry again!

@mtn1793 2 года назад

@@Menaceblue3 We’ll build a wall between earth and the sun that’s so big we get a new ice age!

@robvannNS 2 года назад

Saving oil refineries in the Anthropocene makes a lot of sense.

@kuanged 2 года назад

Yes, oil is bad for the environment. However, the fact is there are too many people in the world to feed without it and there isn't enough time to replace oil with an alternative energy source to save everyone. That's why the elite favor Malthusian population control measures... because they know that we're fucked one way or another. There is no point in advocating to NOT save a critical resource. Oil can prolong the lives of the screaming masses for as long as possible into the 21st century. If we actually wilfully abandoned oil, then you're not going to have to worry about being slowly killed off by a gradually increasingly hostile climate. You'll be fearing for your life very quickly as geopolitical tensions rise and global power players escalate to a new world war to preserve their own power and continuity. Remember these people believe that the total world population should be below one billion. The climate will kill millions with its heatwaves, hurricanes, crop desolation, failure of the thermohaline cycle and such... but that still takes decades. A loss of a critical energy resource can lead to nuclear devestation ending billions of lives in minutes. Our global leaders, hiding safely in their bunkers with lifetime food supplies, don't have any compunctions that keep them from entering in launch codes. After these sociopaths see it as our fault for being "useless eaters" in the first place who deserve to die only because we were not born like them.

@missyprivate9837 2 года назад

lol, people have no idea how many of their everyday necessities come from oil.

@alexwyler4570 2 года назад

@@missyprivate9837 We eat the equivalent of a credit card of plastic at least every month at minimum. Is it worth it for plastic clothes and such? Capitalism/ monopolies are not giving us alternatives.

@julianshepherd2038 2 года назад

Texan King Cnuts Google him

@Boalmighty 2 года назад

@@missyprivate9837 the vast majority though being for things that have alternative sources now. IE transportation. Simply electrifying vehicles would greatly reduce the amount being consumed while still leaving an industry to use oil for more essential products.

@willymac5036 2 года назад

80% of the military’s jet fuel is at risk, and this hasn’t been declared a National emergency? Construction needs to begin immediately.

@willymac5036 2 года назад

Where are you going to move them to? They have to be located at a port so that the oil tankers can unload their oil directly to the refinery. If you move it to another port, you’ll just have the same problem in a different location.

@kutilmartin 2 года назад

@@willymac5036 some parts of the world, despite being on a coast, dont get storm surges. who wouldve thunk!

@willymac5036 2 года назад

@@kutilmartin any place that a hurricane makes landfall gets a storm surge.

@kutilmartin 2 года назад

@@willymac5036 and not all coasts on the planet get hurricanes, atleast not regularly like example south-east america

@willymac5036 2 года назад

@@kutilmartin moving the refinery to South America isn’t exactly going to help Houston.

@alexmiller9845 2 года назад

Absolutely exquisite upload. Simply amazing in all regards. My congratulations to you good sir

@KiaDave 2 года назад

TX has barrier islands that pretty much cover the whole coastline, which totally negates the need for a seawall.

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

yeah, except in Galveston, Houston...its wide open, hence the constant flooding

@eljanrimsa5843 2 года назад

@@markanderson4163 Galveston i s the barrier island. That's why they gave up on it and moved to Houston after the big hurricane. Houston problem is its flat terrain and impenetrable soil. Without human intervention, it would flood and a new network of gullies would develop with every major storm. A sea wall doesn't help against that.

@erikanders3343 2 года назад

They would have to condemn Galveston and remove the people

@melissa7233 2 года назад

As someone that's lived all over the Houston/Galveston area, I love this. There's been too many times I've been affected by flooding, even in the areas that don't normally flood.

@KingAsa5 2 года назад

Still wouldn't stop the flooding tbh. Because houston is still sinking, and whenever it rains the city just fills up like a bowl water

@TheOnlySheet 2 года назад

Seems like a no-brainer to me that this should be build... Considering the importance of that region Fuel-wise!! BUT I would not be surprised if they would wait for a devastating storm before building this.... i.e. too late!

@Apocalymon 2 года назад

Humanity procrastinates

@jheht2000 2 года назад

@@Apocalymon Anything critical with a dollar sign attached is not a priority until it is too late.

