Everyone in Texas still there?

[defspace]

my mom was wiped out on a 1000 year flood plain. Of course, they don't necessarily take into consideration the fact that someone built a mall just uphill from your house. However, her house was on dead flat ground next to a small river, so it seems that the 1000 year prediction was somewhat off. The fact that the flood waters reached something like 13 feet was unlikely

I'm sorry to hear that. There's no doubt that development/impervious surface coverage can contribute to damage. Was this part of the recent events in Texas?


Nationally, 25% of NFIP claims come from X-zone properties - areas with less than 0.2% annual chance of flooding (outside of 500-year floodplain). Lenders typically don't require flood insurance for X-zone properties. To make a claim, you already had to have your insurance policy in place before the damage occurred (obvious). I'm willing to bet that there are plenty of people who get hit and wish they could make claims but don't have a policy in place (I'm speaking generally here, not just about the recent events). I would guess that the 25% statistic significantly under-represents the risk of flooding in the X-zone.

IMO, floodplain designations are not particularly informative. They're just the regulatory framework we have to operate with.

If you want to get nerdy (and have access): Examining the 100-Year Floodplain as a Metric of Risk, Loss, and Household Adjustment - Highfield - 2012 - Risk Analysis - Wiley Online Library

Sorry to ramble, but Vsalon has actually hit on something I pretend to know about.

[mmoore]

Seeing SRV in water is kinda crazy.

Seeing people on a bridge with a crazy water flow under it is even more crazy.

Would not be my first choice of high ground.

[Dallas Tex]

that sorta works...until you think about things like crops not growing in torrential rains/floods, or extreme drought...
seems we are quickly heading in the direction of less sustainability.

My very unscientific observations and crude understanding of the world says there are simply many more people on the planet than when I was a kid. AND those people consume much more useless shit derived from dwindling natural resources.

Please don't post a link to a info graphic refuting this. It's just my simple observation.

[edoz]

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[Dallas Tex]

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Best info graphic ever.

[edoz]

You asked for it:)
It's not that I don't agree, though. I have often thought the world hit it's practical limit a couple billion punters ago.

[dashDustin]

Best info graphic ever.

That should be a Facebook banner photo.

[defspace]

Y'all ready for round two? Starting to get rain here already...

Hopefully this thing isn't too bad.

[Cookietruck]

Y'all ready for round two? Starting to get rain here already...

Hopefully this thing isn't too bad.

i figure it's going to be a very long time before we have anything like we had a while back
these new weather patterns though, i could be wrong.

[dashDustin]

on the drive to and back from Tulsa, I listened to Isaac's Storm (audio book). Made me think of this thread. No way I could've ever read it, but the audio book was quite good.

[Dallas Tex]

on the drive to and back from Tulsa, I listened to Isaac's Storm (audio book). Made me think of this thread. No way I could've ever read it, but the audio book was quite good.

Hey Dustin, all weather issues aside, wouldn't it be neat to have a Texas VS roundup ride sometime?

[dashDustin]

I'm kinda surprised we haven't. They have one across the hall, I think. We should, too.

[Dallas Tex]

I'm kinda surprised we haven't. They have one across the hall, I think. We should, too.

I'll sponsor it. I'll throw in for refreshments (i.e. Keg).

[joosttx]

I'll sponsor it. I'll throw in for refreshments (i.e. Keg).

Hmmm, We may need to visit the grandparents in Dallas soon.....

Will the route include a lap around White Rock lake?

[rydesteel]

Our daughter Shannon is performing in Texas this summer. We are very proud of her for following her dream. Let me know if anyone is going, I'll let her know family is in the house.

[Dallas Tex]

Our daughter Shannon is performing in Texas this summer. We are very proud of her for following her dream. Let me know if anyone is going, I'll let her know family is in the house.

I went to school right near there. I've seen the play in Palo Duro Canyon several times and its GREAT! I knew several cast members when I was there. Its worth the trip if you haven't seen it yet.

[popandmod]

Small world, I went to WTAMU in Canyon, TX to study theatre design and have many many friends who did the show in the canyon

[kimbrolio]

Hmmm, We may need to visit the grandparents in Dallas soon.....

Will the route include a lap around White Rock lake?

Is it sad I kinda miss White Rock since moving to Austin from Dallas? It got monotonous for sure, but was so nice to have some relatively car-free miles so close to home. Plus, every once in a while you'd get to see a tripathlete rocking an aero helmet on the MUP!

[Cookietruck]

i figure it's going to be a very long time before we have anything like we had a while back
these new weather patterns though, i could be wrong.

you know, come to think of it, my family has a picnic out at the farm every memorial day weekend (for 30 yrs or so). i think back now and realize that so many years it would just pour down rain (which is normal for central texas) and there is a huge barn we party in, a huge metal roof and it sounds awesome, thunder and lightning.

thunderstorms are pretty normal (when not in historic drought) but it seems like flooding is something to get used to...not Wimberley this time, to the East.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/us...cle-click&_r=0