September 8th, 2010
Don’t Jump the Shark (or the High Water)
I have a decent drive to work each day. I go the opposite direction of traffic and usually only deal with backups right in the downtown area. However, my commute involves I-10 East or “The Beast” as it is affectionately known. Like I-45, I-10 East has a nasty habit of flooding during moderate rain storms. While driving yesterday and experiencing high water I wondered why roadway flooding is such a problem in Houston and what the city actually does about it.
