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.carouseloverlaytext .carouselbyline a, .carouseloverlaytext .carouselbyline { color: #fff !important; }
.carousel-widget-slide .carouselbyline { margin-top:7px;}
.carousel-widget-slide .desc p.carouselbyline { padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; }
#home-immersion .footerbar { background-color: #000; opacity: .5; color: #fff !important; padding: 2px 0px 0px; height: 24px; width:100%; position: fixed; bottom:0; }
.carouseloverlaytext { cursor: pointer; }

#home .slideroverlay p { padding-left: 10px !important; }
.video { width: auto; border: none; padding: 0px;}

.home-immersion-header { border-top: none; }
#immersion-image { position: absolute; right: 50%; transform: translateX(50%); }
.parallaximagesloading {display:none; }
@media only screen and (max-width: 850px) {
	.parallaxcontainer {
		height: auto;
	}

}
.parallax-mobile-overlay { position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding:20px; cursor: pointer; width: auto; height: 100%; }
.parallax-mobile-widget-tile { width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 3px; }
.parallax-mobile-widget-tile .topstorycat { margin-bottom:10px;}

.parallaxoverlay .blockscat { display: inline-block; }
.parallaxoverlay .carouselbyline { margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top:10px;}
.parallaxoverlay .carouselbyline a { color: #fff !important;}
.jump-to-header { display: none; position: fixed; top: 20px; left: 20px; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); padding: 2px; border-bottom: 1px solid #fff; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; z-index: 9999; color: #fff8de; text-decoration: none; opacity: .5; transition: opacity 0.3s ease-out; cursor: pointer; }
.jump-to-header:hover { opacity: 1; border-bottom: 1px solid #fff; text-decoration: none; }
.jump-to-header-logo { display: none; position: fixed; top: 20px; left: 20px; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); z-index: 9999; text-decoration: none; opacity: .5; transition: opacity 0.3s ease-out; cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid #ddd; }
.jump-to-header-logo:hover { opacity: 1; border-bottom: 1px solid #fff; text-decoration: none; }
.jump-to-header-logo img { max-height: 50px; }


.loadingmenu { display:none !important; }
.skip-transform {
  -webkit-transition: all .5s ease;  
  -moz-transition: all .5s ease;  
  -o-transition: all .5s ease;  
  -ms-transition: all .5s ease;  
  transition: all .5s ease;
}

.skip-transform-active { background: #fff; }
.skip-text { padding-right:8px; float: left; padding-top:5px; }
.home-immersion-overlay .skip-text { padding: 5px 8px; }
.home-immersion-overlay .immersion-header { position: fixed; top: 20px; left: 20px; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); border: 1px solid #fff; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; z-index: 100; color: #fff8de; text-decoration: none; opacity: .5; transition: opacity 0.3s ease-out; cursor: pointer; }
.immersion-header:hover { opacity: 1; border-color: #fff; text-decoration: none; }

.jumparrow { display: block; height: 40px; width: 40px; position: fixed; bottom: 20px; right: 20px; background-size: contain; z-index: 100; background-color: #fff; opacity: .3; border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease-out;}
.jumparrow:hover, #above-header-menu:hover { opacity: 1; }
.scrolldownarrow { display: block; height: 30px; width: 30px; background-size: contain; float:left; }

.bouncearrow {
  animation: bouncearrow 2s infinite ease-in-out;
  animation-fill-mode: both;
}



@keyframes bouncearrow {
	0%, 20%, 50%, 80%, 100% {
    transform: translateY(0);
  } 40% { 
    transform: translateY(-30px);
  }
	60% {
	transform: translateY(-15px);
  }
}
.widgetwrap .bcg { cursor: pointer; }

