I dont know what fantasy image of Florida you have, but we have refineries and nuclear plants here too sweetheart. It's not just shacks and gator swamp here. I live nearby NASA too. As much as I love them, we aren't exactly talking about an organization known for working with 100% organic, safe for the environment compounds. Dorian freaked out most of the county when it was originally bee lining for the launch pad.
In truth, if you live in a somewhat civilized and populated area, you are in a severe danger zone if a natural disaster strikes. The amount of "toxins" that make the modern work are vulnerable to those types of shocks. No one is actually safe from that, ever.
Houston and Tampa are pretty similar in number when it comes to ecological disaster potential.
At least try and engage with good faith.
You still haven’t addressed the central point! Every disaster has some potential to cause wider damage. But the linked article is making a a specific claim that the Galveston area is far beyond normal levels.
It's super easy to cry out that the sky is falling and a disaster is coming. Which, again, all gulf states are told, "A hurricane will kill you all this year" every single year. It's a whole different story to pony up the cash and time to do something about it.
> I dont know and it's not right for anyone to judge otherwise unless you're actually apart of the process that does any good.
Respectfully, I disagree. IMHO the whole point of a democracy and an open society is for citizens to make judgements of processes which they’re not a part of. Hopefully those judgements are informed and humble, but our job - our duty - as citizens in a democracy is to judge nonetheless.
> It's a whole different story to pony up the cash and time to do something about it.
It sounds like the prof in question has been trying to get people to do that. I’d assume the newspaper published the story in the hope it would raise awareness. What else other than publish a story is a newspaper going to do?