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darth_lyden t1_irzj75o wrote

Well, all of Houston is built on an ancient swamp.

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BigDuke t1_is13upl wrote

Right. Katy was a rice farm before it was Katy, and the whole area around highway 6 and to the west is a flood plain. It was never built on until 20 or so years ago due to that fact. What did they think was going to happen?

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Zeydon t1_is179u0 wrote

Based on the article it sounds like the subsidence is caused by the extraction of underground oil and water

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