.parallaxcontainer { background: #000; height:100vh; width: 100%; }
.parallaxcontainer section { display:none; height: 100vh; }
.no-js .parallaxcontainer section {
	opacity: 1;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 300ms ease-out;
	-moz-transition: opacity 300ms ease-out;
	transition: opacity 300ms ease-out;
}
#home-immersion-content { overflow:hidden;}
.no-js #home-immersion-content { display:block; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 300ms ease-out; }
.top-left { left:15vh;top:15vh;right:auto;bottom:auto; }
.top-center { right:auto;left:50%;top:15vh;bottom:auto;transform: translateX(-50%); }
.top-right { right:15vh;top:15vh;left:auto;bottom:auto; }
.middle-left { left:15vh;right:auto;bottom:auto;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%); }
.middle-center { left:50%;top:50%;right:auto;bottom:auto;transform:translate(-50%,-50%); }
.middle-right { right:15vh;top:50%;left:auto;bottom:auto;transform:translateY(-50%); }
.bottom-left { left:15vh;bottom:15vh;right:auto;top:auto; }
.bottom-center { left:50%;bottom:15vh;top:auto;right:auto;transform:translateX(-50%); }
.bottom-right { right:15vh;bottom:15vh;left:auto;top:auto; }
#upperwrap {
	font-size: 12px;
	font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;
	background: #000;
	margin: 0px auto;
	padding: 0px;
	position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
    max-width: 980px;    
	}
#upperwrap-outer { width: 100%; }
#immersion-image { position: absolute; right: 50%; transform: translateX(50%); }
.home-immersion-overlay .lf_menu_icon_bar { height: 3px; margin-top: 5px; }
.home-immersion-overlay .lf_menu_icon { width: 23px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 2px 8px 8px; background: #000; opacity: .5; transition: opacity 0.3s ease-out; }
.home-immersion-overlay .lf_menu_icon:hover { opacity: 1; }
#home-immersion { position:relative;width:100%;height:100vh;overflow:hidden; }
.home-immersion-overlay { position: relative; width: 100%; height: 100vh; }
#immersion-image { cursor: pointer; }
.parallaxoverlay .sno_teaser_carousel { margin-top: 20px; }
.hsContent .sno_teaser_carousel p { color: #fff; }
.immersion-header-logo { position: fixed; top: 20px; left: 20px; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); z-index: 9999; text-decoration: none; opacity: .5; transition: opacity 0.3s ease-out; cursor: pointer; border: 1px solid #ddd; }
.immersion-header-logo:hover { opacity: 1; border-bottom: 1px solid #fff; text-decoration: none; }
.immersion-header-logo img { max-height: 50px; }
.continue-overlay { padding-top:20px; padding-bottom:20px; text-align: center; }
.continue { padding-top:20px; text-align: center; }
.continue-overlay-link { text-align:center; border:1px solid #fff; padding: 8px 10px; color: #fff; background: none; font-size:12px;letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all .5s ease-in-out; cursor: pointer; }
.continue-overlay-link:hover { background: #fff; color: #000; }
.continue-link { text-align:center; border:1px solid #e5e5e5; padding: 8px 10px; color: #777777; background: #fbfbfb; font-size:10px;letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all .5s ease-in-out; cursor: pointer; }
.continue-link:hover { background: #161616; color: #fff; border-color: #161616; }
.grid-widget-tile .sno_date_carousel { padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; }
.grid-widget-tile { text-align: center; }
.parallaxoverlay .continue-overlay { padding-top: 30px; }
.parallaxoverlay { text-align: center; }
.home-immersion-text .continue-overlay { padding-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 0px; }
.headerlink { cursor: pointer; }
.parallaximagesloading {display:none; }

.view-all-container { padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:0px; text-align: center; }
.view-all-text, .view-all-grid-text { text-align:center; border:1px solid #e5e5e5; padding: 8px 10px; color: #777777; background: #fbfbfb; font-size:14px;letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; transition: all .5s ease-in-out; cursor: pointer; }
.view-all-text:hover, .view-all-grid-text:hover { background: #161616; color: #fff; border-color: #161616; }
a.view-all-link:hover { text-decoration: none !important; }
.view-all-container-grid, .view-all-container-category { display:block; margin: 10px 0; padding-top:10px; text-align:center;}
.view-all-grid, .view-all-category { display: inline-block; }
.fw2-panel .desc p.fwbyline { margin-left: 10px !important; margin-right: 10px !important; }
.carouseloverlay p, .carouseloverlay a { color: #fff !important; }
.carouseloverlay { padding: 10px 15px;}
.hsContent p { color: #fff; }
#upperwrap .widgetwrap:last-of-type { margin-bottom: 0px; }
/* end remove after March 1, 2018 */

