Woodlands Flooding not an act of God

Joe Robinson made the statement below. He is referring to the rain on the 26th. What about the other 3 flooding events that were NOT excessive rain?
"We cannot design for the really heavy rain events," Robinson said, "just like we can't design McFarland Boulevard to handle (University of Alabama football) game-day traffic. Sometimes, you're just going to have that flooding regardless."

Joe also said:"Joe Robinson, head of the Office of the City Engineer, said his office has documented three occasions of flooding on Hargrove Road in the past three months. He said he thinks they're all linked to the Woodlands development. Until the development was built, Robinson said the last time he recalled flooding across Hargrove Road near Snow Hinton Park was in 1979." (Tuscaloosa News)
"Frederic, in 1979, dumped heavy rainfall across much of the eastern United States: 8 to 12 inches"
4 floods in 4 months is just BAD PLANNING!

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[mrcartoonmusicvideo]

follow the money trail who got rich from the design.

[hccreekkeeper]

@mrcartoonmusicvideo Who got elected to support it?

[mrcartoonmusicvideo]

@hccreekkeeper yes, corruption on all levels of government. we must expose and use this medium as our weapon against the powers that be.

[hccreekkeeper]

@mrcartoonmusicvideo I can't say it will be a weapon, but I will use this medium to educate the voters as to where I see the problems.

[TonyUnplugged]

New developments in SE Pennsylvania typically require retainer ponds to ease the flow of rain water to tributary creeks.

[hccreekkeeper]

@TonyUnplugged Tuscaloosa only requires profit it seems.

[desire4liberation]

wish nature was left alone

[jawayetti]

Civil Engineering FAIL.

[skybirdbird]

all they care about is the money.....

[mrcartoonmusicvideo]

@hccreekkeeper agreed. great work