HOUSTON (AP) - Zaka khumi ndi zinayi kuchokera pamene mphepo yamkuntho Ike inawononga nyumba zikwizikwi ndi mabizinesi pafupi ndi Galveston, Texas - koma malo oyeretsera ndi mankhwala a m'deralo sanapulumutsidwe - Nyumba ya Oyimilira ku US idavotera Lachinayi kuti ivomereze ntchito yodula kwambiri yomwe idachitikapo. gulu lankhondo la US Army Corps of Engineers kuti athane ndi mkuntho wotsatira.
Ike anawononga madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndipo anawononga $30 biliyoni. Koma chifukwa chamakampani ambiri amafuta am'dzikoli mumpanda wa Houston-Galveston, zinthu zitha kuipiraipira. Kuyandikira kudalimbikitsa a Bill Merrell, pulofesa wa sayansi yam'madzi, kuti apereke lingaliro lotchinga lalikulu la m'mphepete mwa nyanja kuti ateteze kumenyedwa kwachindunji.
NDAA tsopano ikuphatikiza kuvomereza pulogalamu ya $ 34 biliyoni yomwe imabwereka malingaliro kuchokera kwa Merrell.
"Ndizosiyana kwambiri ndi chilichonse chomwe tidachita ku US, ndipo zidatitengera nthawi kuti timvetsetse," adatero Merrell wa ku Texas A&M University ku Galveston.
Nyumba ya Oyimilira inapereka ndalama zokwana madola 858 biliyoni zotetezera ndi mavoti a 350 ku 80. Zimaphatikizapo ntchito zazikulu zopititsa patsogolo njira zamadzi za dzikoli komanso kuteteza anthu kuti asasefukire chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo.
Makamaka, voti inapititsa patsogolo lamulo la Water Resources Development Act la 2022. Lamuloli linapanga ndondomeko zambiri za asilikali ndi mapulogalamu ovomerezeka okhudzana ndi kuyenda panyanja, kukonza zachilengedwe, ndi kuteteza mphepo yamkuntho. Nthawi zambiri zimachitika zaka ziwiri zilizonse. Ali ndi chithandizo champhamvu cha bipartisan ndipo tsopano wapita ku Senate.
Texas Coastal Defense Project imaposa ntchito ina iliyonse 24 yovomerezedwa ndi Act. Pali ndondomeko ya $ 6.3 biliyoni yozama misewu yayikulu yotumizira pafupi ndi New York City ndi $ 1.2 biliyoni yomanga nyumba ndi mabizinesi pagombe lapakati la Louisiana.
"Ziribe kanthu kuti muli mbali yanji ya ndale, aliyense ali ndi gawo loonetsetsa kuti muli ndi madzi abwino," adatero Sandra Knight, pulezidenti wa WaterWonks LLC.
Ofufuza pa yunivesite ya Rice ku Houston akuti mphepo yamkuntho ya Gulu la 4 yokhala ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya 24-foot ikhoza kuwononga matanki osungiramo zinthu ndikumasula magaloni oposa 90 miliyoni a mafuta ndi zinthu zoopsa.
Chodziwika kwambiri chotchinga m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi loko, yomwe imakhala ndi maloko pafupifupi 650, pafupifupi ofanana ndi nyumba yansanjika 60 mbali imodzi, kuteteza mvula yamkuntho kulowa Galveston Bay ndikutsuka misewu ya Houston. Njira yotchinga yozungulira yamakilomita 18 idzamangidwanso pa chilumba cha Galveston kuteteza nyumba ndi mabizinesi ku mvula yamkuntho. Pulogalamuyi idatenga zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi ndipo idakhudza anthu pafupifupi 200.
Padzakhalanso mapulojekiti obwezeretsa zachilengedwe zam'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi milu ya mchenga m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Texas. Bungwe la Houston Audubon Society likuda nkhawa kuti ntchitoyi iwononga malo okhala mbalame ndikuyika pachiwopsezo cha nsomba, shrimp ndi nkhanu m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Malamulo amalola kumangidwa kwa polojekitiyi, koma ndalama zidzakhalabe vuto - ndalama ziyenera kuperekedwabe. Boma la feduro limanyamula katundu wolemera kwambiri wogwiritsa ntchito ndalama, koma mabungwe am'deralo ndi aboma adzayeneranso kupereka mabiliyoni a madola. Kumanga kungatenge zaka makumi awiri.
"Izi zimachepetsa kwambiri chiwopsezo cha mvula yamkuntho yomwe sikutheka kuchira," adatero Mike Braden, wamkulu wa Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo la Galveston County Major Projects Division.
Biliyo ilinso ndi njira zingapo zamalamulo. Mwachitsanzo, mphepo yamkuntho ikawomba m’tsogolo, chitetezo cha m’mphepete mwa nyanja chikhoza kubwezeretsedwanso kuti chigwirizane ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Okonza adzatha kuganizira za kukwera kwa nyanja popanga mapulani awo.
"Tsogolo la madera ambiri silidzafanana ndi momwe linalili kale," anatero Jimmy Haig, mlangizi wamkulu wa ndondomeko ya madzi ku The Nature Conservancy.
The Water Resources Act ikupitiliza kukakamiza madambo ndi njira zina zothana ndi kusefukira kwamadzi zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito kuyamwa kwamadzi achilengedwe m'malo mwa makoma a konkire kuti azikhala ndi madzi oyenda. Mwachitsanzo, pa Mtsinje wa Mississippi pansi pa St. Louis, pulogalamu yatsopanoyi idzathandizira kubwezeretsa zachilengedwe ndikupanga ntchito zoteteza madzi osefukira. Palinso makonzedwe a kafukufuku wa chilala chautali.
Pakuchitidwa zinthu zolimbikitsa mgwirizano wa mafuko ndi kupangitsa kuti ntchito zitheke m'madera osauka, omwe anali ovutika kale.
Kufufuza mapulojekiti, kuwapeza kudzera ku Congress, ndikupeza ndalama zingatenge nthawi yayitali. Merrell, yemwe amakwanitsa zaka 80 mu February, adati akufuna kuti gawo la Texas limangidwe, koma sakuganiza kuti adzakhalapo kuti awone.
"Ndikungofuna kuti mapeto ateteze ana anga ndi adzukulu anga ndi wina aliyense m'derali," adatero Merrell.
KUKUMASO: ZITHUNZI: Mwamuna akuyenda m’zinyalala za mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Ike yomwe ikuchotsedwa mumsewu ku Galveston, Texas, pa September 13, 2008. , kudula mphamvu zamagetsi ndi kuwononga mabiliyoni a madola. Chithunzi: Jessica Rinaldi/REUTERS
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Nthawi yotumiza: Dec-28-2022