/* end temp */



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		background: #000000 !important; 
		color: #ffffff !important; 
		border-color: #ffffff !important; 
	}#menu-a-menu, #menu-more-a { float:left;}#navbar a { 
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		font-family: Rosario !important; 
		text-transform: uppercase !important;
	}#navbar a:hover, #navbar a:focus, #mini-logo-top:hover, #mini-logo-top:focus  { 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;
	}#navbar .current-menu-ancestor a, #navbar .current-menu-item a, #navbar .current-menu-parent a {
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;
	}#navbar .current-menu-ancestor a:hover, #navbar .current-menu-item a:hover, #navbar .current-menu-parent a:hover, #navbar .current-menu-ancestor a:focus, #navbar .current-menu-item a:focus, #navbar .current-menu-parent a:focus {
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;
	}#navbar .menu-item-home a, #navbar .menu-item-object-custom a {
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
	}#navbar .menu-item-home a:hover, #navbar .menu-item-object-custom a:hover, #navbar .menu-item-home a:focus, #navbar .menu-item-object-custom a:focus {
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
	}.navbarwrap, #navbar, #navbar a { 
		background-image: none !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important;
	}.navbarwrap { 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		border-bottom: 0px solid #ffffff; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		}#navbar a { 
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		font-family: Rosario !important; 
		text-transform: uppercase !important;
		}#menu, #slidemenu {
		font-family: Rosario !important; 
		text-transform: uppercase !important; 
		}#menu-b-menu, #menu-more {
		float:left;
		}#subnavbar a { 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;  
		font-family: Rosario !important; 
		text-transform: uppercase !important; 
		}#subnavbar a:hover, #mini-logo-bottom:hover, #subnavbar a:focus, #mini-logo-bottom:focus { 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;  
		}#subnavbar .current-menu-ancestor a, #subnavbar .current-menu-item a, #subnavbar .current-menu-parent a {
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;
		}#subnavbar .current-menu-ancestor a:hover, #subnavbar .current-menu-item a:hover, #subnavbar .current-menu-parent a:hover, #subnavbar .current-menu-ancestor a:focus, #subnavbar .current-menu-item a:focus, #subnavbar .current-menu-parent a:focus  {
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;
		}#subnavbar .menu-item-home a, #subnavbar .menu-item-object-custom a {
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		}#subnavbar .menu-item-home a:hover, #subnavbar .menu-item-object-custom a:hover, #subnavbar .menu-item-home a:focus, #subnavbar .menu-item-object-custom a:focus {
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		}#subnavbar, #subnavbar a, .subnavbarwrap { 
			background-image: none !important; 
			}.subnavbarwrap {
		background-color: #ffffff !important;	
		border-bottom: 0px solid #ffffff; 
		}.subnavbarcontainer { 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		}#subnavbar {padding-left: 0px; background: #ffffff;}#subnavbar { 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important; 
		}#subnavbarbackground { 
			background: #ffffff !important;
			}#subnavbar li a {
		margin-right: 0px; 
		}#subnavbar li li a {
		margin-right: 0px;
		}#subnavbar li {
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		}.innerbackgroundwrap {
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		}#fullwrap {
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		border-bottom: 0px solid #ffffff; 
		}.wp-polls .pollbar { background: #ffffff;border: 1px solid #ffffff; }#breakingnewsbox p { color: #000000 !important; }h3.gform_title { background: #ffffff !important; padding-left:7px !important;}.topnavwrap { 
		border-bottom: 0px solid #ffffff; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7 !important;background-image: none !important;}#topnavbar { 
		background-color: #ffffff !important; 
		color: #edbfe7; 
		}#topnavbar, .topnavwrap {
		background-image: none !important; 
		}.topnavwrap a {color: #edbfe7 !important; }#footer, .footerwrap {
		color: #edbfe7 !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}#footer p, #footer a {
		color: #edbfe7 !important;
		}.footerleft p {
		font-family: PT Sans Narrow !important; 
		}.footertagline p {
		font-family: PT Sans Narrow !important; 
		}.footerwrap {
		border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important;
		}body {background-image: none !important; background-color: #ffffff !important;}#homepageright ul li, #homepageleft ul li, #homepagewide ul li, #contentleft ul li, #sidebar ul li, #sidebar ul li li, #sidebar ul li ul li, .widgetwrap ul li {background:url(/wp-content/themes/snoflex/images/bulletarrow.png) no-repeat 0px 4px; background-size:12px;}.widgettitle, .widgettitle-nonsno, .snoadnetwork h3, .offset-title-wrap { font-family: Roboto !important; }.widget1 { 
