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re: Where did all the water that caused the Mystic River flooding come from?
Posted on 7/7/25 at 12:11 am to Sal Minio
Posted on 7/7/25 at 12:11 am to Sal Minio
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You can’t really blame macro climate change on specific climate events. The climate change angle would be if this happened yearly for enough time to be a trend rather than a once a generation flood.
Indeed. People need to learn the difference between weather and climate.
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Posted on 7/7/25 at 1:06 am to Grumpy Nemesis
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No dummy. It's not normal. It happened all the time they wouldn't have built stuff there. Don't confuse normal with possible.
It's not uncommon. You have a computer, look it up, instead of posting ignorance. Central Texas and specifically the Hill Country are prone to major floods. With one of the highest risks for flash flooding in the country, the area is referred to as "flash flood alley", according to the Lower Colorado River Authority.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 1:10 am to Neutral Underground
Guadalupe River
Posted on 7/7/25 at 6:12 am to wfallstiger
Stop making sense, for the love of Jesus, man. Just say it was some politician's ineptitude that lead to all of this. It's easier on the brain.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 6:17 am to Neutral Underground
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To this magnitude? I just got done watching a video and the river rose by 16 ft in 8 minutes. That's a normal occurrence?
Go look at the river level chart. They have had multiple floods. 87 was another large loss of live. This isn’t even the highest river stage. Like 4th if I remember looking at it.
NOAA River Stage at Kerrville
the riverstage at Kerrville was 34.29' on the 5th, making it the 3rd highest river stage recorded. '32 and '87 topped that
1. 39.00 ft on 07-02-1932
2. 37.72 ft on 07-17-1987
This post was edited on 7/7/25 at 8:43 am
Posted on 7/7/25 at 6:49 am to Neutral Underground
quote:go away you fricking loser
Can someone please help me understand where the 20 feet of water that caused the catastrophic flooding on the Mystic River came from. Doltards claiming "Climate Change/Global Warming" isn't a realistic answer.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:04 am to theballguy
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Why camp in such an obvious flood zone?
This is what never understand
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:38 am to Sweep Da Leg
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If tweet fails to load, click here. this was the llano river. pretty wild. this happened in daylight. guadelupe happened at night. This post was edited on 7/7/25 at 8:51 am
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:44 am to Neutral Underground
quote:I see you aren't getting many serious answers but I'll try and I'm no hydrologist but, when rain falls that fast on very dry parched ground plus the watershed terrain, the ground does not have time (nor ability given the hardened, dry surface) to absorb much of down pour. So it creates a very fast runoff and into its lowest point, the river. Many things "bad" came together at the very same time to cause an enormous rise in water level in just a couple of hours. Plus, it occurred during sleeping hours where warnings were pretty much futile. I tried - hoped that helped.
Can someone please help me understand where the 20 feet of water that caused the catastrophic flooding on the Mystic River came from. Doltards claiming "Climate Change/Global Warming" isn't a realistic answer.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:46 am to texas tortilla
We had about 14 inches of rain here during the Helene week, and I still have trouble comprehending what happened. I saw tiny neighborhood creeks become rivers, and people that have lived in my neighborhood their whole lives had never seen anything like it. Houses just miles from my house situated on what is called a creek were swept away with people inside. Very difficult to comprehend, but the locals said it was somewhere between, "worse than 1916" and the "storm of the millennium."
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:52 am to Diego Ricardo
Soil in Louisiana is dirt and absorbs rainfall. Most soil east of I35 is rocky with zero or very little top soil. This water runs fast and to the lowest point.
Very small trees and little vegetation as roots don’t go very deep.
I live in this area. I had three inches of top soil brought in for me to plant grass. Any rain still runs fast once it hits the rock layer.
Very small trees and little vegetation as roots don’t go very deep.
I live in this area. I had three inches of top soil brought in for me to plant grass. Any rain still runs fast once it hits the rock layer.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:36 am to Usmc
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Rain dibtshit. When it rains in the hills it goes down said hills. That's when math kicks in.
(Didn't explain physics in the first part because it would be a waste of time)...
Dude. Not necessary. Not today, ok?
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:38 am to Neutral Underground
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I didn't know a Tropical system passed over the area. That explains a lot.
It seems like no one did not that we decided to stop tracking that sort of stuff.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 8:43 am to Houag80
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Elevation and rocks leave little avenue for large amounts of water to go.
There isnt alot soil in that part of the hill country. Even if there is some its barely there and covering up more rock so there isnt alot of soak in. Its rock and rainfall runs off quickly and downhill.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 9:32 am to Neutral Underground
Lol... it rained!
Alot!
A huge amount of rain, up river, in a short period time, created a once in a 100 year flash flood.
Alot!
A huge amount of rain, up river, in a short period time, created a once in a 100 year flash flood.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 6:19 pm to Neutral Underground
The normal runoff downstream starts to raise the river level. Meanwhile water is accumulating upstream and squeezes through tight openings building up torrents. Suddenly those torrents start in the creeks and streams begin to arrive in the river nearly simultaneously and you get the big rush that passes through and destroys with the leading edge
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:00 pm to PalletJack
Yeah, I wasn't aware of the tropical system that passed over the area when I asked the question. Got a ton of great responses that answered my question. I was seeing posts beforehand saying that a dam busted or it was caused from cloud seeding.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:04 pm to Neutral Underground
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That's a normal occurrence?
If it was a "normal occurrence", no one would be able to build there.
A notable weather event is by definition an abnormal occurrence.
But it doesn't mean it's Anything other than that
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:08 pm to fr33manator
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If it was a "normal occurrence", no one would be able to build there.
It is possible restrictions may come.
Posted on 7/7/25 at 7:12 pm to Neutral Underground
It was what was left over from Barry . It became a low and pulled moisture in out of gulf. Same thing that happened in La in 2016
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