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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: Jim Blackburn and the Effort to Prevent a Storm Surge Calamity in Galveston Bay
Description: On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham take a deep dive into the massive risk of an economic and environmental disaster in Galveston Bay if -- and when -- the "Big One" hits.  Galveston Bay is ringed by massive oil refineries, chemical and petrochemical  facilities, storage tanks filled to the brim with oil, chemicals, fuels, and distillates and these facilities are not storm-proofed to survive a major storm surge event.  The Galveston District of the USACE is planning the $20B "Coastal Spine" project that will address storm surge risk up to about 15 feet but recent storms have shown tha...