HOUSTON (AP) - Makore gumi nemana mushure mekunge Hurricane Ike yaparadza zviuru zvedzimba nemabhizinesi pedyo neGalveston, Texas - asi nzvimbo dzekuchenesa uye zvidyarwa zvemakemikari zvakachengetedzwa zvakanyanya - Imba yeVamiriri veUS yakavhota neChina ichifarira kubvumidzwa kwechirongwa chinodhura zvakanyanya. mauto eUS Army Corps eInjiniya kutarisana nedutu rinotevera.
Ike yakaparadza nharaunda dzemahombekombe uye yakakonzera $30 bhiriyoni mukukuvara. Asi nehuwandu hweindasitiri yepetrochemical yenyika muHouston-Galveston corridor, zvinhu zvinogona kutonyanya kuipa. Kuva pedyo kwakafuridzira Bill Merrell, purofesa wesainzi yemugungwa, kuti atange afunga chipingamupinyi chikuru chemahombekombe chekudzivirira kubva pakurova chaiko.
Iyo NDAA ikozvino inosanganisira kubvumidzwa kwechirongwa chemadhora mabhiriyoni makumi matatu nemana chinokwereta mazano kubva kuMerrell.
"Zvakasiyana chaizvo nezvese zvatakaita kuUS, uye zvakatitorera nguva kuti tizvinzwisise," akadaro Merrell wekuTexas A&M University muGalveston.
The House of Representatives yakapasa $858 bhiriyoni yekudzivirira bhiri nevhoti ye350 kune 80. Inosanganisira mapurojekiti makuru ekuvandudza nzira dzemvura dzenyika uye kudzivirira veruzhinji kubva kumafashamu akawedzerwa nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze.
Kunyanya, vhoti yakasimudzira Water Resources Development Act ya2022. Mutemo wakagadzira hurongwa hwakawanda hwemauto uye zvirongwa zvine mvumo zvine chekuita nekufamba, kuvandudza kwezvakatipoteredza, uye kudzivirira dutu. Zvinowanzoitika makore maviri oga oga. Ane rutsigiro rwakasimba rwebipartisan uye iye zvino aita kuSeneti.
Iyo Texas Coastal Defense Project inodarika chero yemamwe mapurojekiti makumi maviri nemana akabvumidzwa neMutemo. Pane hurongwa hwemadhora mabhiriyoni mazana matanhatu nemazana matatu emadhora ekudzamisa nzira dzekufambisa dzinokosha padyo neNew York City uye madhora bhiriyoni gumi nemazana maviri ekuvaka dzimba nemabhizinesi pamhenderekedzo yepakati yeLouisiana.
"Zvisinei kuti uri divi ripi rezvematongerwo enyika, munhu wese ane chekuita nekuona kuti une mvura yakanaka," akadaro Sandra Knight, purezidhendi weWaterWonks LLC.
Vatsvagiri veRice University muHouston vanofungidzira kuti Chikamu chechina chine dutu remhepo 24-tsoka chinogona kukanganisa matangi ekuchengetera uye kuburitsa anopfuura mamirioni makumi mapfumbamwe emarita emafuta uye zvinhu zvine njodzi.
Chinhu chinonyanya kucherechedzwa chevhavha yegungwa kukiyi, iyo ine anosvika 650 tsoka dzekiyi, yakaenzana nechivako chine nhurikidzwa makumi matanhatu kune rimwe divi, kudzivirira dutu remhepo kupinda muGalveston Bay uye kugeza nzira dzekutumira dzeHouston. Iyo 18-mamaira denderedzwa barriers system ichavakwawo pamwe neGalveston Island kuchengetedza dzimba nemabhizinesi kubva kune dutu. Chirongwa ichi chakatora makore matanhatu uye chaisanganisira vanhu vangangosvika mazana maviri.
Pachave zvakare nemapurojekiti ekudzoreredza ecosystem yemahombekombe uye dunes pamwe neTexas mahombekombe. Sangano reHouston Audubon rinonetsekana kuti chirongwa ichi chichaparadza dzimwe nzvimbo dzeshiri uye kuisa mungozi hove, shrimp uye crab vanhu vari mubay.
Mitemo inobvumira kuvakwa kweprojekti, asi mari icharamba iri dambudziko - mari ichiri kudiwa kugoverwa. Hurumende yemubatanidzwa inotakura mutoro unorema wekushandisa mari, asi masangano emuno neenyika achafanirawo kupa mabhiriyoni emadhora. Kuvaka kunogona kutora makore makumi maviri.
"Izvi zvinoderedza zvakanyanya njodzi yekunaya kwedutu rinotyisa iro risingagone kupora," akadaro Mike Braden, mukuru weArmy Corps 'Galveston County Major Projects Division.
Bhiri iri rinosanganisirawo matanho akati wandei emitemo. Somuenzaniso, apo madutu anorova mune ramangwana, dziviriro yemhenderekedzo yegungwa inogona kudzorerwa kuti igadzirise kuchinja kwemamiriro okunze. Vagadziri vanozokwanisa kutora kukwira kwegungwa mukurangarira pavanenge vachigadzira zvirongwa zvavo.
“Ramangwana renharaunda dzakawanda harizove rakafanana neraisimboita,” akadaro Jimmy Haig, chipangamazano mukuru wezvemvura kuThe Nature Conservancy.
Mutemo weWater Resources Act unoramba uchikurudzira kuti pave nematoro uye mamwe magadzirirwo ekugadzirisa mafashama anoshandisa kunyudza kwemvura pachinzvimbo chemadziro ekongiri kuti ave nekuyerera kwemvura. Semuenzaniso, paRwizi rweMisissippi pazasi peSt. Panewo zvirongwa zvekudzidza nezvekusanaya kwemvura kwenguva refu.
Matanho ari kutorwa ekuvandudza hukama hwemadzinza uye kuita kuti zvive nyore kuita kuti basa riitwe munharaunda dzine urombo, dzakambotambura.
Kutsvaga mapurojekiti, kuvawana kuburikidza neCongress, uye kuwana mari kunogona kutora nguva yakareba. Merrell, uyo anosvitsa makore makumi masere muna Kukadzi, akati angade kuti chikamu cheTexas chechirongwa ichi chivakwe, asi haafunge kuti achange aripo kuti aone ichipera.
"Ini ndinongoda chigadzirwa chekupedzisira kuchengetedza vana vangu nevazukuru nevamwe vese mudunhu," Merrell akadaro.
KURUboshwe: MUFANANIDZO: Mumwe murume ari kufamba nomumarara eDutu guru rinonzi Ike richibviswa mumugwagwa muGalveston, Texas, musi waSeptember 13, 2008. Dutu rinonzi Hurricane Ike rakazadza mazana evanhu pamusana pemhepo ine simba nemafashamo, richiita kuti mhenderekedzo yegungwa isvike kuTexas neLouisiana. , kubvisa mamiriyoni emagetsi uye kukonzera mabhiriyoni emadhora mukukuvara. Mufananidzo: Jessica Rinaldi/REUTERS
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