Hmmm...

[ghost2]

Apparently, I live in a county that is on the verge of being declared a federal disaster area because of very heavy recent rainfall. In this city alone, the post office got flooded out and they had to evacuate to a different building. Which explains why they failed to deliver mail last Friday; I had been confused when we got nothing in the box all day. At least one school football field is filled with water half the height of the goalposts, many basements have become health hazards with their contents a complete loss, and the police have probably lost several vehicles due to severe water damage.

The only reason I know any of this? I saw photos and articles in the newspaper. I notice no evidence of flooding in my area of town. The basement is as dry as a bone. Our gas, cable TV, and electricity had no break in service.

Well, I always knew this house was on high ground. I've lamented that fact often enough when laboring home, slightly uphill most of the way, on my bike.

What is with this weather anyway? Record snowfall last winter, record June rainfall leading to the worst flooding in recent memory. What's next?

Comments

[evil_plotbunny]

I actually had that happen to me last year. There was flooding about a mile from the center of town and I never saw it because neither my library or the area where I lived were affected. I heard about it from patrons coming into the library and because they'd blocked off the street (but knowing there was a problem and not having any reason to go over there, I stayed out of the way).

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

There's massive flood damage no more than two miles away from where I live, possibly closer. I do feel lucky that it's not directly affecting me!

[evil_plotbunny]

Yeah. I don't think I ever had a concept of how bad it was.

Mamaroneck flood

[biichan.livejournal.com]

Some of the worst shit from that flood is in my old home town too. Luckily, our house was uphill enough that it's fine. (That and it's old enough so that the ground floor is, like, four foot above ground.) I was really worried, though, when I first heard about it.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a lot of places got hit pretty hard. :(

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Something similar happened to me last summer. Huge areas of my local (British) town were severely affected by flooding - but because I live 'up the hill', I was completely unaffected...

As for what it is with the weather - global warming (which, of course, your President has said doesn't exist !)

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

An advantage of living uphill--well, it has to have some benefits!

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, considering the fact that it's a killer hill to walk/cycle up !

[cersia5.livejournal.com]

Was thinking of making a similiar post. I do live near the Mississippi River in Iowa. River drive has become literally part of the river. A creek generally that is almost non-existant flooded over the overpass and flooded some normally 'safe' homes. I didn't see it but I was told it was quite the sight. I should get new batteries to take a picture of a car that someone had tried to drive through the floodwaters in but didn't realize that the car ran on air and not water. Yes, I'm making light of that person's stupidity. The cities across the river that has a levy it's pretty noticable that even there the river was threatening to spill over the levies. We were lucky that the little creek near our home didn't flood anyone in our community.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Sometimes people manage to do stupid things. I heard about one man who went out to take a closer look at the overflowing river, fell in, and got stuck. Obviously he went a little too close! People need to use common sense.

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

BBC World News America was commenting on a number of horrific floods all over the place. Glad you were spared.

And yes, what's next? "The Day After Tomorrow" for real, just in slow motion and with less bad acting. Where are we now?

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I'm being optimistic and hoping nothing else happens. I can't do anything to change the weather, after all.

[elliptic-eye.livejournal.com]

Oof. I'm sorry for everyone being set back by this mess (yah, climate change is a myth, such a myth), but I'm glad to hear you're okay so far.

What is with this weather anyway?

Warm air holds lots of lovely water. But probably you meant that rhetorically, and I shouldn't rant. It does good to nobody.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

I originally thought we were getting just a little more rain than usual. Turned out it was really a lot more. The weather this year has been way worse than it was last year (particularly the nasty winter); I hope it doesn't get even worse next year!