[r721]

>During the peak of the flooding on Saturday night, the National Weather Service in Houston issued an apocalyptically worded “Flash Flood Emergency for Life-Threatening Catastrophic Flooding.” That kind of warning wasn’t a thing before Harvey, which just adds emphasis to the unique risk this storm poses.

>The event is so rare, that even the NWS is unsure of what will happen next. In a chilling follow-up tweet on Sunday, the NWS said “this event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond anything experienced.”

http://grist.org/briefly/harvey-dealt-houston-catastrophic-f...

[chrisper]

Yes, but just because it happened for the first time now it won't happen anytime soon again? Maybe not next year, but really lifetime rare? I think it's better to prepare and it not happening than not prepare because it's just a once in a lifetime thing.

They even say it isnt sure what's going to happen next. So you can't say now that it is a once in a lifetime thing.

[MBCook]

In someways isn't this the governments job? It's very easy for people to plan for things that happen every year or two, one of the things the government is capable of doing is looking further ahead than normal people will getting ready for THAT.