Will Elon Musk tunnel under Houston?

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Entrepreneur Elon Musk is helping to reinvent the battery technology, the automobile industry and space exploration, so why not flood control?

Friday afternoon, the Harris County Flood Control District announced that it's studying a longterm, multibillion idea: digging miles of drainage tunnels to carry stormwater from west Houston east toward Galveston Bay.

As it turns out, Musk -- best known as the founder of Space X and Tesla -- is also the founder of The Boring Company, a firm he aims to put to work easing traffic congestion by digging tunnels.

In a tweet Friday afternoon, science writer Maddie Stone put those two things together:

Musk replied simply,

Ok — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018

Twitter, of course, erupted in memes and in-jokes.

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Though Twitter might seem an odd place to announce such an initiative, it wouldn't be the first time that Musk has announced news related to The Boring Company. He appears to have announced his idea for the tunneling company on Twitter.

And early this morning (Monday, March 26), he tweeted that the company will sell "Lifesize LEGO-like interlocking bricks made from tunneling rock that you can use to create sculptures & buildings."

The Harris County Flood Control District, for its part, tweeted a standing invitation to Musk to "talk tunnels."

Hey @elonmusk This project will change lives in a positive way for decades to come. You have a standing invite to talk tunnels anytime @HoustonChron @themadstone pic.twitter.com/jueBwAEebN — HCFCD (@hcfcd) March 23, 2018

As of Monday morning, Musk had not replied to the flood control district's invitation.

A message seeking comment from Musk was not immediately returned.