"Break the Ike Dike into pieces. We can’t wait for doomsday."

An op-ed from a Houston Chronicle writer about how we need to stop trying to build the whole Ike Dike and instead go for smaller, piecemeal projects to protect the coast. Here's a key paragraph:

Pivoting to more achievable flood defenses does not preclude building a coastal barrier if the stars align to fund it. But the time for waiting and wishcasting is over. Houston’s been lucky this year. History shows that luck won’t hold.