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I spent a whole July in Brittany (NW of Quimper) back in the 1990s...there's two things I primarily remember..the weather never felt like summer..and everything seemed very quaint and very quiet.
The thing about flooding is that it comes with plenty of warning for the most part. People KNEW Harvey was coming and had at least some time to get out of danger if we're talking about life threatening situations. I think the final amount took people by surprise, but there were plenty of opportunities to get out of harm's way.
With one day events where a storm parks over an area, that can be a little more problematic, but still, you have time til it's actually dangerous. If you're even slightly weather aware (like this board), you can adequately prepare and know to not do anything stupid like drive in a flooded road.
If you're lucky, you have a tornado warning 15 minutes before one strikes but many people get caught with practically no warning and maybe just a Tornado Watch to keep them on their toes.
My sister's house got 5' of water from Harvey. She didn't evacuate because the mayor said not to (I told her to evacuate but she was stubborn). Her son ended up using their kayaks back and forth to get them to dry land. Houston is a horrible place to retire for that reason. DFW is as well.
Austin is actually in a sweet spot because it doesn't get harmful effects of tropical systems other than rain and it doesn't get tornadoes because it's outside the southern range of it. However, because of our topography there are parts of town that flood.
My sister's house got 5' of water from Harvey. She didn't evacuate because the mayor said not to (I told her to evacuate but she was stubborn). Her son ended up using their kayaks back and forth to get them to dry land. Houston is a horrible place to retire for that reason. DFW is as well.
Austin is actually in a sweet spot because it doesn't get harmful effects of tropical systems other than rain and it doesn't get tornadoes because it's outside the southern range of it. However, because of our topography there are parts of town that flood.
Yea, but that's really poor planning than anything. I was on the 5th floor of an office building with a car parked on the 2nd level of a parking garage so I knew I was good.
And Harvey was I'm pretty sure the worst flooding on record in Houston. Topped TS Allison in '01 was the previous worst event I think. In any given year, I'd take my chances in Houston over DFW
Much of the country is in the 90s today, couple spots in the SW near Toulouse are supposed to break the 100°F mark later in the afternoon.
Summer still going strong near the Med:
"Summer" not losing grip in Brittany either:
Oof, I'm guessing a lot of people don't have A/C
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