Houston ranks 5th — below Long Island, Miami, Virginia Beach, New Orleans, and Tampa — in potential property damage from storm surges, according to an annual report from Corelogic. The company figures the resulting storm surge from a Category 5 Hurricane here would likely produce $20 billion in property loss — well behind Long Island’s $99 billion score. Can’t this city do a little better? We’ve got the high-hurricane-risk and low-lying-properties parts down cold. If we can just boost the property values a bit in those areas, we’ll be rolling with the high-stakes big boys next time.
The top at-risk area Zip Codes, according to the company’s report: 77573, 77554, 77059, 77571, 77062, 77566, 77586, 77539, 77546, and 77521. Locally, League City leads the way!
- 2011 Storm Surge Report [CoreLogic]
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surprising, you wouldn’t think anyone would even notice if Tampa sunk
From this headline, I thought that Houston was going to get a VERY FANCY roman-style communal bath!
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Sea level rising is old news, man! My parents’ place in south FL has an elevation of 9′. It is not long for this world.
it seems odd to me we are below long island, but I guess based strictly on property values, it makes sense. I would bet in overall risk, we would rank right behind New Orleans. I wonder if this risk assessment only includes residential or if it also includes houston commercial property.
Yeah but what are the chances of a Cat 5 hitting Houston vs a Cat 5 hitting Long Island?