[Leica] Katrina relief pin-up calendar--Answer for Don

[wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)]

Don:
   
  You are correct, but from lowest point to highest point inside Houston 
corporate limits the elevation difference is only a couple of inches. That 
45 feet above sea level for West U. is probably now a foot or two lower due 
the groundwater extraction.
   
  The streets are purposely constructed lower than neighboring property to 
channel and hold stormwater like detention ponds until the bayous can take 
the water runoff. 
   
  Bill
   
   
   
  

Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
  Bill,
Interesting, when I lived in Houston, in West University, we were
approximately 45 feet above sea level. Level topo so when heavy rains came
all the bayous flooded and if you were near one of them then hopefully your
property is above street level or your feet got wet.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 8/30/06, Bill Smith wrote:
>
> Jeffery:
>
> "High ground" in Houston is only a couple of inches. Since NO has
> virtually the same topo, I wonder how high are you above the lowest
> elevation?
>
> Adding to the flood woes of level topo in Houston, was/ is the land
> subsidence of 4-7 feet from water well extracation--primarily from
> industrial use.
>
> Bill
>
> Jeffery Smith wrote:
> I'm in an all black neighborhood (except for about 6 of us), and we (and
> the
> rest of the Irish Channel) are on very high ground. It all depends on how
> close to the river you are. Over the past 150 years, old neighborhoods
> became ghetto neighborhoods as whites fled to the suburbs and north of the
> lake. But now there is more interest in restoring 150-year-old houses in
> my
> old neighborhood because it was built before the levees.
>
> Lakeview got wiped out worse than anyone other than the lower 9th ward,
> and
> Lakeview was primarly white. Unfortunately, it was far from the river and
> close to the lake. Houses were in the $300,000 to $500,000 range there,
> and
> they got 6-8 feet of water. I paid $60,000 for mine and got no water.
> Location location location.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Scott
> McLoughlin
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 6:22 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Katrina relief pin-up calendar--Bro Nagin
>
>
> Aside from the color of folk's skin, is it true that in many or most
> cities,
> the historically nice neighborhoods for the well heeled are on higher
> ground?
>
> This is true in Baltimore and Wash, DC. (lower G'town my be an exception),
>
> I was led to believe that this started way back in an attempt to avoid
> mosquito and other insect born illnesses.
>
> BTW, I like your final analysis of the problem.
>
> IMHO, it's very hard to be prepared for low probability, theoretically
> worst
> case scenarios - and not just hurricanes. If we were so prepared and ever
> vigilant against all such possibilities, we'd probably all go
> crazy.
>
> Scott
>
> Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
> >... that the blacks live in trailers
> >while the whites live in houses. I would hazard a guess that there are
> >far more whites than blacks in FEMA trailers down here.
> >
> >[snip]
> >Jeffery Smith
> >New Orleans, LA
> >http://www.400tx.com
> >http://400tx.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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