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jbond56

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9. scale

Reply to rufus dog (Original post)

Thu Aug 31, 2017, 02:54 PM

Aug 2017

One or two areas would flood. The water would not stay long. This is everywhere. And the difference is inches of water compared to 5-10 feet. Imagine you get 40 inches of rain a year then getting 45 inches of rain in a few days everywhere.

There is no where for the water to go the tropical storm was pushing the water in from the gulf holding the water there.

The scale is hard for people to imagine. Its much larger than you think.

Normally you get a week or two to prepare for a hurricane. This one there was days.

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Need some understanding from those in/from Houston or a flood prone area [View all] rufus dog Aug 2017 OP

They're in a cycle of hating taxes and regulations and since their shit was already bettyellen Aug 2017 #1

Each time is "the last time" it will happen. yallerdawg Aug 2017 #2

"3 "500 year floods" in 3 years" workinclasszero Aug 2017 #4

Things to consider Xipe Totec Aug 2017 #3

I understand those points rufus dog Aug 2017 #5

back in the 70s when i was an organizer i worked with a neighborhood along the river that flooded dembotoz Aug 2017 #7

distance in time from the previous flood lessens memories irisblue Aug 2017 #6

D-E-N-I-A-L KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2017 #8

scale jbond56 Aug 2017 #9