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Posted on 8/24/22 at 8:42 am to p&g
Any weather geeks on here that can explain all the rain?
Posted on 8/24/22 at 8:45 am to p&g
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Never seen it like this before in August
At least a TS or hurricane come in goes in matter of a day or two
Yeah, except there was this little TS storm about 6 years ago that sat over Houston for 6 straight days dumping about 30" of water non-stop.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 8:45 am to p&g
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p&g
Don’t be a jerk, bro.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 8:46 am to p&g
This is a good read and gives a great perspective on the power of the Mississippi river. The author gives a lot of data on how much it rained to cause the flooding.
The Great Flood
I live about where the red dot is on the left pic. Scary to think the Mississippi River could reach this far.
The Rising Tide video
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Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America
The Great Flood
I live about where the red dot is on the left pic. Scary to think the Mississippi River could reach this far.
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The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive flood in United States history.
This flood extended across Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. At one point the river was approximately 80
miles wide near Vicksburg, MS.
The flooding was a result of persistent heavy rainfall across the Central U.S. starting in August
1926 and continuing through the spring of 1927. As unprecedented amounts of run-off from the
different tributaries combined, extreme water levels churned by wind overwhelmed the levees
protecting the Mississippi Valley floodplains, breaching the flood defenses as the water traveled
southward. It was not until August 1927 that the last of the floodwaters had flowed into the Gulf
of Mexico
The Rising Tide video
This post was edited on 8/24/22 at 8:55 am
Posted on 8/24/22 at 8:49 am to Allthatfades
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What’s causing all of this?
- Trump
- Not masking
- January 6th, 2021
- Alex Jones
- Transphobia
- Police
- Tucker Carlson
- Confederate monuments
- Bennifer’s plantation wedding
- White People
This post was edited on 8/24/22 at 8:52 am
Posted on 8/24/22 at 8:49 am to ForLSU56
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:06 am to Midtiger farm
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who cares. We don't need 50+ inches of rainfall a year. would do just fine with 40-45 especially this year since we've had 60-80 over the last 5 years
That's not how this works...
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:19 am to farad
Only Newman could capture the event and the politics of the 27 flood.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:21 am to ForLSU56
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At one point the river was approximately 80
miles wide near Vicksburg, MS.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:23 am to Cowboyfan89
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That's not how this works...
Thats how averages work. you have some drier years then some wetter years and then some avg years and it all equals out
The only reason we would need 50+ in of rain a year is to recharge the aquifer
I'd put money that its plenty full right now and was full enough in June also
In the early 2000s when we had all those dry years it didn't create some catastrophe
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:26 am to p&g
I always look at the river levels when I drive over a bridge. The Comite at Joor has risen a lot in the last week.
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This post was edited on 8/24/22 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:34 am to p&g
the temperature of the rain drops are lukewarm... is this global warming?
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:39 am to Midtiger farm
I live on the across the street from the Amite in Denham... Rain needs to chilllllll
Posted on 8/24/22 at 9:40 am to Midtiger farm
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you have some drier years then some wetter years and then some avg years and it all equals out
All I can say is last year was wet as hell, yet my grass wasn't growing well at all (yard or pasture) because of the lack of rain we had for the first 6 months of the year.
So no, that's not how it works. That's how, as you said, averages work. But it's not how anything else works.
I mean, by that logic, getting 6" of rain at one time is the same as getting it over an entire month. It's still 6", right?
As a farmer, I would think you could grasp this concept and look beyond simple averages.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 10:13 am to p&g
It’s been insane. It rains every damn day.
And not just light showers. We’ve gotten least 6-8” a week the last 2 weeks.
And not just light showers. We’ve gotten least 6-8” a week the last 2 weeks.
Posted on 8/24/22 at 10:31 am to Cowboyfan89
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yet my grass wasn't growing well at all (yard or pasture) because of the lack of rain we had for the first 6 months of the year.
No shite - because we had one of the driest June on record but that doesn't mean it has to rain enough to catch up to your yearly avg for your grass to grow
You take an inch from August and put it June 15th and your grass is fine or if we had gotten 2in in Feb - again your grass would be better
Even with the lack of rain - if we would of had avg temps if wouldn't of been as bad
my whole point is we don't 50+ in of rain for anything so why are you worried being 16in under your yearly avg
This post was edited on 8/24/22 at 10:32 am
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