From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:24 AM
To: Heber Taylor
Subject: re-Is your community just collateral damage?
Posted: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:00 am
Is your community just collateral damage? By HEBER TAYLOR
galvestondailynews.com
The city of La Porte should get an award for clear thinking and unequivocal
writing.
Governments are notoriously bad about getting to the point. But here’s a
line from La Porte’s resolution opposing the Centennial Gate, a rival concept to
the proposed Ike Dike Confused smile
The city of La Porte should get an award for clear thinking and unequivocal
writing.
Governments are notoriously bad about getting to the point. But heres a
line from La Porte's resolution opposing the Centennial Gate) a rival concept to
the proposed Ike Dike:
"The City of La Porte does not accept the notion that areas of lower
elevation seaward of Centennial Gate within any community fronting Galveston Bay
should be considered collateral damage from the impacts of a storm surge.’'
The Ike Dike was proposed by Bill Merrell) a professor at Texas A&M
University at Galveston, to protect the whole bay from the kind of storm surge
seen in 2008. A rival concept, the Centennial Gate, was proposed by Severe Storm
Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center at Rice University to
protect the upper Houston Ship Channel with floodgates near the Fred Hartman
Bridge.
And that's precisely what's wrong with putting any flood protection system
so far north. The communities to the south would be collateral dam- age.
Such a system would not protect them. And it would make things worse as the
surge of water, stopped by the floodgates, backed up. La Porte's resolution
estimated that the Centen- nial Gate would raise the floodwaters an additional
six inches.
La Porte's City Council let it be known it wasn't going to acquiesce
quietly.
Communities across Galveston County - especially those that need protection
- should note the example.
• Heber Taylor
Greetings Mr. Taylor and GDN et al,
Thank You Mr. Taylor and Galveston Daily news for your article and concept
there from i.e. Is your community just collateral damage? or Rice Dike vs IKE
Dike.
WE been screaming this for a year or better, since the Rice Dike was
proposed. Spoke with Dr./Professor Merrell several times via email, and at
meeting in San Leon. all this Rice Dike across and under the Fred Hartman bridge
area will do is dam up the end of the bay, thus, once another IKE comes through,
the backwash there from, will flood and wipe out all of the surround Bayshore
communities from La Porte to Texas City, and everything in-between east of SH
146 i.e. La Porte, Seabrook, Kemah, Bayview, Bacliff, San Leon, Hillmanville,
south to Texas City, Texas, and for what, BIG OIL. so, we destroy everything for
this. there was to be a 25 foot wall built along SH 146 from La Porte to Texas
City, along where the old railroad tracks were, west of SH146, along with the
damn that will be built up across the end of the bay by the FHB. but we
complained and expressed our concerns and the rice dike folks took that out, but
still propose said damn dam across and under the FHB. this will do the same
thing still. we are directly on Galveston Bay, and when the surge from IKE
breached the top of the hill (for the first time in recorded history) here in
Bacliff, and then got into our house up on 2 foot blocks and piers, and those
waves (mini tsunamis), kept pounding the house, and kept coming, until the eye
crossed over around 2AM that morning of IKE, I can’t imagine the horror and
damage that will come to all of us from this stupid idea of damning up Galveston
Bay under the Fred Hartman bridge, on top of what a normal storm surge will
bring us. this Rice dike and dam across the FHB will be a death sentence to all,
everything gone, wiped out, for what is already drawn in the Rice dike plan,
more amusement and recreational park areas, more motels and hotels, where our
homes and land once were, it’s already drawn in the Rice dike plan animation
drawing. but we all that lost everything, will just be as you say Sir
‘collateral damage’. not enough money to build a Rice dike to protect
_everyone_, officials and politicians choose to sacrifice the very ones that
voted them to office. with these kind of officials and politicians in office,
who needs enemies. they sold yours and my souls to the devil, the industry. the
damn port of Houston should have never been. it should have always been in
Galveston. I see many, many lawsuits in the making, if, and when, the next big
Hurricane Ike comes through, and it will. ...
RICE DIKE PROPOSAL WOULD DESTROY GALVESTON BAY BAYSHORE COMMUNITIES
TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN THE BAYSHORE COMMUNITIES
THIS proposed RICE dike proposal, if approved in it’s entirety, would kill
our Bay shore communities as we know it. Your property values would tank to
zero, and you would eventually be forced out of your home. what the port of
Houston and industries there from plan to do with this Rice dike, is to make the
entire surrounding properties around the Galveston Bay complex a larger petro
chemical complex, and cargo port, thus dredging more toxins for more GLIT
islands to be built lining the ship channel filled with dredge toxins, for the
next hurricane to bury our Bay shore communities, because the RICE DIKE, in it’s
entirety, would literally wall us out of any Hurricane protective zone. What the
Rice Dike does, it hangs me and my neighbors out to drown in 25 feet of water
and toxic GLIT island Mud, and what is left will be used for “waterfront
recreation and other environmental and natural coastal features”. This Rice dike
proposal would take some of the highest elevated land around Galveston Bay and
Real Estate there from, and turn it all into a marshland after the next big one.
PLEASE SAY KNOW TO THE RICE DIKE, AND SAY YES TO THE IKE DIKE BY TEXAS A.M.
IT’s time to take our communities and Galveston Bay back from the port of
Houston and all it’s GLIT islands being manufactured in Galveston Bay, and also
from the surrounding toxic chemical plants that continue to built.
Please see ;
RICE UNIVERSITY IKE DIKE hwy-146-levee proposal, THAT WOULD WASH AWAY
SEABROOK, KEMAH, BAYVIEW, BACLIFF, AND SAN LEON
NOVEMBER 2011
Preliminary research results indicate that the most feasible structure will
be a levee along SH-146 accompanied by pocket levees, built by private
landowners. The levee would connect natural 25 foot elevations near the Houston
Ship Channel and the Texas City Dike effectively protecting the properties and
critical facilities and infrastructure west of SH-146. However, moveable
barriers would need to be placed at Clear Lake and highway underpasses.
