The homes in Cinco Ranch sat on land that had been designed to flood — a fact that wasn’t widely publicized when a private developer was allowed to purchase the land http://nyti.ms/2FNixNE pic.twitter.com/GOCkypyzQN
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In the 6 months since Harvey, The New York Times followed several families in the Cinco Ranch community as they struggled to rebuild their lives http://nyti.ms/2FNixNE pic.twitter.com/9CDitKXlcg
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This video is the first piece in a series about these residents. Their stories offer a look at how people are confronting a stark fact: many of the places we call home should never have been built in the first place. http://nyti.ms/2FL8yZb pic.twitter.com/mrcfZuvyD2
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#HowToHarvey thankful for my friends with@CajunNavyRelief and other volunteer search and rescue groups that were able to assist our areas surrounding Orange, Vidor, Mauriceville, Beaumont, Winnie, so many more cities besides Houston were home to Harvey's destruction#cajunnavyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Texas failed these people with their zoning and disclosure rules. That's what happens in pro-business red states.
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That was by design because the homes were built in flood pools, as you note. But "downstream" homes were flooded intentionally too by the USACE water releases, without any prior knowledge that it was possible.
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