Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas but mostly spared the region's oil refineries
Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and businesses near Galveston, Texas but mostly spared the region s oil refineries and chemical plants the U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to authorize the most expensive project ever recommended by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to protect against the next raging storm.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the National Defense Authorization Act and it includes authorizations for a $34 billion plan to protect residents.