@halfwaydeadFTF 2 года назад

LOl then what do nothing lol

@robertdahse4569 2 года назад

These projects are always political, therefore take decades to become a reality

@Espingol 2 года назад

You should add a poll in end of your videos for when you asks if whatever you’re talking about is a good idea

@davidadelstein1064 2 года назад

Nice , well researched video but please also use Metric units during narration or at least put the equivalent number in the illustrations.

@mg4361 2 года назад

I agree, little tabs with metric values would help the international viewers. I can somehow still get the feet and pounds, but once it gets into square and cubic feet it gets too tedious to constantly mentally calculate.

@melissa7233 2 года назад

@@mg4361 The squares and cubic are too tedious for those of us in the US too. I'd be willing to bet that 90% don't bother. I'm also going to admit I didn't bother until I moved out of Houston proper a few years ago, to some farmland. I had to learn how to start measuring in cubic feet and yards when I needed large amounts of things hauled in. But in all honesty, I'd love to see the US go metric. One system worldwide would be so much easier.

@Mr.E723 2 года назад

Now that’s a “wall in Texas” that I would support

@whackamolechamp 2 года назад

I support this wall and the border wall.

@hairbarnes530 2 года назад

@@whackamolechamp same.

@Menaceblue3 2 года назад

Fish and other sea life are just seeking asylum on dry land! You just can't keep them in tanks! That's inhumane!

@chez1241 2 года назад

@@Menaceblue3 goldfish go *glub*

@ShanerHulk 2 года назад

So rather spend the money to help, would rather just keep pissing it away everytime a hurricane comes to town. Brilliant logic

@cornebod 2 года назад

Looking at the marvelous engineering and construction of the US-Mexico border wall the US simply don't have the technology or skills to build an ocean wall...

@davidanalyst671 2 года назад

no, its because they don't need this. What houston needs is a better drainage system or underwater storage like japan has. the city floods every damn year. some gates that stop a storm surge once every 10 years isnt going to jack shtt

@mtn1793 2 года назад

Logic along the lines of denying the science of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Par for their course.

@AAX5002 2 года назад

"Proving that the United States is ready to tackle climate change." More like proving that the US is ready to be tackled by the climate crisis...

@mateorios1636 Год назад

Making a mangrove would be a bit expensive but the trees would chug the hell out of the rising water

@aksmex2576 2 года назад

If a hurricane can cause $30 billion dollars worth of damage, then a $26 billion dollar wall is a no-brainer if you ask me.

@DYKWINNING 2 года назад

Am I crazy saying "Yes lets spend *26 billion* to prevent *120 billion* in damages"

@davidanalyst671 2 года назад

yes, because 120 billion in damages is a bullshit number

@DYKWINNING 2 года назад

@@davidanalyst671 Its Bullshit?

@gvasilyev84 2 года назад

@@DYKWINNING for example the damage from a forest fire is how much will it cost to replant a single tree * number of burnt trees, but obviousy nobody actually replants them. Also, disaster damage is covered by insurance, but AVOIDING disaster is - sadly - not. One would think that insurance companies finance the building of this project, as they are the ones paying actual money, BUT, they ALSO have insurance of their own, so it's really not a big issue for them to pay up, as backwards as it sounds.

@davidanalyst671 2 года назад

@@DYKWINNING this video is using shocking damage numbers to try to convince people to pay for something. its not really considered propaganda,, but it is alarmism, or also called terrible journalism. its 2021, and the USA loves drama/toxic content/and alarmism.

@mtn1793 2 года назад

Meanwhile the polar icecaps are melting the rest of the way down.

@midcenturymoldy 2 года назад

Yes, Hurricane Ike was at one point a Category 4 storm, but not when it made landfall in Texas. It was a category 2 storm when it crossed over the coast near Galveston on September 13, 2008.

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

yes, but the water was pushed to shore by a Cat4...

@midcenturymoldy 2 года назад

@@markanderson4163 No, Ike never strengthened to above a strong category 2 storm once it entered the Gulf. It was Ike's immense size, not intensity, that pushed so much water inland. Still, it was a mean storm and I wouldn't want to go through it again.

@markandress2045 2 года назад

My house in Baytown TX was only 14 ft above see level but I moved north of Dayton it’s 100 ft out here.

