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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:22 PM Original message |
Pictures of Atlanta flooding - incredible to think that this was non-hurricane related |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. How is that drought working out? |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I read that the area had just recently pulled out of a severe 2 year drought. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, I blame Bush. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It just got laid off |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. This one is freaky: |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. THey had a couple of collections of photos - I found most of them freaky |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Think about all of the fuel |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. how much was released...? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No telling |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. the vent pipes usually have a bend in them so that they point down... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. "it IS " |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. The EPA deadline for replacement, upgrade or closure |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. "but then again- it IS the south, so anything is possible, lack-of-intellectwise." |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. ... |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. About as potent of a comeback as I'd expect from the likes of you. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. I bet its a BP gas station. Green roof. Station stalls, and lights all around. |
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Louisiana1976 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. they are incrediblle--remind me of the New Orleans flood. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. SHIT I accidentally hit unrec |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I recced it for ya. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Oh my god. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Get ready for more climate-connected disasters. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I know. I think the entire eastern Seaboard is in for some difficult times |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Socialist-federal flood insurance? .. n/t |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Yep! |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. kick for our friends in Atlanta and surrounds! |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Atlanta has now become Atlantis |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Unbelievable |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
22. Holy shit! |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. we have friends in the Connemara subdivision that are still trapped |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It seems like it rained intermittently but heavily for days. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. well, in fairness to the city... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. gotcha. nt |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. Not a penny of flood insurance, |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I am a crazy proselytizer for flood insurance. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. not EVERYONE needs flood insurance |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Do you think that your location could absorb 20" of rain with no problem? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. nope...there is no way water can access our home... |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. no because we were not considered a flood area. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. If you are in a moderate or low risk area, coverage starts at $119 a year |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:38 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. not for us, we have a stream fed lake behind our home. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I know of someone who had a similar situation to yours |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Thanks we did do that but still had problems lowing our rate. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Try a different agent. My friends had someone who really went to bat for them with the underwriters. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. the feds have been 'reassessing' flood plains and redrawing boundaries |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Very true. And current policy owners are somewhat grandfathered into lower coverages |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Here are a few pics I took within a mile of my home here on the west side of Atlanta.. |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. OMGosh!!!! |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
34. If only we had half of that water ... in rainfall |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
36. The Atlanta floods were definitely tropical WX related! |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Here's an article from CNN that continues to maintain that it was not TS related |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. all of the local forecasters and the weather channel as well say tropical |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Maybe CNN is right. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's been pretty bad here in the Atlanta area. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
45. You can't get "flood insurance" unless you live in a flood |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You are just flat out wrong |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I guess our insurance agent doesn't want to sell insurance |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I'm not sure that all companies and all agents can sell it |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. They talked about this on the news today. They also |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. No, he may not be. It's not available everywhere. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. The poster said that you could not get flood insurance UNLESS you live in a flood plain. Not true. |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Well yes it is exactly the point. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
54. The storm sat on top of us instead of passing through. |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
56. This is from Covington where I live |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Awful. Things like this make you completely reevaluate how you look at water |
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