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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sat Oct 24, 2015, 05:21 PM Oct 2015

Torrential Rain -- Up To 20 Inches In Spots -- Pummels Much Of Texas

Source: CNN

By Greg Botelho, CNN
Updated 5:04 PM ET, Sat October 24, 2015

(CNN)Much of Texas was deluged Saturday by pounding, relentless rains -- up to 20 inches, in some locales -- causing dangerous flooding that washed away cars, a train and, possibly, one person.

And it may not get better anytime soon, with rain pushed by Hurricane Patricia expected to roll across the state.

A man was missing in San Antonio, where forecasters warned that rain could fall at a rate of 4 inches per hour and swell parts of the San Antonio River around Interstate 410.

At about 4 a.m. (5 a.m. ET), a 41-year-old homeless man had gone after his dog near a drainage ditch "and he got swept away," fire department spokesman Christian Bove said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/24/us/texas-oklahoma-arkansas-lousiana-flooding/

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Torrential Rain -- Up To 20 Inches In Spots -- Pummels Much Of Texas (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2015 OP

First they get nothing, murielm99 Oct 2015 #1

This is God's punishment for decades of climate change denial Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #2

I regret to say that I thought that, too. potone Oct 2015 #3

You're right Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #4

First SC, now TX.... sofa king Oct 2015 #7

the missing man was found alive Skittles Oct 2015 #5

was that the homeless man who went after his dog? Hope he had the dog :) Sunlei Oct 2015 #8

it was a man and his dog Skittles Oct 2015 #9

wow he was lucky, the drainage channels around houston are hard to get out off. Sunlei Oct 2015 #10

My rain measure outside SW houston, 6.5 inches in 2 days. Not bad the ground soaked it up. Sunlei Oct 2015 #6

murielm99

(30,763 posts)

1. First they get nothing,

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 07:56 PM

Oct 2015

now a deluge.

Floods are dangerous. Stay safe there, Texas.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

2. This is God's punishment for decades of climate change denial

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 08:15 PM

Oct 2015

The will get a right wing Texan's attention.

potone

(1,701 posts)

3. I regret to say that I thought that, too.

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:25 PM

Oct 2015

Right after I thought that this is God's punishment for the Texas politicians' war on women. But this is not fair: the people who suffer from these disasters never seem to be the people who legislate the bad laws. So stay safe, Texans!

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

4. You're right

Reply to potone (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:50 PM

Oct 2015

The concept of God's punishment is a strange one for me. I've never been able to wrap my head around the doctrine of original sin.

Yes, Texans should stay safe and they deserve better leaders.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)

7. First SC, now TX....

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 08:26 AM

Oct 2015

... I think this is God rewarding us atheists for our infinite patience.

Skittles

(153,193 posts)

5. the missing man was found alive

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 04:54 AM

Oct 2015

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

8. was that the homeless man who went after his dog? Hope he had the dog :)

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 08:33 AM

Oct 2015

Skittles

(153,193 posts)

9. it was a man and his dog

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #8)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:10 PM

Oct 2015

the man was swept away, but the dog was not....they though they were looking for a body but the guy was washed out of the water and was found walking down the road

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

10. wow he was lucky, the drainage channels around houston are hard to get out off.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:12 PM

Oct 2015

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

6. My rain measure outside SW houston, 6.5 inches in 2 days. Not bad the ground soaked it up.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 07:53 AM

Oct 2015

Past two months it was like a 'drought' The ground was totally dry, we needed rain and can use more. yes, up north texas they got to much rain at one time.

To bad our Texas civilization can't learn to hold the fresh water and let it soak in, instead of flooding.

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