		background: #e9aae1  !important;color: #ffffff !important;border-left:1px solid #ffffff !important; border-right:1px solid #ffffff !important; border-top:1px solid #ffffff !important; font-weight:normal !important; padding-left:10px !important; font-size:17px !important;line-height:27px !important;text-align: center;margin:0px !important;padding-top: 2px !important;}.widget1 a { color: #ffffff !important; }.widget3, .adheader{ background: #29b0ff url(/wp-content/themes/snoflex/images/navbg.png) repeat-x !important;color: #ffffff !important; 
			text-transform:uppercase !important; 
			text-align:center !important; 
			margin:0px !important; 
			font-weight: normal !important; font-size: 12px !important; 
				line-height:13px !important; 
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		text-transform:capitalize !important; 
		background: #ffffff url(/wp-content/themes/snoflex/images/stripes2.png) repeat !important;color: #29b0ff !important; 
			font-weight:normal!important;
			padding:5px 10px 0px !important;font-size:16px; 
			line-height: 28px!important; 
			padding-top:4px;}.widget4 a { color: #29b0ff !important; }.widget6 { 
		background: #ffffff url(/wp-content/themes/snoflex/images/stripes2.png) repeat !important;border: 4px solid #000000 !important; 
				background-color: #ffffff !important; 
				color: #000000 !important; 
				padding-left:10px !important;
				padding-top: 6px; 
				font-weight:normal!important;font-size:17px !important; 
				line-height: 25px!important;
				padding-bottom: 3px !important;}.widget6 a { color: #000000 !important; }.widget7 { 
		color:#29b0ff !important;
		background: #dddddd url(/wp-content/themes/snoflex/images/stripes2.png) repeat !important;padding: 1px 0px 2px 10px;font-weight:normal !important;
			margin: 1px 0px;font-size:17px !important; 
			line-height: 26px !important;}.widget7 a { color: #29b0ff !important; }.widget8 { 
		color:#000000 !important;
		background: #000000 !important;padding: 0px 8px; 
			font-weight:bold !important;
			margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;float: left;font-size:14px !important; 
			line-height: 22px !important; }.widget8 a { color: #000000 !important; }.widgetbody1 { 
		border-left: 1px solid #ffffff; 
		border-right: 1px solid #ffffff; 
		border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff; 
		background-color: #ffffff; 
		padding:10px;
		overflow:hidden;
		}.widgetbody2 { 
		border-left:  solid ; 
		border-right:  solid ; 
		border-bottom:  solid ;margin-bottom:10px; padding:10px;overflow:hidden;
		}.widgetbody3 { 
		border-right: 0px solid #cccccc; 
		border-left: 0px solid #cccccc; 
		background-color: #eeeeee; 
		padding:10px;
		overflow:hidden;
		}.widgetfooter3 { 
		background: #29b0ff url(/wp-content/themes/snoflex/images/navbg.png) repeat-x !important;
		height:15px;
		width:100%;
		background-color: #29b0ff;
		}.widgetbody4 { 
		border-left: 2px solid #29b0ff; 
		border-right: 2px solid #29b0ff; 
		border-bottom: 2px solid #29b0ff; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important;  
		padding:10px; 
		clear:both;
		overflow:hidden;
		}.widgetbody6 { 
		border-left: 4px solid #000000; 
		border-right: 4px solid #000000; 
		border-bottom: 4px solid #000000; 
		background-color: #ffffff; 
		padding:10px;
		overflow:hidden;
		}.widgetbody7 { 
		background-color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px 0px 0px; 
			padding: 10px 0px 15px 0px; overflow:hidden;}.widgetbody8 { 
		background-color: #ffffff; 
		padding: 10px; 
		overflow:hidden;
		}#content .widgettitle-nonsno, #homepageleft .widgettitle-nonsno, #homepageright .widgettitle-nonsno, #homepage .widgettitle-nonsno, #sidebar .widgettitle-nonsno, .sbscomments .widgettitle-nonsno { 
		background: #e9aae1 !important;text-align: center;color: #ffffff !important; 
		border-left:1px solid #ffffff !important; 
		border-right:1px solid #ffffff !important; 
		border-top:1px solid #ffffff !important; font-size:17px !important;
		line-height:27px !important;font-weight:normal!important; 
		text-transform:none!important; 
		padding-top:3px !important;
		}#collapse .fa, #expand .fa { 
		margin-top: 1px; 
		color: #ffffff; 
		background: #e9aae1; font-size: 21px;}#collapse, #expand { margin-right: 7px; padding-right: 1px; }.widgetbody, #permalinksidebar, .comments, .homecolumnwide { 
		border-left: 1px solid #ffffff !important; 
		border-right: 1px solid #ffffff !important; 
		border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff !important; 
		background-color: #ffffff !important;
		}#homepage .widgettitle-nonsno a, #sidebar .widgettitle-nonsno a, #content .widgettitle-nonsno a, .sbscomments .widgettitle-nonsno a { color: #ffffff !important; }.widgetfooter3 { display:none; }#permalinksidebar .widgettitle-nonsno, #permalinksidebar h3 { 
		font-family: Roboto !important;
		font-size: 16px !important; 
		line-height: 22px !important; 
		margin: 0px 0px 3px 0px !important; 
		padding: 0px !important; 
		background:none!important;
		color:#000000!important; 
		text-align: left!important;border:none!important; 
		}#topboxcontainerwide, #topboxcontainer {
		background: none !important;
		-moz-box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; box-shadow: none !important;
