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malaise

(268,664 posts) Tue May 26, 2015, 09:03 PM May 2015

Rachel on the Houston floods

looks interesting - never forget it's location in relation to NOLA - understand the Bayous and the low lying bayous and never forget it is a low lying city.

Six inches of rain in one freaking hour - 11 inches overnight

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Rachel on the Houston floods (Original Post) malaise May 2015 OP

The Mayor said tnlurker May 2015 #1

Don't know but what's certain is that malaise May 2015 #2

tnlurker

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1. The Mayor said

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2015, 09:46 PM

May 2015

That the bayous rose back up later after the worse flooding. I wonder if it was due to high tide since they are so close to the ocean?

Did high tide and global warming (rising oceans) make this worse?

malaise

(268,664 posts)

2. Don't know but what's certain is that

Reply to tnlurker (Reply #1)

Wed May 27, 2015, 05:47 AM

May 2015

in lots of places across our planet, we're seeing more and more massive amounts of rain falling in a short time.

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