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Downtown Houston Flooding With Hilarious Dancing Manhole Cover (Original Post) AsahinaKimi May 2013 OP
Reminds me a bit of steel drums maddezmom May 2013 #1
if someone were smart... AsahinaKimi May 2013 #2
My Girlfriend has the same kokeshi doll, you have in your sig line. jdadd May 2013 #3
lucky.. AsahinaKimi May 2013 #4
why do people who do these vids Pharaoh May 2013 #5
I wonder Half-Century Man May 2013 #6
Actually, here in Houston we're pretty much used to massive rainfalls on a regular basis Bucky May 2013 #7
Houston has always flooded, a great deal of it is built on flood plains and swampland. freshwest May 2013 #9
Hey, I was there just a bit later in the day. The reason for that "dancing manhole cover"... Bucky May 2013 #8
I thought it was funny, but not hilarious..... DeSwiss May 2013 #10

jdadd

(1,314 posts)
3. My Girlfriend has the same kokeshi doll, you have in your sig line.
Sat May 11, 2013, 10:58 AM
May 2013

She picked it up at Goodwill for 50 cents....

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
6. I wonder
Sat May 11, 2013, 05:55 PM
May 2013

What do the RW climate change deniers think at the massive rainfalls in Texas? If human pollution has had no effect on the weather, then I G*D punishing Texas for a reason. Maybe the sin of propagating mass gross stupidity.

Bucky

(54,026 posts)
7. Actually, here in Houston we're pretty much used to massive rainfalls on a regular basis
Sat May 11, 2013, 09:56 PM
May 2013

The two year drought I can believe is related to climate change. But until they fixed the city flood controls in the 80s, at least once a year it'd flood so bad here in Houston, that we'd be able to canoe around the neighborhood. So this week's flash flood wasn't too much of a change.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
9. Houston has always flooded, a great deal of it is built on flood plains and swampland.
Sat May 18, 2013, 12:10 AM
May 2013

Texas has always had violent weather in all regions, droughts, forest fires, grass fires, tornadoes, flooding in cities, flash floods along dry river beds, arid areas and rivers, hurricanes, dust storms, etc.

These are annual events and there are some public works installed to deal with it. You either adapt to it or move. It's probably part of the reason they don't get excited about weather. It is what it is.

Bucky

(54,026 posts)
8. Hey, I was there just a bit later in the day. The reason for that "dancing manhole cover"...
Sat May 11, 2013, 10:04 PM
May 2013

is that the reflecting pond by one of the light rail stations along Main Street has coordinated water spouts that shoot off when the train isn't going by. It's probably the pumps affecting the sewer system once the reflecting pond overspilled its basin.



Either than, or now Space City USA has CHUDS too!

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
10. I thought it was funny, but not hilarious.....
Sat May 18, 2013, 12:21 AM
May 2013

...it's probably one of these new fangled kids' things I don't get anymore. {Get off my lawn!!!} Anyways, ya know in some of our older cities with antiquated infrastructure (ALMOST ALL Of THEM), sometimes during flooding, the sanitary and storm sewer water co-mingles.

- The person who took this video should probably look out for any rashes.......

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