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The Maryland Flooding Is a Warning
Slate Magazine ^
| May 29, 2018
| By HENRY GRABAR
Posted on 05/30/2018 7:11:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: AppyPappy
I know there was a flood prior to now.
The barf alert is/was/should be for the premis that the floods are because of “man made” global warming.
There is more than enough evidence that the global warming hysteria is the only thing that IS man made.
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posted on
05/30/2018 2:01:01 PM PDT
by
2CAVTrooper
(Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
To: pepsionice
Well, it’s the seat of a very wealthy county. If the old part is still salvageable and they want to save it, maybe they’ll turn their influence to getting good engineers and scientists involved.
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posted on
05/30/2018 4:55:21 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer; 100American; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; ...
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Maryland "Freak State" PING!
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posted on
06/01/2018 4:57:36 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
To: 100American; 11B40; A Balrog of Morgoth; A message; ACelt; Aeronaut; AFPhys; AlexW; alrea; ...
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posted on
06/01/2018 4:58:32 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Maryland Flooding Is a Warning Maybe its a warning from God about Marylanders voting Democrat too often. There is just as much scientific evidence for Him being the cause as there is for Global Warming doing it. He's at least done it before. :)
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posted on
06/01/2018 5:02:26 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
To: Jamestown1630
Maybe they can rebuild up 10 or 15 feet. This was done in Seattle after a devastating fire. Now part of the ground level is a tourist attraction called The Underground. The water from future heavy rains can run down the hill below the inhabited parts of the buildings.
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posted on
06/01/2018 5:14:27 PM PDT
by
Freee-dame
(Best election ever!)
To: Freee-dame
I hope they can do something. It’s a very pretty little city. But two devastating floods in two years is demoralizing and perhaps too much to deal with.
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posted on
06/01/2018 5:20:52 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Yeah, because Ellicott City has never had so many big floods before. (Rolling eyes emoticon)
What would these people think after 2 hurricanes in 2 years? Oh wait, that happened in 75. Apparently no one remembers this, so most must be foreigners.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:19:14 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
tidal basin of a coastal area. No, it's flooding near the bottom of a valley in a hilly area. Nothing to do with tides.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:20:37 PM PDT
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: mason-dixon
Last years flood and the recent flood came DOWN from the Tiber Yes, a surprising number of people missed that fact. The creek goes underground and the underground culvert is underdesigned.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:21:56 PM PDT
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: credo 2
There was some real nonsense on local talk radio about the flood. Anyone could look at the video and see the creek charging down the hill many feet higher than the Patapso. But some talk show host said it was because the Patapsco wasn't deep enough and was kept shallow for safety reasons.
The flood, like the one two years ago had nothing whatsoever to do with the Patapsco or dams on that river or the lake
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:31:30 PM PDT
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: Freee-dame
They could very easily route the creek down St Paul (IIRC) or whatever street has the church. The church would lose frontage and some other properties would have to be taken. But trying to put all the water through any sort of larger tunnel would not only be an expensive boondoggle, it will fail again.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:34:03 PM PDT
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: mewzilla
You have to understand that Ellicott City is a mill town. It was built where it is for a reason, said Andy Miller, a geomorphologist at UMBC. [It was] to take advantage of the very steep narrow valley for water power.CO2 forced people to build here two centuries ago.
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posted on
06/01/2018 7:35:48 PM PDT
by
Teacher317
(We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
To: palmer
How are they going to reroute the Tiber? ALL the other streets are at significant higher elevations than Main. Were not talking a couple feet.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:17:04 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: pepsionice
Where? I also lived in a German village outside of Kaiserslautern.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:19:18 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
To: Teacher317
And weve never had floods before. Psych.
BTW, rain is starting up again right now. Hope this weekend is not too hard on us again.
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:30:26 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: RegulatorCountry
Ellicott City is near Baltimore
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posted on
06/01/2018 8:33:43 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: the OlLine Rebel
They would have to replace St. Paul St with a 30 foot deep channel and build bridges for the road at the bottom and the train tracks.
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posted on
06/02/2018 5:04:37 AM PDT
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Me too! I don’t mean to suggest an equivalence by any means - I’m about 30 miles South of EC; but the rain seems unending around here!
I remember very rainy months of May, in the past; but this seems to have been one of the worst, and the weather folks keep predicting more rain.
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posted on
06/02/2018 6:02:14 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Jamestown1630
We have had quite the rain all winter and now into alleged summer. Part of the problem...lots of rain that has already saturated.
Personally I will never forget May-June 2003 here. Almost 30 days of continuous rain and drear. Never forget because my nephew made a disco invitation CD for my sisters birthday party marked June 2003, and the night before it was STILL rainy and she was worried she could not have her outdoor plan. Luckily, it turned out to be the very end of that horrid month and her outdoor party went off OK, albeit we had to use pavement instead of just her back yard.
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posted on
06/02/2018 8:51:59 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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