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Ok thanks for the suggestions.

Hello Paul, 
Greetings of the day,
Make your home look more beautiful by choosing some options below

• Parlor Palm
• Corn Plant
• Money Tree
• Madagascar Dragon Tree etc.These Plants surely meet your requirements. And the depth of the hole for planting tree is should be according to the container of the tree from nursery. If possible you may take s…

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Sorry for acting like a jerk.  I appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective.  I don’t agree with some of the conclusions, but you’re not beating us over the head for raising the issue.  
I didn’t flood–I live 60 miles or so north of downtown.  But many clients (who live around the I-10 & BW8 area, did.  They flooded within 4-5 year…[Read more]

Thanks for the all caps, really helps convey that this thread makes you mad.  Here’s a thought– don’t read the thread, or move on and ignore it if it bothers you.  But you being out of your apartment really doesn’t matter to the discussion at hand.  Again, if it’s a little too close to home for you right now, don’t have the discussion.  
But sug…[Read more]

…and then there’s this little gem:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/09/05/engineers-warned-of-flooding-risk-to-houston-area-in-1996-report.html
Our collective attention span, coupled with our acceptance of mediocre politicians, is to blame for a significant amount of the flooding in Houston. 
Sadly, we still seem to prefer politics over…[Read more]

You are making my point. It is much more to do with the opportunities developers have to exploit holes in regulations than it is to do with those hired by them to do their design work whether they are landscape architects, civil engineers, or something else.
The development business is, whether we like it or not, very sensitive to controlling…[Read more]