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@software wrote:

I hope New Orleans is paying attention.

The weather is heading their way next.

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and their pumping system is badly in need of repair from what i read

[RainCityWoman]

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@Cakers3 wrote:

Warmer ocean temps.

Rising ocean levels lead to stronger and more intense storm surges.

And warmer temps increase the severity of the storm itself.

just sayin'.

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I'm glad you are just sayin' @Cakers3

I've been just sayin' here for several years now and shot down every time by the same people, over and over.

Extreme weather has been predicted all along as a result of the oceans warming.

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@Noel7  Yep.  Most conversations have been taken over by uninformed people.

"Sea surface temperature has been consistently higher during the past three decades than at any other time since reliable observations began in 1880" according to the EPA.

And continue to rise as of the 2016 data.

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And "somebody"  remarked today at the size of the crowd that turned out in Corpus Christi. (I know. I'll get killed for this.)

[Drythe]

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@Noel7 wrote:

I am so glad you spoke up, thank you @Cakers3

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@Noel7  You are welcome.  I will always speak up for these issues.

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@Noel7  @Cakers3

I'm just sayin' along with you.

[RainCityWoman]

You know, I live in Seattle, and quite often we get flooding up north or down south in Puget Sound. It's bad, but we don't get hurricanes and the kind of rain that came down in the Gulf. I just can't imagine living in hurricane territory. It's just so unpredictable and destructive, and the human toll in lives and emotional devastation is just unbearable. I am so sorry this is all happening, and it's headed for Louisiana, that poor weather ravaged state. They NEVER get a break.  Hang in there Texans. Help will come, though I have no idea how long it will take to recover from this.

[jaxs mom]

Well that didn't take long. 

[JobGirl]

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@jaxs mom wrote:

Well that didn't take long. 

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No kidding get the swipes and insults in while you can I guess

[Noel7]

Get the information out there as to what is happening, we are all in danger.

We just went through six years of the worst drought in 1200 years and then massive storms last year which caused flooding here.  All predicted.  

[tucsongal]

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Cakers wrote:

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Kachina624 wrote:

Ever heard about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane?  All others pale by comparison.  They later raised the entire city by 17ft and built a seawall. 

The Great Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 storm, with winds of up to 145 mph (233 km/h), which made landfall on September 8, 1900, in Galveston, Texas, in the United States, leaving about 6,000 to 12,000 dead. It remains to the present day the deadliest natural disaster in US history.

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@Kachina624  Yes but the geography of the area and the lack of coordination between the national weather service and the local authorities contributed greatly to the devastation in Galveston.  If the past century of learning had been applied in 1900, it may not have been as devastating as it had been.

We went to Galveston a few years ago; I can tell you sitting on the beach there was a sense of that tragedy all around-almost as if the energy of those lost was still there.  I've heard this before from other people.  Or maybe it's just knowing what had happened influences ones perception.

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For anyone interested in this, I would recommend the book Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson.

[suzyQ3]

I hope that the state and localities will rethink their loose regulation on land use. Nothing could have stopped destruction this time, but it could have been at least mitigated by wiser planning.

Lax regulation may be good for profit in the short run; but that shortsightedness has a way of ending up costing so much more -- both economically but, more important, in terms of lives lost or changed forever.

[QueenDanceALot]

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@RainCityWoman wrote:

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@Cakers3 wrote:

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@Cakers3 wrote:

Warmer ocean temps.

Rising ocean levels lead to stronger and more intense storm surges.

And warmer temps increase the severity of the storm itself.

just sayin'.

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I'm glad you are just sayin' @Cakers3

I've been just sayin' here for several years now and shot down every time by the same people, over and over.

Extreme weather has been predicted all along as a result of the oceans warming.

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@Noel7  Yep.  Most conversations have been taken over by uninformed people.

"Sea surface temperature has been consistently higher during the past three decades than at any other time since reliable observations began in 1880" according to the EPA.

And continue to rise as of the 2016 data.

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And "somebody"  remarked today at the size of the crowd that turned out in Corpus Christi. (I know. I'll get killed for this.)

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My paws are cramping from sitting on them,