It’s not if, but when, a Category 5 hurricane crashes into Galveston Bay in Texas causing billions in destruction, possibly stopping 14% of U.S. crude oil refining and affecting five million people, according to Walter P Moore and Associates and Rice University.
The engineer and the school, both based in Houston, are involved in the Galveston Bay Park Plan. It calls for construction of a 22-mile chain of islands, at a cost of about $6 billion to serve as a storm surge barrier to protect the Houston Ship
Channel and west side of Galveston Bay.