Planning the 'Ike Dike' Defense

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GALVESTON, Texas -- As the Gulf Coast braces for hurricane season, Houston-area leaders are pushing a plan to build a wall stretching some 60 miles along the coast, hoping to end the annual storm threat once and for all. Dubbed the "Ike Dike" after the hurricane that ravaged the Houston area in September, the 17-foot-high wall would straddle the narrow entrance to Galveston Bay with 1,000-foot-long floodgates, allowing access to the city's port in good weather, but swinging shut when a storm approached to block floodwaters. Most damage from hurricanes is usually caused by floodwaters. The total cost, according to project backers, would be $2 billion to $4 billion, although those numbers would almost certainly rise, experts say.

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[kjackson227]

1. It's going to cost a lot of money, but I think it's a good thing.

[alarimer]

2. No fucking way.

another boondoggle that will likely not work and would do untold environmental damage. Spend that money relocating people out of the fucking flood plain, where they should NOT be living anyway.

[Why Syzygy]

3. I agree with this POV.

It sounds very unsightly for an area that should be naturally preserved.