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Raining in Houston
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Raining in Houston
The street in front of my house.
Re: Raining in Houston
Can you send some here!!Strong Eagle wrote:The street in front of my house.
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Is flooding common when the rains start?
I ask because I worked with a guy from Texas (not sure where) whose brand new car was swept away in an overnight flood.
I ask because I worked with a guy from Texas (not sure where) whose brand new car was swept away in an overnight flood.
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It is becoming more common as climate change creates more extreme thunder storms. Houston is on a very flat coastal plain. When rainfalls start to exceed 6 to 8 inches in under 24 hours, there is no place for the water to go. We got about six inches... they got 15 inches to the north and northwest of us.bgd wrote:Is flooding common when the rains start?
I ask because I worked with a guy from Texas (not sure where) whose brand new car was swept away in an overnight flood.
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The Philippines is reporting > 40 temps. That's never happened before as far I know.
"A quokka is what would happen if there was an anime about kangaroos."
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36 now in Sg. That's a little unusual too. Or it was until recently.
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bgd wrote:36 now in Sg. That's a little unusual too. Or it was until recently.

When you factor in the humidity , check out the "real temperature"
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Just read about the historic flood. Are you able to go about your daily activities?
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Talking about the weather.
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How on earth did the dog survive at 2:27?
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All good in my part of town... much worse up north and to the west.earthfriendly wrote:Just read about the historic flood. Are you able to go about your daily activities?
Most drainage projects are designed to handle one inch per hour... at the worst we were getting four to five inches per hour and that lasted for three or four hours.
At my house we got six inches of rain in about 36 hours... enough to create the river in our street, not enough to flood. Had it rained two more inches we would have had our house flooded out.
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