@bingosunnoon9341 2 года назад

Does it smell like a tire fire where you live?

@redhidinghood9337 2 года назад

Ironic how the climate change denying state is suffering the most from the consequences of human influences on the climate

@nicoislazy 2 года назад

And it’s even more ironic how they deny it yet want to build something to protect themselves from climate change

@tottalynotmark877 2 года назад

And it's even more ironic that people say that they have a brain yet deny climate change

@daltonmiller5590 2 года назад

Trust me, as a Texan, nobody is doubting climate change anymore. Maybe 10 years ago that was true. But the world is changing, and our minds are changing with it.

@redhidinghood9337 2 года назад

@@daltonmiller5590 I hope so

@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment 2 года назад

@@daltonmiller5590 I hope you are right! Because with the political situation that is happening in Texas right now. I wouldve assumed most people in Texas dont care about climate change or anything seen as (liberal).

@Sebastian-sd1om 2 года назад

You should make a video about the Rail Baltica Highspeed Railway Project

@hazelich9113 2 года назад

@@Salarat The project is a terrible idea if it gets Chinese funding.

@hazelich9113 2 года назад

@@Salarat My opinion is that the project would either be built with the funding of reliable and trustworthy countries or not be built at all.

@jakehandley3366 2 года назад

Good shout

@Sebastian-sd1om 2 года назад

@@Salarat Triggered tankie spotted

@Sebastian-sd1om 2 года назад

@@hazelich9113 It's currently being built and Is mostly funded by EU. It's part of the grand European high speed infrastructure plan to better connect countries with one another and make trade and travel easier between member states

@anupjoseph7368 2 года назад

Also, your animation has gotten really slick.

@artofficial2010 2 года назад

😷

@roguems1474 2 года назад

Great vid

@mimandshaindy4906 2 года назад

But I want to know is who's marvelous idea was it to build all that petrol refinery infrastructure and the site of the continents most damaging hurricane in its entire history.

@leeprice2849 2 года назад

When oil was discovered in Texas there best shipping Port was in the Houston area. Oil needs to be refined needs to be transported. So it kind of just happens organically. This is were the Keystone pipeline was heading because there are a lot of refineries and NIMBY and Environmental groups don't want new refineries built. As a Nation that area needs to be protected for National Security reason

@MrPland1992 2 года назад

@@leeprice2849 Houston is or was the only deep water port west of the Mississippi

@derekp6636 2 года назад

I mean, if only there were plans to build some sort of "pipeline" ....oh well

@speedy01247 2 года назад

@@derekp6636 imagine thinking that there isn't already a pipeline between Texas and Canada, the one that was cancelled was a replacement, which was literally cutting through peoples land. (If the government ever deems it important to have something cutting through your place, I hope you don't get upset, seeing as you are so willing to force it through others places)

@timberwolfe1645 2 года назад

.....Because that's where the ships are? To make the streamless movement of oil straight into container to be refined? Look around the world and most refineries are on the coast.

@pjkerrigan20 2 года назад

This project is a lot more glamorous than more feasible and ecologically sound long term solutions like swamp/wetland rehabilitation and moving people from the most flood prone areas (which could then be rehabilitated as wetlands as well). The biggest ecological disaster to avoid is of course still the potential flooding of the petrochemical facilities in Houston, but truly the only sustainable solution is to phase them out entirely and transition to sustainable energy as fast as possible. Of course the expanded wetlands and removal of oil facilities are neither “sexy” projects nor ones which are likely to get support from Texas politicians, so I think it’s more likely they’ll go for it with the sea-wall, no matter how costly it will be both environmentally and economically.

@davidmckendry7684 2 года назад

The Netherlands average height is 6 feet below sea level. Their system is amazing. As you approach the coast you think they are hills, and they are. They were also started in 1500 and are scrupulously maintained and improved. It will never happen in our society.

@FlushGorgon 2 года назад

Indeed. The NL are also much less prone to tropical storms. So far.