*** Furthermore, this proposal leaves waterfront properties and communities
east of SH- 146 vulnerable; however, it maintains the possibility of waterfront
recreation and other environmental and natural coastal features.
HERE is a IKE DIKE proposal that would help SAVE AND PROTECT SHOREACRES,
SEABROOK, KEMAH, BAYVIEW, BACLIFF, AND SAN LEON.
THIS Ike Dike proposal by TAMU does NOT abandon all of us that have lived
here all our lives, and this proposal does not sell out to developers ;
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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 5:30 PM
To: William Merrell
Cc: Cherie Coffman
Subject: Re: Ike Dike question ? fantastic! thank you for your kind reply
Sir, and explanation for the layperson such as me. many thanks, I like your
proposal much, much, better Sir, considering my backyard is Galveston Bay here
in Bacliff, 77518 shoreline. with that rice university plan, the shorelines from
Kemah to San Leon and property values there from would tank and the next big
one, we would all be marsh land. course, it would not matter much anyway,
because that big toxic dredge island I have to look at everyday now, you know
the one they propose to double in size now, well all that would be in our
houses. ...what were they thinking. ...thanks again. with kindest regards, terry
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From: William Merrell
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 5:08 PM
To: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Cc: Cherie Coffman
Subject: RE: Ike Dike question ?
Again - the Dike you describe is proposed by Rice University. It has
nothing whatsoever to do with the Ike Dike. The Ike Dike protects everyone in
the Bay because it is along the coast. You can verify this and learn the details
of the Ike Dike by going to our website
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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [mailto:flounder9@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 5:00 PM
To: William Merrell
Cc: Cherie Coffman
Subject: Re: Ike Dike question ?
Greetings again Dr. Merrell,
Sir, I had a question.
I did not have any ideas, other than the fact, I am concerned and confused
on one of rumored proposals of Ike Dike, and we wanted to know the truth, and I
was told, you were the person to go to, and my question was as follows ;
i heard that one of the potential designs for the ike dike, would have
everyone living south of the Kemah bridge on hwy 146, and everyone east of hwy
146 there from, i.e. Kemah, Bayview, Bacliff, and San Leon, all these fishing
communities would be EAST OF SAID IKE DIKE, as the said IKE DIKE would be built
west of hwy 146, thus leaving everyone east of 146 to be left for marsh land, as
any hurricane after said IKE DIKE built would leave these fishing communities as
marsh lands due to any IKE DIKE built west of hwy 146, is any of this true?
is there any proposal on the table to eliminate the Kemah, Bayview,
Bacliff, and San Leon shore lines from the Ike Dike?
is the scenario of said rumor, I proposed above, is this one of the
proposals?
as home owners, property owners, and business owners, we are concerned, and
we have a right to know if this is a proposal or not?
a simple yes or no answer will do. ...
thank you,
kind regards,
terry
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From: William Merrell
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:38 PM To: Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
Cc: Cherie Coffman
Subject: RE: Ike Dike question ?
The 146 dike is proposed by the SSPEED Center at Rice. I agree with your
ideas on it. The Ike Dike is a coastal spine which would protect everyone.
Details on website http://www.tamug.edu/ikedike/
Best regards, Bill
William Merrell George P Mitchell Chair Texas A&M University at
Galveston Po Box 1675 Galveston, Texas 77553-1675 409-740-4732 work 409-740-4787
fax 409-771-2225 cell
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From: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. [mailto:flounder9@verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 12:50 PM
To: William Merrell
Subject: Ike Dike question ?
Greetings Dr. Merrell,
I am a bit concerned and confused, and hoping you might be able to help
straighten out any confusion on the IKE DIKE.
i heard that one of the potential designs for the ike dike, would have
everyone living south of the Kemah bridge on hwy 146, and everyone east of hwy
146 there from, i.e. Kemah, Bayview, Bacliff, and San Leon, all these fishing
communities would be EAST OF SAID IKE DIKE, as the said IKE DIKE would be built
west of hwy 146, thus leaving everyone east of 146 to be left for marsh land, as
any hurricane after said IKE DIKE built would leave these fishing communities as
marsh lands due to any IKE DIKE built west of hwy 146.
is any of this true ?
can you please show me where all the said potential designs and drawings
might be for the public to view on any said IKE DIKE ?
thank you,
kindest regards, terry
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END...TSS
Dr. Merrell, a marine scientist from Texas A&M, will be talking about
his proposal December 11, 2012 at 7 P.M. to explain his proposal, at a Town Hall
Meeting in San Leon, Texas, at the San Leon Fire Station. ...
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see full text ;
October 10, 2012
IKE DIKE PROPOSED BY RICE UNIVERSITY hangs our Bayshore communities out to
dry, IN 25 FEET OF WATER, to make way for WATERFRONT RECREATION $$$
Sunday, December 9, 2012
*** RICE DIKE PROPOSAL COULD DESTROY GALVESTON BAY BAYSHORE COMMUNITIES
Monday, April 15, 2013
Hurricane Ike: 5 Years Later Conference Rice Dike Proposal September 24-25,
2013
Sunday, June 9, 2013
RICE DIKE AND IKE DIKE ARE RIVALS NO MORE, AND HAS BACKED OFF THE PROPOSAL
OF A 20-MILE 25 FOOT LEVEE ALONG SH 146
kind regards,
terry
Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
P.O. Box 42
Bacliff, Texas USA 77518
flounder9@verizon.net
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