Archive for the 'emergency response' Category
Ride transit for better hurricane preparedness?
Closed Published by Tory Gattis August 18th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesJust wanted to pass along this email from a reader. The Hurricane Dean track forecasts from Drudge seem to indicate we’re pretty safe for now, but better safe than sorry. Maybe a good opportunity to try out our extensive express HOV bus options for y…
Canada fights carpools, TX economy and housing holds up, smart grid, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesSome smaller misc items:This is the kind of government regulation run amok that drives me nuts, as Canada beats up on a web site that helps people carpool! I’ve always liked Canada as a country and enjoyed vacations there, although I’ve heard they’re …
#1 in Everything, State of the County, MetroRail budgets
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesJudge Emmett gave a good State of the County address at a GHP luncheon today (Chronicle coverage, Examiner coverage). Some highlights:The county is financially in good shape, certainly far better than most governments across the country”71 percent of …
Rankings, Ike spirit, Dome, and more
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesThe smaller misc items have been piling up since before the hurricane, and now are so many I’ll have to split them over a couple of posts this week. Before getting to them though, I wanted to throw out another plug for my solution to the national hous…
The Opportunity City weathers all storms
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesInstead of posting here today, I’d like to redirect you to my first piece on the New Geography web site about Houston’s recovery from Hurricane Ike and other “storms”.
A crazy week, so just another pass-along article from the Wall Street Journal on the proposed 60-mile long, 17-feet high, “Ike Dike” defense around Galveston and Bolivar. Estimated price tag is $2 to $4 billion, which is a bargain compared to the surg…
Houston’s not resilient? Really?
Closed Published by Tory Gattis January 1st, 1970 on Houston StrategiesAlert reader Jessie sent me this article about Houston ranking “very low” on a “resilience capacity index”. For real. I was dumbfounded too. And now I’m going to post out-of-character and get a little snippy…
Let’s skip right past the parade of articles and data showing Houston and Texas weathering the great recession better than just about everywhere else in the country. It’s so strong