HOUSTON (AP) - Eminyakeni eyishumi nane ngemuva kokuba iSiphepho u-Ike sicekele phansi izinkulungwane zemizi namabhizinisi eduze kwaseGalveston, eTexas - kodwa izindawo zokucwenga kanye nezitshalo zamakhemikhali zasindiswa - iNdlu yabaMeli baseMelika ivotele ngoLwesine ukuvunywa kwephrojekthi ebiza kakhulu eyake yenziwa. i-US Army Corps of Engineers ukuze ibhekane nesiphepho esilandelayo.
U-Ike wacekela phansi imiphakathi yasogwini futhi wadala umonakalo ongamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-30. Kepha ngomkhakha omningi wezwe we-petrochemical emhubheni waseHouston-Galveston, izinto zingase zibe zimbi kakhulu. Ukusondela kugqugquzele uBill Merrell, uprofesa wezesayensi yasolwandle, ukuthi aqale aphakamise umgoqo omkhulu wasogwini ukuze avikeleke esitelekeni esiqondile.
I-NDAA manje ihlanganisa ukugunyazwa kohlelo lwamabhiliyoni angama-$34 oluboleka imibono kwaMerrell.
“Kuhluke kakhulu kunoma yini esiyenze e-US, futhi kusithathe isikhathi ukuthi sikuthole,” kusho uMerrell waseTexas A&M University eGalveston.
I-House of Representatives iphasise umthethosivivinywa wezokuvikela wamabhiliyoni angama-858 ngamavoti angama-350 kwabangama-80. Uhlanganisa amaphrojekthi amakhulu wokuthuthukisa imifula yesizwe nokuvikela umphakathi ezikhukhuleni ezibhebhethekiswa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Ikakhulukazi, ivoti liqhubekisele phambili uMthetho Wokuthuthukiswa Kwezinsiza Zamanzi ka-2022. Umthetho udale isethi ebanzi yezinqubomgomo zebutho kanye nezinhlelo ezigunyaziwe ezihlobene nokuhamba, ukuthuthukiswa kwemvelo, nokuvikela isiphepho. Ngokuvamile kwenzeka njalo eminyakeni emibili. Unokusekelwa okuqinile kwe-bipartisan futhi manje usefikile eSenate.
I-Texas Coastal Defense Project idlula kude noma imaphi amanye amaphrojekthi angama-24 agunyazwe nguMthetho. Kunohlelo luka-$6.3 billion lokujulisa imizila yemikhumbi ebalulekile eduze neDolobha laseNew York kanye no-$1.2 billion wokwakha amakhaya namabhizinisi ogwini olumaphakathi lwaseLouisiana.
"Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukuluphi uhlangothi lwepolitiki, wonke umuntu unesandla ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi unamanzi amahle," kusho uSandra Knight, umongameli we-WaterWonks LLC.
Abacwaningi e-Rice University e-Houston balinganisela ukuthi isiphepho seSigaba 4 esineziphepho ezingamamitha angu-24 singalimaza amathangi okugcina futhi sikhulule amalitha angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-90 kawoyela nezinto eziyingozi.
Isici esiphawuleka kakhulu sesithiyo esisogwini ilokhi, ehlanganisa cishe amafidi angama-650 wezingidi, cishe okulingana nebhilidi elinezitezi ezingu-60 ohlangothini olulodwa, ukuvimbela ukuqubuka kwesiphepho ukuthi kungangeni e-Galveston Bay futhi kugeze imizila yemikhumbi yase-Houston. Kuzokwakhiwa nohlelo oluyindilinga olungamakhilomitha angu-18 eduze kwase-Galveston Island ukuze kuvikelwe amakhaya namabhizinisi ekuhlaseleni kwesiphepho. Lolu hlelo lwathatha iminyaka eyisithupha futhi lubandakanya abantu ababalelwa ku-200.
Kuzophinde kube namaphrojekthi okubuyisela imvelo yamabhishi nezindunduma ngasogwini lwaseTexas. I-Houston Audubon Society ikhathazekile ngokuthi le phrojekthi izocekela phansi indawo yezinyoni futhi ifake engozini izinhlanzi, izimfanzi nezinkalankala echwebeni.
Umthetho uvumela ukwakhiwa kwephrojekthi, kodwa uxhaso lwezimali luzohlala luyinkinga - imali isadinga ukwabiwa. Uhulumeni wobumbano unomthwalo onzima kakhulu wokusebenzisa imali, kodwa izinhlangano zasekhaya nezombuso nazo kuzodingeka zinikeze izigidigidi zamarandi. Ukwakhiwa kungase kuthathe iminyaka engamashumi amabili.
“Lokhu kunciphisa kakhulu ingozi yokuqubuka kwesiphepho esiyingozi okungenakwenzeka ukuba silulame kuso,” kusho uMike Braden, inhloko ye-Army Corps 'Galveston County Major Projects Division.
Lo mthethosivivinywa uhlanganisa nenani lezinyathelo zenqubomgomo. Ngokwesibonelo, lapho iziphepho zihlasela esikhathini esizayo, izivikelo zasogwini zingabuyiselwa ukuze zivumelane nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Abaklami bazokwazi ukucabangela ukuphakama kwezinga lolwandle lapho bethuthukisa izinhlelo zabo.
“Ikusasa lemiphakathi eminingi ngeke lifane nakudala,” kusho uJimmy Haig, umeluleki omkhulu wenqubomgomo yamanzi e-The Nature Conservancy.
Umthetho Wezinsiza Zamanzi uyaqhubeka nokududula amaxhaphozi nezinye izixazululo zokulawula izikhukhula ezisebenzisa ukumuncwa kwamanzi emvelo esikhundleni sezindonga eziqinile ukuze ziqukethe ukugeleza kwamanzi. Isibonelo, emfuleni i-Mississippi ngaphansi kwe-St. Louis, uhlelo olusha luzosiza ukubuyisela i-ecosystem futhi ludale amaphrojekthi wokuvikela izikhukhula ayingxube. Kukhona nezinhlinzeko zocwaningo lwesomiso eside.
Kuthathwa izinyathelo zokuthuthukisa ubudlelwano bezizwe kanye nokwenza kube lula ukwenza umsebenzi emiphakathini empofu, eyayincishwe amathuba phambilini.
Ukucwaninga amaphrojekthi, ukuwathola ngeCongress, kanye nokuthola uxhaso kungathatha isikhathi eside. UMerrell, ohlanganisa iminyaka engu-80 ngoFebhuwari, uthe angathanda ukuba ingxenye yaseTexas yakhiwe, kodwa akacabangi ukuthi uzobe ekhona ukuze ayibone iqedwa.
"Ngifuna umkhiqizo wokugcina uvikele izingane zami nabazukulu nawo wonke umuntu esifundeni," kusho uMerrell.
KWESOKUNXELE: ISITHOMBE: Owesilisa udabula imfucumfucu yeSiphepho u-Ike esisuswa emgwaqeni waseGalveston, eTexas, ngo-September 13, 2008. ISiphepho u-Ike sakhukhula amakhulu abantu ngenxa yemimoya enamandla nezikhukhula, sagudla amakhilomitha amaningi ogwini eTexas naseLouisiana. , inqamula izigidi zamandla futhi ibangele umonakalo oyizigidigidi zamaRandi. Isithombe: Jessica Rinaldi/REUTERS
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-28-2022