Comments on: The Water is Rising https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/ Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500897 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:19:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500897 I know that intersection (or at least, likely the same one). I was in Tuscon for one hella rainy winter. Many drove under the bridge, few drove out.

Vegas has similar spots.

]]> By: Warren https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500896 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:09:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500896

“Don’t drive into the water. Sounds like simple advice but some of you will, and some of you will ruin your cars or die or some other stupid thing.”

I lived in Tucson for a number of years. It doesn’t rain there often, but when it does, it is not fooling around.

One street heading into the downtown area cut under some railroad tracks; the underpass had a gauge with a “depth of water in feet” scale marked on it quite clearly. The scale went up to 7 or 8 feet.

Invariably, each year when it flooded, some clown would try to drive through water clearly marked as being 3 to 4 feet deep.

And invariably, that same clown would stand still for the news cameras and blabber on in public about just how stupid he was – without actually realizing just how stupid he was.

Tragically, these events were never fatal.

]]> By: Jay Banks https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500895 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:55:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500895 It is true; if the threat of floods is real we should consider moving out of the flood zones. It sounds simple but, in reality, it is much more difficult. Taking into account that some people have lived in certain areas for ages, they are usually not willing to move anywhere. However, your advice might be taken into consideration by the young families who are looking for new home.

]]> By: Clam https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500894 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:01:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500894 I expect that, knowing the history of American health insurance, it will only be possible to buy flood insurance for houses on top of 150 foot hills.

]]> By: Den!s https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500893 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:21:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500893 I do hope some folks took your advice some time ago, to buy their flood insurance.

]]> By: oldebabe https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500892 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:07:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500892 Lots of info re: acceptance of flooding and how to react, for dealing with the problem, all good, but the best and most sensible alternative, removal of habitats from the floodplain, not so much.

]]> By: D. C. Sessions https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500891 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:54:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/03/19/the-water-is-rising/#comment-500891 So all of that nonsensical “infrastructure maintenance” would have been a waste of time and money that is more productively dedicated to tax cuts.

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