@rubenheutink1271 2 года назад

But only if we keep working on them. And there is always still a change one will break luckily we have build backup seawalls ;)

@cokrullebol Год назад

As a Dutchy I'd just like to meeting that it took our country fourty years to build, and the biggest gas reservoir in Europe to finance our deltaworks. And spoiler. They're a bitch to upkeep, I'm worries America. Y'all can't even upkeep highways. Also we're not managing to keep up with the increased sea level rise that's predicted this century, and is already happening. We have issues with drought because we're constantly pumping out country dry in order for it but to flood. Just by the rain we already experience throughout the year. Fighting the sea is not for the weak of hart. Moving infrastructure to higher elevation is really the most cost efficient long term. But with increased sea level rise 2300 might have seas of 3 to 6 meters higher so the term long term is relative.

@SgtPrins 2 года назад

A Dutchman here. Never, ever safe money on flood defense and water management projects. 26,2 billion dollars in constructions costs are easily justifiable especially if doing nothing results in 125 billion dollars of damage.

@MidlandTexan 2 года назад

Exactly

@eljanrimsa5843 2 года назад

But the proposed sea wall does nothing against the 125 billion dollar hurricane which flooded Houston.

@jotsingh8917 2 года назад

This project would qualify as matter of National Security and therefore should be funded out of the bloated military budget.

@andyc9902 2 года назад

Why is this Channel so Underrated

@6z0 2 года назад

Very good videos sir

@TheDylPickle 2 года назад

The fact Texas contributes close to 105-165 billion a year in taxes and we can’t even pay for a sea wall that would cost 1/6-1/8 the yearly tax revenue we give.

@davepc2u 2 года назад

How about the petrochemical companies (who proudly tell us year about their record profits) kick in to save their own asses?! I bet that price tag would be covered quite quickly.

@erikanders3343 2 года назад

As a Californian I am there with you, the number for both states is about 264 billion really and yet we get jack ____ in return with pork projects going to Tennessee or Alaska all the time.

@thorvanheghe4023 2 года назад

Metric pls

@IRLtrolls 2 года назад

This is such a cool video. I work on a tugboat in the Houston ship channel and Galveston bay.

@Critical-Thinker895 2 года назад

Harvey WAS indeed the cause of the flooding even though the water came from the rain. A large portion of southern Texas relies on the waterways to the gulf as the means to disperse flood level rain water. When those waterways get backed up because of the storm surge we have massive flooding.

@MartynCole 2 года назад

it's a bit like applying a band aid when you have had your throat cut.

@geraldfrost4710 2 года назад

Or changing to a different color of sneaker when running through a mine field.

@chrism3784 2 года назад

Houston: "one of the lowest elevation cities in the country at 46ft" Miami: " Am I a joke to you"

@patrickstar9684 2 года назад

New Orleans: Am I a joke to you?

@timberwolfe1645 2 года назад

They said, One of. Not the ONLY

@priestxman 2 года назад

One of the photos you used is from Corpus Christi Texas after Hurricane Celia. The Ritz used to iconic.

@chez1241 2 года назад

I used to live in league city which is right there on Clearlake and I was around for Katrina, Ike, and Harvey all of which had really terrible flooding although Harvey was the worst but a lot of environmentalists say that's because there was too much concrete. I do think there needs to be a better anti-floosing mechanism but there needs to be a cheaper option too I feel. It wouldn't get rid of the flooding but it would lessen it to an extent

@lukaurovic2345 2 года назад

Nice video as always, but please use metrical system parallel with imperial. At least metrical system is internationaly recognized...

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

wow..its Houston, Texas, U.S.A.....not great Britain...

@erikanders3343 2 года назад

Yeah with the pandemic I retrained my brain to go metric (Live in California) and I couldn't be happier.

@bertnijhof5413 2 года назад

Amateurs, of course our Dutch Government, consisting for 50% of Socialists, did a far better job in the past 70 years than Texas. It is not only about protecting against flooding from the sea, the other issue is getting the surplus rain water safely through the main rivers to the sea. It is a job for life and not one big project, but a continued effort of improvement especially in the times of the fast changing climate. Ask the true specialists!!!

@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment 2 года назад

This is so true! I Love the Netherlands! Such ingenuity and smart development that benefit so many lives.

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

you said the "S" word....Texans hate socialism...even though every time they drive to work its a "socialist" road...with "socialist" police and fire and "socialist" infrastructure....they are clueless, don't try and educate them

@carlosbm8066 6 месяцев назад

6:41 You forgot Lake Jackson 🏊‍♂️😭🌊

@45035 2 года назад

Outstanding shipmate. Press on. USS kitty Hawk CV-63 Jan 1980 to July 1983.

