Houston floods overshadow debate at Edmonton's utility committee

Images of chest-deep water and Houston’s flooded freeways hung over Edmonton’s utility committee Wednesday as they struggled with how to protect this city from the storm of the century.
It’s a complex question of risk.
Should Edmonton lobby for the $4.7-billion it would need to prepare for the similar worst-case scenario officials believe climate change will make possible here?
Or — since Edmonton’s type of flash flooding is the kind that just hits one area really h