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[malaise]

just covered the flooding in Texas

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. Last night, I spoke with a friend that lives in Houston ...

I asked him what Houston did to Mother Nature to make her try so hard, and so repeatedly, to wash it off the face of the Earth?

[malaise]

2. That's what happens when you build a city on a swamp

20 people died and there are frightening rescues going on

[KatyMan]

5. 20 deaths in Houston? The news mentions six

Are there more? Where did the number 20 come from? Just curious.

[malaise]

8. Heard it on GEM$NBComcast

unless I misheard which would be unusual

[Blue Dalek]

17. People said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp

I did it anyway. It sank into the swamp. The second one burned down, fell over then sank into the swamp. But the third one stayed!

[7wo7rees]

3. Same as what is happening in Dallas on steroids.

Paved over nature. Natural watershed eliminated. Massive flooding ensues.....

Not nice to fool with Mother Nature. She will strike back in most amazing ways.......

[malaise]

9. We have a city here called Portmore

a converted swamp - I fear three things for nearly 500,000 people,floods, hurricanes and earthquakes.

[7wo7rees]

13. Yes, as I said... Mother Nature will have her way.

It is going to be difficult at best, brutal at worst.
Love you malaise.

[malaise]

18. Difficult and brutal because we don't learn

Love you back

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. They might want to try ...

Dear Mother Nature,

Please be advised, Ted Cruz is out of town!!!

Signed,

Understanding Collateral Damage

[malaise]

11. This one is messing with nature

big time

[Javaman]

6. welcome to the new world.

this is technically a 500 year flood event.

Sadly, these "500 year flood events" are coming a hell of a lot sooner than 500 year cycles.

Houston has been victim to increasingly bad flood events for the last 15 years.

each year shows a new flood event.

this one just happens to be really bad.

here in Austin, the spring rains have been getting more intense every year.

[malaise]

7. I heard that this is a record breaking flood

I thought that was last year.
What's amazing is Abbott's state of emergency - he wants to secede and collect Federal money?
I'm confused

[Javaman]

10. don't ever try to make sense of the Texas legislature...

it will drive you to drink.

[malaise]

12. LOL

Stay safe

[7wo7rees]

14. Already close just waiting on NY returns.

Please don't get us started on Abbott or our much beloved criminal Attorney General Paxton. Let's just not go there today. Um K?

[snooper2]

15. Last week Monday the hailstorm beat my house NE of DFW

Truck totaled, multiple holes through roof sheeting so I've got buckets in attic and tarps up- people are learning- yeah climate change is fucking real...

[malaise]

16. Damn

Climate change is real - we'd better pay attention.

[7wo7rees]

19. Sorry snoopie. You have been in our thoughts all week.

The 7wo7rees family.

[gratuitous]

21. A question about that sort of extreme weather

We get pea-sized hail from time to time in my neck of the woods, but what do people do about the really big hail like what's pictured here? Is there enough notice of big hail to get your vehicle inside a garage? Obviously there's not much that can be done about lawn furniture or that fence, and you sure don't want to go outside while it's coming down unless you're a big fan of concussions.

Put me down for "not moving to Texas anytime soon."

[lunatica]

22. hail is just rain that comes from much higher above

You can't predict it.

Large hail starts as small hail but instead of just coming down it gets pushed back up through rain and more and more moisture freezes on it. Then finally it gets too heavy for the updraft to push it up again so it falls to earth.

[snooper2]

23. Here you get pretty good warnings- bad shit is going to happen

But in this case the storm turned 180degree from North to South and caught people...

We do have a good siren system in most Texas cities

[gratuitous]

24. Thanks

Weather can be unpredictable, but if I got even a couple of minutes' head start, I think I'd try to get my car under cover if I could. Those big hailstones don't play around.

[Gothmog]

20. Five people died

It is sunny right now but we are supposed to get more rain tonight