@maartenlaureyssen3107 2 года назад

Could you in your future videos please also add metric?

@yougoslavia 2 года назад

This is how I imagine Brazil.

@splashnskillz37 2 года назад

Nah, we prettier and more fucked

@mcbaino 2 года назад

Neat video, thanks. Any chance you could include metric units on screen for everyone outside of the US? It's hard to visualise yards, feet, miles etc unless from the USA. Thanks

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

your can always google the conversions...just sayin

@VAMobMember 2 года назад

Ike Dike is a great idea FOR A LAST LINE OF DEFENSE Start off shore with several rows of barriers to stop/slow waves and storm sure. If your 60 or older you may remember a game called Jacks. Supersize them and lay out lines of them for the barriers.

@raphlvlogs271 2 года назад

the most effective way to deal with climate change is to adapt to it, survival of the most adaptable.

@bingosunnoon9341 2 года назад

The Green New Deal is full of potential new industries that can replace our reliance on petroleum. That's what I call adapting.

@chez1241 2 года назад

@@bingosunnoon9341 I still think we need fusion or fision because all this wind and solar, at least the way it is now, is more like a bandaid. In other words I don't think it'll power like patrollium currently does unfortunately.

@e7yu 2 года назад

First off Thank You for making this video. I am sad to say that I live here in the Houston Area and this is the first time in years that I have seen, read or even heard of this project continuing.🤔 I'm happy to see that progress has been made, and very disappointed in my local news agencies for not reporting it. 😟

@richieewinns 2 года назад

I do think it's funny we as a country still debate and seriously consider debt to be a major obstacle to not green lighting proposed plans lol. Dude we have like $23 trillion in debt, it's not like we're a stranger to spending on unnecessary shit before lmao. If we're gonna be in debt, at least have something that can pay in dividends elsewhere.

@braydendaley3982 2 года назад

3:03 Hurricane Laura hit Lake Charles, Louisiana which is my city. There are still people without homes and who have tarps over there roofs. Lake Charles is the most weather-battered town in the US. If it hit Houston it would have recovered by now. Many businesses have had to shut down here. We also got hit by a category 3 hurricane Delta 6 weeks later. And then the Texas ice storm. And then severe flooding which hadn’t been as high since the early 1900’s.

@od9694 2 года назад

Wtf texas why are walls your answer for everything

@kirkc9643 2 года назад

80% of the military jet fuel is made in one city? Seems sensible

@mr.d00m37 2 года назад

Texas is fucking stupid lol

@kirkc9643 2 года назад

@@mr.d00m37 _"Texas is fucking stupid lol"_ ...because the military of the ENTIRE United States makes 80% of it's jet fuel there. Uh, ok then.

@mr.d00m37 2 года назад

@@kirkc9643 It's stupid because you shouldn't limit most of the production of a highly flammable material into a single city

@kirkc9643 2 года назад

@@mr.d00m37 Agreed, but why does that make Texas "fucking stupid"?

@chez1241 2 года назад

@@mr.d00m37 ok and what are you gonna do about it?

@justinlawson9415 2 года назад

Great idea but I think they should change that moving entrance or build multiple to help with traffic of ships

@Sam89365 2 года назад

Whenever I see videos like this it makes me wish my family would sell there property close to the beach and buy something in the mountains

@hgbugalou 2 года назад

26 billion is too expensive! Pays several times that every decade in hurricane cleanup.

@chrism3784 2 года назад

and much much more to come. but that's different, when a disaster happens, they cry and FEMA money comes pouring in, why build a sea wall and stop that

@MrCestadelacompra 2 года назад

Good video as always but please also use metric units!

@FuturologyChannel 2 года назад

My bad! Will be sure to include them in the future!

@MrCestadelacompra 2 года назад

@@FuturologyChannel I appreciate it a lot, thank you for your dedication

@alparslankorkmaz2964 2 года назад

Nice video.

@mysteriouse5891 2 года назад

Houston developers - "We don't like zoning. Kind of looks like it." :(

@jamesrocket5616 2 года назад

Not into Biden, but hopefully he'll help fund this project as it's far more beneficial than its potential costs

@scottfeltner6066 2 года назад

If it help Americans or helps oil refineries. Biden will due everything in his power to get it stopped. Cmon Man. This is Biden we are talking about.....

