HOUSTON (AP) - He ʻumikumamāhā mau makahiki ma hope o ka luku ʻana o Hurricane Ike i nā tausani o nā hale a me nā ʻoihana kokoke i Galveston, Texas - akā ua mālama nui ʻia nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā mea kanu kemika o ia wahi - ua koho ka Hale o nā Lunamaka'āinana ʻAmelika i ka Pōʻalima no ka ʻae ʻana i ka papahana pipiʻi loa. ka US Army Corps of Engineers e pale aku i ka ino e hiki mai ana.
Ua luku ʻo Ike i nā kaiāulu kahakai a ua hōʻeha ʻia he $30 biliona. Akā me ka nui o ka ʻoihana petrochemical o ka lāhui ma ke alahele ʻo Houston-Galveston, ʻoi aku ka hewa o nā mea. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Proximity iā Bill Merrell, ke kaukaʻi o ka ʻepekema moana, e noi mua i kahi pale kahakai nui e pale aku ai i kahi hahau pololei.
Aia ka NDAA i kēia manawa i ka ʻae ʻia no kahi papahana $34 biliona e hōʻaiʻē i nā manaʻo mai Merrell.
"He ʻokoʻa loa ia mai nā mea a mākou i hana ai ma US, a ua lawe mākou i kekahi manawa e noʻonoʻo ai," wahi a Merrell o Texas A&M University ma Galveston.
Ua hoʻoholo ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana i $858 biliona bila pāloka ma ke koho balota o 350 a 80. Aia nā papahana nui e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā ala wai o ka ʻāina a me ka pale ʻana i ka lehulehu mai ke kahe ʻana i hoʻonui ʻia e ka loli aniau.
ʻO ka mea nui, ua holomua ka balota i ke Kānāwai Hoʻomohala Waiwai o 2022. Ua hoʻokumu ke kānāwai i kahi hoʻonohonoho nui o nā kulekele no ka pūʻali koa a me nā papahana ʻae ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻokele, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kaiapuni, a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻino. Hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki. Loaʻa iā ia ke kākoʻo bipartisan ikaika a ua hiki i kēia manawa i ka Senate.
ʻOi aku ka Texas Coastal Defense Project ma mua o kekahi o nā papahana 24 ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia e ke kānāwai. Aia he $6.3 biliona hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i nā ala moku nui kokoke i New York City a me $ 1.2 biliona e kūkulu i nā hale a me nā ʻoihana ma ke kahakai waena o Louisiana.
"Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka politika āu e hele ai, he kuleana ko kēlā me kēia kanaka i ka hōʻoia ʻana he wai maikaʻi kāu," wahi a Sandra Knight, pelekikena o WaterWonks LLC.
Ua manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi ma ke Kulanui ʻo Rice ma Houston e hiki ke hōʻino i nā pahu mālama a hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o 90 miliona mau galani ʻaila a me nā mea weliweli.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kaulana loa o ka pā kahakai ʻo ia ka laka, aia ma kahi o 650 kapuaʻi o nā laka, e like paha me kahi hale 60-papa ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, i mea e pale ai i nā ʻino mai ke komo ʻana i Galveston Bay a holoi i nā ala moku o Houston. E kūkulu pū ʻia kahi ʻōnaehana pale pōʻai 18 mile ma ka mokupuni ʻo Galveston no ka pale ʻana i nā hale a me nā ʻoihana mai nā ʻino. He ʻeono makahiki ka lōʻihi o ka papahana a he 200 mau kānaka.
E loaʻa pū kekahi mau papahana e hoʻihoʻi i nā kaiaola o nā kahakai a me nā dunes ma ke kahakai ʻo Texas. Ua hopohopo ka Houston Audubon Society no ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka papahana i kahi noho manu a hoʻoweliweli i ka nui o nā iʻa, ʻōpae a me nā pāpaʻi ma ke kai kūʻono.
Hiki i nā kānāwai ke kūkulu i ka papahana, akā e mau ana ke kālā i pilikia - pono e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke kālā. ʻO ke aupuni pekelala ka mea kaumaha loa o ka hoʻolilo ʻana, akā e hāʻawi pū nā hui kūloko a me ka mokuʻāina i nā piliona kālā. He iwakālua makahiki paha ke kūkulu ʻana.
"Hoʻemi nui kēia i ka hopena o kahi ʻino ʻino i hiki ʻole ke hoʻōla hou," wahi a Mike Braden, ke poʻo o ka Army Corps 'Galveston County Major Projects Division.
Aia pū i loko o ka pila kekahi mau hana kulekele. No ka laʻana, i ka wā e pā mai ai nā makani ʻino i ka wā e hiki mai ana, hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā pale kahakai e hoʻokipa i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Hiki i nā mea hoʻolālā ke noʻonoʻo i ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai i ka wā e hoʻomohala ai i kā lākou hoʻolālā.
"ʻAʻole e like ka wā e hiki mai ana no nā kaiāulu he nui e like me ka wā ma mua," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Jimmy Haig, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kulekele wai kiʻekiʻe ma The Nature Conservancy.
Ke hoʻomau nei ke Kānāwai Waiwai i ke koi ʻana i nā ʻāina pulu a me nā mea hoʻonā wai kahe e hoʻohana ana i ka hoʻoheheʻe wai maoli ma mua o nā paia paʻa e loaʻa ai ke kahe wai. No ka laʻana, ma ka muliwai ʻo Mississippi ma lalo o St. Louis, e kōkua ka papahana hou i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i nā kaiaola a me ka hana ʻana i nā papahana hoʻomalu i ka wai kahe. Aia kekahi mau mea no ke aʻo ʻana i nā maloʻo lōʻihi.
Ke hana ʻia nei nā ʻanuʻu e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pilina ʻohana a e maʻalahi i ka hana ʻana i nā hana ma nā kaiāulu ʻilihune a me ka mōʻaukala.
ʻO ka noiʻi ʻana i nā papahana, ka loaʻa ʻana iā lākou ma o ka Congress, a me ka loaʻa kālā hiki ke lōʻihi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Merrell, ka mea i piha i ka 80 i Pepeluali, makemake ʻo ia e kūkulu ʻia ka ʻāpana Texas o ka papahana, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e manaʻo e hele ʻo ia ma laila e ʻike i ka pau ʻana.
"Makemake wau i ka huahana hope e pale i kaʻu mau keiki a me nā moʻopuna a me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina," wahi a Merrell.
LEFT: PHOTO: Hele kekahi kanaka ma waena o nā ʻōpala mai ka Hurricane Ike i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia mai ke alanui ma Galveston, Texas, i ka lā 13 o Kepakemapa, 2008. Ua hoʻopau ʻo Hurricane Ike i nā haneli he nui ma muli o ka makani kiʻekiʻe a me ke kahe ʻana, e lawe ana i nā mile o ke kahakai ma Texas a me Louisiana. , e oki ana i na miliona o ka mana a me ka poino o na piliona dala. Kiʻi: Jessica Rinaldi/REUTERS
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