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Texas flooding
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 02:41
by elecplus
The trip to Dallas took 7 hours today instead of 4 hours. Major rains have saturated everything, and now we have floods. This is a picture of Hwy 16 just outside Desdemona. The little piece of black sticking up in the front is asphalt from the broken road. Look to the left of that and you can see the road has bubbled up from the water pressure. Every detour we took led to another flooded road.
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Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 04:00
by XMIT
Turn Around, Don't Drown.
There was some flooding around here (Austin area) but everything here including the keyboards are fine.
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 04:04
by Muirium
It was fine and sunny in Scotland today. Something's clearly amiss with the global climate! You've gotten our rain.
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 04:06
by fohat
Seeing that roadscape reminded me of this video of an event in our county a few years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JamhlDxH77k
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 04:19
by Muirium
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 05:40
by Redmaus
I just had some pleasant rain in my area
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 10:19
by seebart
Oh we had some pretty intense weather the other day (not near me which I am quite thankful for):
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Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 10:24
by Chyros
Not what I had expected from Texas, I thought that it was mostly desert? Oo I hope no residential areas were affected...
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 15:23
by Redmaus
Chyros wrote: Not what I had expected from Texas, I thought that it was mostly desert?
Not exactly!
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Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 15:34
by seebart
Yeah there is a stereotypical picture of Texas being one giant desert. Not so.
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:18
by Muirium
Nice vintage map. Everything about it yells Eisenhower era schoolbook! Things aren't quite as diverse in Scotland. Our map might as well just be elevation. If it's flat enough for a harvester: we farm it. Until it's washed away by the sea!
Wee bit too wet here for deserts.
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:24
by seebart
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Sounds Klingon.
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:29
by Muirium
A tha a 'sabaid deasbaireachd, mac!
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:32
by seebart
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Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:37
by Muirium
Fun fact: I once had a Klingon schoolteacher who spoke conversational Gaelic. At least we were pretty sure he was Klingon. How else do you get a forehead quite as rugged as that?
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:38
by seebart
Sounds like a though teacher to me.
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 16:39
by Muirium
Chief of Security. Uh, I mean assistant headteacher, charged with discipline, and so the guy who got to know us wiseasses all too well!
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 17:39
by Chyros
Redmaus wrote: Chyros wrote: Not what I had expected from Texas, I thought that it was mostly desert?
Not exactly!
vegetation_regions.jpg
Apparently! Looks like it's really biodiverse, even!
Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 18:35
by cookie
As long as Franklins BBQ is fine, I am happy!!!
