Texas flooding

elecplus · 01 Jun 2016, 02:41

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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XMIT · 01 Jun 2016, 04:00

Turn Around, Don't Drown.

There was some flooding around here (Austin area) but everything here including the keyboards are fine.

Muirium · 01 Jun 2016, 04:04

It was fine and sunny in Scotland today. Something's clearly amiss with the global climate! You've gotten our rain.

fohat · 01 Jun 2016, 04:06

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

Muirium · 01 Jun 2016, 04:19

Keep those fossils burning and you might just wind up with a Scottish climate down there, someday…

It always dries up eventually.

Redmaus · 01 Jun 2016, 05:40

I just had some pleasant rain in my area

seebart · 01 Jun 2016, 10:19

Oh we had some pretty intense weather the other day (not near me which I am quite thankful for):

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Chyros · 01 Jun 2016, 10:24

Not what I had expected from Texas, I thought that it was mostly desert? Oo I hope no residential areas were affected...

Redmaus · 01 Jun 2016, 15:23

Chyros wrote: Not what I had expected from Texas, I thought that it was mostly desert?

Not exactly!

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seebart · 01 Jun 2016, 15:34

Yeah there is a stereotypical picture of Texas being one giant desert. Not so.

Muirium · 01 Jun 2016, 16:18

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.

seebart · 01 Jun 2016, 16:24

Na h-Eileanan Siar

Sounds Klingon.

Muirium · 01 Jun 2016, 16:29

A tha a 'sabaid deasbaireachd, mac!

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Muirium · 01 Jun 2016, 16:37

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?

seebart · 01 Jun 2016, 16:38

Sounds like a though teacher to me.

Muirium · 01 Jun 2016, 16:39

Chief of Security. Uh, I mean assistant headteacher, charged with discipline, and so the guy who got to know us wiseasses all too well!

Chyros · 01 Jun 2016, 17:39

Redmaus wrote:
Chyros wrote: Not what I had expected from Texas, I thought that it was mostly desert?
Not exactly!

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Apparently! Looks like it's really biodiverse, even!

cookie · 01 Jun 2016, 18:35

As long as Franklins BBQ is fine, I am happy!!!