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This Is Miami's Edgewater Neighborhood After A Routine Fall Storm On Thursday (Original Post)
hatrack
Nov 2021
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Deuxcents
(15,785 posts)1. Concrete does not absorb water
They continue to build every inch of green space. Over here, too. We are not learning any lessons and its not going to get any better as climate challenges are not being met.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)2. Well geeze, it only happens when it rains..
and it's the "sunshines state" so no problem.. right
soryang
(3,299 posts)3. Had flooding here on the FL coast when the northeaster came through
two weeks ago. took a week to clean it up. Usually this only happened with hurricanes.
cbabe
(3,441 posts)4. Paved over whole neighborhoods
in Seattle. Paved over legacy paradise gardens for parking lots. Yes, they did. And guess what happens when it rains. And it rains.
Random Boomer
(4,159 posts)5. "Businesses are fed up!"
Because no one could have seen this coming, right?