@josephmclennan1229 2 года назад

Biden is a crook .

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

its up to the Congress...only thing Biden can do is approve it when it comes to his desk...Presidents don't spend our money, Congress does....but I agree, he should sign off on it

@erikanders3343 2 года назад

Honestly as much as I like Biden its really in Mitch's hands. If he keeps blocking anything its 2008-2016 all over again.

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

@@erikanders3343 Moscow Mitch will always just say no to anything any democrat wants

@Brianrockrailfan 2 года назад

liked video

@louisprinsloo5709 2 года назад

Love ideas that protect all human and animal life! All thumbs up!👏

@daviddpenny 2 года назад

Sounds like a good idea, lets run with it!

@alterworlds1629 2 года назад

I think the region should just declare some sort of public risk inherent in living there, move inland more with infrastructure quite a bit, and invest most of that money into actually getting away from Fossil Fuels. No need to keep projects going to protect them. We need to be getting largely off of Fossil Fuels within the next 2 decades, the earlier the better. A project using money to protect such assets and coastline when there's guaranteed to be effects from Climate Change surpassing the protections these projects can offer, means it's essentially wasted money, that Republicans in Texas will no doubt saber rattle as the greatest thing ever planning yet another wall and doing shit about it as they siphon the money and ignore the project. Meanwhile blaming Democrats for not only the idea, but the failure to implement it, the resulting damage, and any attempts to stop the project being akin to genocide. It's just a terrible project, even with good intentions. Political climate will abuse it, make it fail, waste all that money, and we could have just developed more in renewable sources and update electric infrastructure for the coming decades as we move off of fossil fuels.

@ems7623 2 года назад

Ha. Like Texas would ever do something as sensible as this.

@daltonmiller5590 2 года назад

As a Texan... true. Our government is retarded

@jeremywright2161 11 месяцев назад

I can't believe that people think that this is "too expensive to justify." Hurrican Harvey cost 125 billion just in flood damage. That could have been way worse if storm surge had also happened. A 26 billion proposal seems like a bargain compare to the possible extent of damage without it smh

@infini.tesimo 2 года назад

Absolutely.

@silverhorse2010 2 года назад

First off, let me just say that the State of Texas has a special place in my heart. But, is it just me who finds the link of rising sea levels due to global warming more than ironic, considering Houston's main industries are based on oil production?

@JEdwardBanasikJr 2 года назад

They were all started around here as part of the World War II efforts and just grew from there. Much of the plastics produced here are from Natural Gas which Texas has a ton of and it's easy to pipe it (along with oil) across the state. There used to be a lot of oil just in the Houston region too. e.g. Spindletop.

@tieck4408 2 года назад

Boomers: "climate change is a hoax" Also Boomers: "pay for climate change remediation"

@justbe4481 2 года назад

You should study history of the weather patterns they was much more serious and stronger than today's world and the sea level was much higher than they are today

@marcusmoser6911 2 года назад

@@justbe4481, when do you mean? Millions of years ago? Yes. In the past couple thousand years? No.

@geraldfrost4710 2 года назад

@@marcusmoser6911 12k years ago the sea level was down by 400 feet. Current sea level rise rate is 1.2 mm per year (0.047" inches); add to that the local subsidence rate. Maybe the real problem is politicians who allowed the building of petrochemical refineries ten feet above sea level? Solution? Take the 100 year storm surge level, add ten feet to that, and all new construction must be above that height. All existing buildings must be above that height, or pay 1% of property value PER FOOT below that level. (Example; your $325,000 home is 3 feet below the line, you'll pay an annual tax of $9,750.) If it costs $40k to lift the house, you'll cover it in five years, and you'll be safe WHEN the hurricane comes. Much better than your $325k house being rebuilt. This puts the expense back on the people who choose to live dangerously. All the city has to do is build the roads to code. A big hint that the home is in danger is when the road is 12 feet above the house.

@atx4fun 2 года назад

Climate change may be debatable, but storm surges are proven time and time again. Considering the amount of refining in that area and the damage it would create if they were damaged during a hurricane, we cannot afford to not build it. Most people do not mind spending money for worthwhile projects. Its governmental welfare and useless studies and pet projects people are upset over. This has huge national consequences if it was damaged. The same people complaining now will be the first ones who say why didn't the government see this and do something if something did happen.

