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Correlation Between Flood Damage, Mitigation Spending Keeps Dropping - Reduce Flooding
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Source: Reduce Flooding Blog - Bob Rehak
Date: 08/11/2025 10:14pm
Article Summary:
"Declining Correlation Between Flood Damage and Mitigation Spending: Role of Politics and Race in Harris County"
A recent report reveals that the correlation between flood damage and flood-mitigation spending by the Harris County Flood Control District has been decreasing, with the coefficient dropping from a strong 0.84 in 2021 to a moderate 0.64 in mid-2025. This trend indicates that factors other than flood damage, such as race, have an increasing influence on spending decisions, partly due to new prioritization formulas advocated by Commissioner Rodney Ellis.
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Date: 08/11/2025 10:14pm
Article Summary:
"Declining Correlation Between Flood Damage and Mitigation Spending: Role of Politics and Race in Harris County"
A recent report reveals that the correlation between flood damage and flood-mitigation spending by the Harris County Flood Control District has been decreasing, with the coefficient dropping from a strong 0.84 in 2021 to a moderate 0.64 in mid-2025. This trend indicates that factors other than flood damage, such as race, have an increasing influence on spending decisions, partly due to new prioritization formulas advocated by Commissioner Rodney Ellis.
Read article here »