PessOptimist
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Emotions on a more even keel, rants over.
I grew weary of the non stop coverage of the hurricane as it advanced north and the almost gleeful reporting of the death in the SUV in VA. First reported death due to the hurricane. As it made it's way north, you could tell the MSM reporters were getting tired of the whole thing. When the sun came out in northern New England and New York, it was "story over".
I was talking to my brother who lives in NH right after the rain stopped on Sunday. He was supposed to go to meet a friend north of where he lives. He chose to stay home and wait and see. We spoke about how people in his area were hooking up the RV and boat trailers and heading out to have some fun. We spoke about how rivers work and water crests coming after storms. Then his power went out so we hung up.
The NWS, FEMA and the media predicted "some minor flooding in inland areas" Only the people who pay attention to watershed areas and how river and stream (brooks in New England) systems work seemed to know what was coming. The MSM states "it took officials by surprise" Maybe Federal and some state officials. Local officials were proactive about evacuating people.
It doesn't seem like rocket science. The ground is all ready saturated and will not absorb any more water. Six to 12 inches of rain will fall in the watershed area of a river. The water will flow down the river. The river will rise. All the tributaries in the watershed will rise. It takes a while for the crest of water to move down stream.
Then the news starts trickling in to the MSM. Flooding in areas. If you dig deeper you find that torrents of water swept away buildings, roadways and bridges.
I am almost off on the rant again. That was where I was at when I wrote the thing about those people driving on through blinding rain ignoring that the traffic signals were out, ramming cars that pulled over to the side due to not being able to see and losing control driving through high water and hitting utility poles.
I suppose that these deaths were related to Irene and that someone should have done something to prevent them. That is meant as sarcasm.
I am not downplaying the flooding in PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC or any state I may have missed. When the water rises and inundates your stuff, it is terrible. The coastal damage in NC and VA was expected. In northern NY, parts of VT and NH the friendly neighborhood brook or river suddenly reared up and took away your stuff plus the roads and bridges you need to go anywhere. It is a different kind of flooding.
It no longer matters. It is over. This was sort of a rant, wasn't it?
Peace everyone.
I grew weary of the non stop coverage of the hurricane as it advanced north and the almost gleeful reporting of the death in the SUV in VA. First reported death due to the hurricane. As it made it's way north, you could tell the MSM reporters were getting tired of the whole thing. When the sun came out in northern New England and New York, it was "story over".
I was talking to my brother who lives in NH right after the rain stopped on Sunday. He was supposed to go to meet a friend north of where he lives. He chose to stay home and wait and see. We spoke about how people in his area were hooking up the RV and boat trailers and heading out to have some fun. We spoke about how rivers work and water crests coming after storms. Then his power went out so we hung up.
The NWS, FEMA and the media predicted "some minor flooding in inland areas" Only the people who pay attention to watershed areas and how river and stream (brooks in New England) systems work seemed to know what was coming. The MSM states "it took officials by surprise" Maybe Federal and some state officials. Local officials were proactive about evacuating people.
It doesn't seem like rocket science. The ground is all ready saturated and will not absorb any more water. Six to 12 inches of rain will fall in the watershed area of a river. The water will flow down the river. The river will rise. All the tributaries in the watershed will rise. It takes a while for the crest of water to move down stream.
Then the news starts trickling in to the MSM. Flooding in areas. If you dig deeper you find that torrents of water swept away buildings, roadways and bridges.
I am almost off on the rant again. That was where I was at when I wrote the thing about those people driving on through blinding rain ignoring that the traffic signals were out, ramming cars that pulled over to the side due to not being able to see and losing control driving through high water and hitting utility poles.
I suppose that these deaths were related to Irene and that someone should have done something to prevent them. That is meant as sarcasm.
I am not downplaying the flooding in PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC or any state I may have missed. When the water rises and inundates your stuff, it is terrible. The coastal damage in NC and VA was expected. In northern NY, parts of VT and NH the friendly neighborhood brook or river suddenly reared up and took away your stuff plus the roads and bridges you need to go anywhere. It is a different kind of flooding.
It no longer matters. It is over. This was sort of a rant, wasn't it?
Peace everyone.