		}.widgetwrap { box-shadow: -1px 0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 1px 0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12), 0 1px 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);}#homepagefull, #homepagetop, #homepagetopsports, #topboxcontainer, #topboxcontainerwide { -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px -1px #888; box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px -1px #888;}.mmwrap, .mmwidget { border: 1px solid #ffffff !important; }#loadingimage { left:200px !important; }.flexslider {
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<p id='graph2'><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many climbed onto their roofs while others chose to wade through chest-high water with loved ones in hopes of finding safety and relief. </span></p>
<p id='graph3'><span style="font-weight: 400;">Javier Rayo is a U.S. Army veteran and father of four living in Killeen, Texas, where about 1,000 evacuees from Houston are being received into shelters per the overcapacity in local shelters.</span></p>
<p id='graph4'><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I felt bad for the people who got hit on the coast and in Houston,” Rayo said. “I am glad to see my community helping those who’ve been devastated by Harvey, and I hope the people from Houston are able to recover here comfortably.” </span></p>
<p id='graph5'><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, Texan locals have aided search and rescue teams by utilizing their own watercrafts to search neighborhoods for families and animals stranded by the storm. From South Florida to as far up as Tampa, search and rescue teams are heading to Texas to offer help in areas where they are most needed by bringing their own watercrafts along, as well. </span></p>
<p id='graph6'><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think that’s great,” Palmetto marine biology teacher Christine Beck said. “When people are in these situations, they are often looking for ways to help others once they get themselves to safety and that’s wonderful.”</span></p>
<p id='graph7'><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scientists and Beck believe the reason Hurricane Harvey was so powerful was due to the warm waters that hurricane passed through. The water was one to two degrees warmer than the waters in the Gulf of Mexico, which were already warmer than usual to begin with. Warm waters fuel pre-existing storm. </span></p>
<p id='graph8'><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It depends on the path of the hurricane and how much heat it’s gaining from the ocean,” Beck said. “It also relates a lot to how fast it goes over certain areas, which might determine how much power it has before it makes landfall.”</span></p>
<p id='graph9'><span style="font-weight: 400;">Aug. 24, the day before Hurricane Harvey made landfall, marked the 25</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> anniversary of Hurricane Andrew. For some Floridians, seeing Texas’s situation recalls devastating scenes familiar to the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. </span></p>
<p id='graph10'><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesus Colόn, who experienced Hurricane Andrew with his newborn son and wife in 1992, said that the hurricane caught him off guard in a similar way to the locals in Houston. </span></p>
<p id='graph11'><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I didn’t prepare with shutters. No one in the neighborhood did because we didn’t think it would be that bad,” Colόn said. </span></p>
<p id='graph12'><span style="font-weight: 400;">When the hurricane surged through Redland, however, Colόn realized that he underestimated the storm.</span></p>
<p id='graph13'><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The front door blew in and then all the windows broke,” Colόn said. “We hid in a backroom until it was over. Later, I saw that most of the furniture was gone and I only found some of it outside. I never found my dining table.”</span></p>
<p id='graph14'><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since 1992, Colόn has taken precautions when it comes to hurricanes. Now, he was shutters and generator since Hurricane Andrew left him without power for three months.</span></p>
<p id='graph15'><span style="font-weight: 400;"> In many ways, Hurricane Andrew was an eye opener for all of South Florida. Construction codes have become stricter, requiring all houses that are built in Miami-Dade County and Broward to have shutters. </span></p>
<p id='graph16'><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think Miami, just with our history, has more emphasis on hurricane preparedness and storm preparedness,” Beck said. </span></p>
<p id='graph17'><span style="font-weight: 400;">She said that one of the reasons there may have been so much flood damage with Hurricane Harvey was because of poor safety planning in regards to construction. </span></p>
<p id='graph18'><span style="font-weight: 400;">“In Houston, they’ve had a lot of urban growth without much consideration of flood zones, so they are building in flood zones,” Beck said. “Some people are saying that these areas even flood with three inches of rain, so construction companies need to take into consideration their flood zones.”</span></p>
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