--- title: 'Flood/Hurricane . . . and Covid-19???' slug: 'flood-hurricane-and-covid-19' date: 2020-03-17 type: 'post' status: 'published' tags: ['faith', 'constant-contact-archive'] abstract: '2 emergencies at once? Is Houston prepared? Enter artificial intelligence. IS HOUSTON PREPARED? Enter Artificial Intelligence. Ceres AI met with Houston Mayor Pro Tem Martin and Rep.' license: 'CC-BY-4.0' author: 'Jed Anderson' co_authors: [] canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19' original_source: 'Constant Contact campaign' supporting_files: [] --- 2 emergencies at once? Is Houston prepared? Enter artificial intelligence. ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-01.png) ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-02.gif) IS HOUSTON PREPARED? ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-03.gif) Enter Artificial Intelligence. Ceres AI met with Houston Mayor Pro Tem Martin and Rep. Dan Huberty on the Proposed Diluvia Flood AI Intelligence System After meeting with Ceres AI, Rep. Dan Huberty and Mayor Pro Tem Martin asked Houston business leadership to take the lead in creating a flood intelligence system. [Read Rep. Huberty's letter.](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DKbKylbAfTPRoc735SW6wGspUl13z9rgiy56DRl0fdUNuHPbsYHwIKV-DMFCc02xpGd-yqLvjfm4OUoReG4fmSga4Bxc4leG_XGBqd9vkdvVnmk41M8WMwgss6KzjH8qnhKkYo42lrimWSSvPtK0x7Ya9vHL3d4OEgBPzSLMB0PAMz1HdPy5G_XDIbwqkGderhUKFzQbC9AiFO-JvgkevgucDfeE25tMdIG3-zHUNI0=&c=&ch=) [Read Mayor Pro Tem Martin's letter.](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DKbKylbAfTPRoc735SW6wGspUl13z9rgiy56DRl0fdUNuHPbsYHwIAP1nylQS_O60tnEE7KTEYXw4Y2rBT4VSSzl0HbIwKtgn2Tnsy5_ZRJ8EkrHNKu0kvrf-eUWzir-8IMaDp33eip900L-EqAFLfdB-qbcuuQwXu4VcmyLLmmzI1qT5IRjWRowtsaN4OgZNxhAjrHjJ_J1IaN-Mbokb7nhs6cQktLIe7jqUoQJtHI=&c=&ch=) [![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-04.png)](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DKbKylbAfTPRoc735SW6wGspUl13z9rgiy56DRl0fdUNuHPbsYHwIKV-DMFCc02xpGd-yqLvjfm4OUoReG4fmSga4Bxc4leG_XGBqd9vkdvVnmk41M8WMwgss6KzjH8qnhKkYo42lrimWSSvPtK0x7Ya9vHL3d4OEgBPzSLMB0PAMz1HdPy5G_XDIbwqkGderhUKFzQbC9AiFO-JvgkevgucDfeE25tMdIG3-zHUNI0=&c=&ch=) [![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-05.png)](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DKbKylbAfTPRoc735SW6wGspUl13z9rgiy56DRl0fdUNuHPbsYHwIAP1nylQS_O60tnEE7KTEYXw4Y2rBT4VSSzl0HbIwKtgn2Tnsy5_ZRJ8EkrHNKu0kvrf-eUWzir-8IMaDp33eip900L-EqAFLfdB-qbcuuQwXu4VcmyLLmmzI1qT5IRjWRowtsaN4OgZNxhAjrHjJ_J1IaN-Mbokb7nhs6cQktLIe7jqUoQJtHI=&c=&ch=) [![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-06.png)](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DKbKylbAfTPRoc735SW6wGspUl13z9rgiy56DRl0fdUNuHPbsYHwILYHSF3HvoJBSHNDnoYb1B5m2RxB8mla5oC32DYQon-N5bPSPVzxDhPrD-kil25WiH_YXae2X769XuI7TqoYH8LNQsm4eTkyI5_3-0xCiW_PhLg53u8XSxeRrNi9R6kmjApdXOZDB6gaA5TQG5cvCk3NE3Xx8uuBPtOED5A7zf3G9HCz5gSEyGk=&c=&ch=) ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-07.gif) ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-08.gif) ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-09.png) ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-10.gif) ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-11.gif) ---"We've estimated the cost of the Diluvia Flood Intelligence System prototype at about $500k and about 6 months build-time. [Google has a similar flood intelligence project in developmen](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DKbKylbAfTPRoc735SW6wGspUl13z9rgiy56DRl0fdUNuHPbsYHwIAP1nylQS_O6_1lLQD4fzTw66fKZFtQYCJMJHPfuptWuuWrq2DOc5CQB7zGdc6rD3ycJtlQeTriqOrT2w0rfVuab3eUi6rJWtqHLqjMWaF0cVSGquWTww1qBEI5C1FCLbJy_6AHj2xqLXOi9bYKaPVjk2atnjRQBWA==&c=&ch=)t. Whether its Google's system or our system, we would like to get to work as quickly as possible since Houston is only a few months away from the start of hurricane season."--Jed Anderson, CEO, Ceres AI ![](/images/posts/flood-hurricane-and-covid-19/img-12.gif)