@bitcoinzoomer9994 Год назад

We really need to do this

@roiqk 2 года назад

Awesome!

@skysthelimitvideos 2 года назад

We’re gonna need a lot of these to protect the nation from rising sea levels

@mattias1486 2 года назад

Every country with coastal cities need to start doing similar projects ASAP

@geraldfrost4710 2 года назад

With sea levels going up by 1.2mm per year? Tell us again how much danger we're in?

@roadrunner6224 2 года назад

Is Mexico going to pay for it?

@nolfrombc2224 2 года назад

How did that last wall ya all built work? Asking for a friend!

@alejandrohernandez7340 2 года назад

I live by Galveston and in my opinion this idea would be great

@everythingisfine9988 2 года назад

Well, I think the real answer is moving those refineries inland. Huston is a lost cause

@icemike1 2 года назад

True every time it's a storm the raise gas prices blame on a disruption nothing but a racket

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

moving the oil/fuel infrastructure and refineries would cost waaay more then this...

@icemike1 2 года назад

@@markanderson4163 how much do think perpetual disruptions cost 🤔

@everythingisfine9988 2 года назад

@@markanderson4163 until they're destroyed by a category 4/5 hurricane storm surge. Then not only do they have to be moved, but the environmental cleanup costs need to be factored in.

@markanderson4163 2 года назад

se keep up@@icemike1 i didnt say do nothing...please keep up

@JEdwardBanasikJr 2 года назад

What I would like to see done is to take the overly large and underutilized powerline right of ways many which are adjacent to Brays and Buffalo Bayous across the city dug up to retain storm water during major floods. The powerlines can still exist down a dike road in the center or to one side in case of storm damage repair. They are huge tracks of land crisscrossing all over the city and could slowly drain off back into the normal drainage. Also if CenterPoint would upgrade their 1950s towers they might withstand the winds better.

@2kdegenerate708 9 месяцев назад

I would love to see an update to this video. I forgot all about this project.

@supermills03 2 года назад

Hooray Ike Dike!

@brettwilkins6688 2 года назад

This is a no brainer. Soo our politicians well probably never approve it.

@thastayapongsak4422 2 года назад

Just restore the natural shoreline. That place stayed put for thousands of years before industrialization. They will continue so if we bring back the natural barrier and improve on it. Oyster reefs and sea flora can help with storm surges the way concrete walls will never can, and those two approach together would proove way more effective. that relying on one alone.

@ChainMiles777 2 года назад

So you think some plants on the coast floor is gonna stop a 20 foot storm surge...

@emanuelkokovics 2 года назад

The USA military budget for 1 year is 700 billion dollars, but 27 billion dollars for this project that has great benefits especially for the environment is too much? Come on!

@Fuglychick 2 года назад

700 billion a year is for killing and maiming not for fixing problems

@coni7392 2 года назад

I think it’s a great idea. So many people live in and all round houston. It’s one of the widest metropolitan areas in the whole world. And it’s industry and economy is crucial for the US economy. The federal government surely knows this and must approve these plans. And even going further to do the extended plans to protect it even better.

@mcmudkipp 2 года назад

There are WAYYYYY to many cuts and animations in this video. You don't need an animation or text for LITERALLY EVERY WORD you say. Keep it to one animation for one idea or point in the video. Doing what you did is the equivalent of putting your whole text on a powerpoint rather than just the bullet points.

@nobodyhere4667 2 года назад

Shouldn't you finish the border wall before you plan another lowest-bid, public funded, mega projects?

@ChainMiles777 2 года назад

This is just an idea on the backburner The Texas border all is the main idea right now man

@htownjesse 2 года назад

Haven't you heard, the border wall is cancelled and Texas is broke & can't afford jack. Nothing is getting built.

@premtodoni65 2 года назад

Greate idea.

@jgp6711 2 года назад

$26bn is cheap to prevent several hundred billion in economic damage, environmental damage, and job losses, never mind the knock on effects in national security. Folks who own property within the sea wall area should understand that luxury, sea front property will disappear when (not if) one of these events occurs.