May 27, 2015
Extreme weather (click here) has been wreaking havoc in the US, where storms and tornadoes have caused major flooding in the states of Oklahoma and Texas.
Extreme weather (click here) has been wreaking havoc in the US, where storms and tornadoes have caused major flooding in the states of Oklahoma and Texas.
Parts of Houston - the US's fourth biggest city - remain under water.
Thousands of cars have been abandoned on city streets and highways.
Hundreds of residents have been displaced and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed.
At least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured following record rainfall over the weekend.
More heavy rains are expected over the next few days.
From what I hear and read the one example focused on was the loss of a mother and two children as the house they were in came off it's moorings.
So, how do reasonable and intelligence people become victims to this severe flooding?
Water will rise quickly when met with resistance to it's flow. In this very troubling reality, the house shattered when it hit a bridge downstream from it's property. It is my guess, without having specific information, the water was rapidly flowing under the bridge. It reached a tipping point as the water rushed into the basin which became very saturated with rain.
As the water rose quickly, at some point the bridge became a dam and increased the water levels very fast and without reason.
There is no way of knowing about any one particular fact people can focus on to predict their danger. If a house is within a flood plain it will be lost during these storms. I am going to insult many local governments because I could never understand how homes are allowed to be built in a flood zone. It is playing the odds that are very unpredictable.
Beach houses regularly face rising waters when significantly powerful storms drive water toward shore in a manner called a storm surge. Inland properties can have a storm surge, too. It is different than that of the beach communities. It doesn't come from one distance, it comes from the ground up.
Thousands of cars have been abandoned on city streets and highways.
Hundreds of residents have been displaced and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed.
At least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured following record rainfall over the weekend.
More heavy rains are expected over the next few days.
From what I hear and read the one example focused on was the loss of a mother and two children as the house they were in came off it's moorings.
So, how do reasonable and intelligence people become victims to this severe flooding?
Water will rise quickly when met with resistance to it's flow. In this very troubling reality, the house shattered when it hit a bridge downstream from it's property. It is my guess, without having specific information, the water was rapidly flowing under the bridge. It reached a tipping point as the water rushed into the basin which became very saturated with rain.
As the water rose quickly, at some point the bridge became a dam and increased the water levels very fast and without reason.
There is no way of knowing about any one particular fact people can focus on to predict their danger. If a house is within a flood plain it will be lost during these storms. I am going to insult many local governments because I could never understand how homes are allowed to be built in a flood zone. It is playing the odds that are very unpredictable.
Beach houses regularly face rising waters when significantly powerful storms drive water toward shore in a manner called a storm surge. Inland properties can have a storm surge, too. It is different than that of the beach communities. It doesn't come from one distance, it comes from the ground up.
