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HURRICANE LAURA BRINGS RENEWED PITCH FOR IKE DIKE

September 02, 2020 - 05:00
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HURRICANE LAURA BRINGS RENEWED PITCH FOR

As thousands fled southeast Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura, Texas A&M promoted an Ike Dike as a critical way to protect the region from devastating damage. Texas escaped a direct hit from Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, just east of Port Arthur. Despite the state’s luck this time, Texas A&M marine scientists urged action on their proposal to build a series of barriers, levees and gates that would close off Galveston Bay from storm surge. William Merrell, a professor at Texas A&M-Galveston and a former president of the school, helped develop the plan after ...

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