CHAPTER 40 DEVELOPMENT OF HURRICANE FLOOD PROTECTION FOR TEXAS CITY, TEXAS

The purpose of this paper is to present the hyd:caulic problems relating to the computation of hurricane surge, hurricane waves, runup of the waves for providing hurricane flood protection at Texas City, Texas, as well as the effects of rainfall upon the protected area during periods of normal and high tides. The problems of providing protection are discussed, and infor-mation is presented on structures that were designed for the hurricane protection project. IN'lR ODUCTI ON The early historians wrote of storms wrecking their seaport towns. As the earth became more populated similar experiences were reported at many other locations. The Texas gulf coast is no exception. The severe storms that affect the Texas gulf coast are cyclonic distrubances that originate during the months of June through October in the southeastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean, near and south of the Cape Verde Islandsj in the western Caribbean Seaj and in the Gulf of Mexico. These storms are als