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I'm half way between Dallas and Shreveport and we got 2 inches of rain yesterday. Was watching radar all day. The storm he's referring to barely made it out of Dallas before fading into the rest of the noise.
It's the end of the world, donchaknow. Quick - give up all your money, freedom and political power! There's no other way!
somehow on my Nextdoor feed was a post "popular on the forums" from Dallas where someone joked "OK, who do we thank for washing their car yesterday?" under the old joke about rain will come right after you take the time to wash your car. Lots of haha's and agreements and likes. Not one response about "you uncaring dolt we just had a 100 yr flood!!"
East Dallas (for example) is approximately 1:200,00th of the US.
So, if you chopped up the US like that, there would be roughly 200 events of the 1 in 1000th variety EVERY YEAR.
It's especially humerous when we have thread after thread about the droughts and low river levels being global warming yet here is the prediction for more flooding.
There is just so much anti-science around this topic it's annoying.
Something strange is going on with Lake Mead. The river below hoover dam is much higher then normal indicating lot's of water being released allowing the lake levels to drop. The lakes downstream from Lake Mead (Mojave and Havasu) are also very high. Normally I would say this is because of an increased demand for the hydroelectric power that Hoover dam produces but that isn't being mentioned. Only the climate change angle.
indeed. Some of the bodies of water are way up the last 2 weeks, and some continue to decline.
I think the point being that we have a high rate of drought right now in the country and when it has rained -- it has dumped a WHOLE season of rain in one or two days.
That's extreme and has adverse impact on the area.
No kidding? I'll repeat what I said earlier. That. Is. Texas. Our weather is extreme beyond just about anything else you'll see in the U.S. From extreme drought straight to flash flood is absolutely standard practice for mother nature here. Central Texas is known for being one of the most flash flood prone areas in the world. This has probably just now entered your consciousness because of a media that has a point to make rather than a story to tell but what you're hearing about is not outlandish or new to those of us who live here.
I've seen and been through several insta-flood nightmares that you'd probably call lies if I told you about them.
I think the point being that we have a high rate of drought right now in the country and when it has rained -- it has dumped a WHOLE season of rain in one or two days.
That's extreme and has adverse impact on the area.
Sure, but east dallas is 1/200,000th of the US by area.
You are going to have extreme events.
This would be like pointing to the number of large lottery jackpot winners in the US this year as proof that it is *abnormal*.
No kidding? I'll repeat what I said earlier. That. Is. Texas. Our weather is extreme beyond just about anything else you'll see in the U.S. From extreme drought straight to flash flood is absolutely standard practice for mother nature here. Central Texas is known for being one of the most flash flood prone areas in the world. This has probably just now entered your consciousness because of a media that has a point to make rather than a story to tell but what you're hearing about is not outlandish or new to those of us who live here.
I've seen and been through several insta-flood nightmares that you'd probably call lies if I told you about them.
I lived in Texas and worked in Austin for 25 years..saw much extreme weather as well.
On clay soil it is eye opening to see water going that high so quick...Brushy Creek, Gilleland Creek, Shoal Creek.
5 floods in a year when it's supposed to be 1 flood every 250 years still sounds bad....
5 floods in one year in 5 places ain't really out of the usual.
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