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10:19, Thursday, May 25, 2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

    we've had a very wet spring. the creek has been running pretty high for the last couple of weeks, and the ground is wet. tonight we're having huge storms (with large hail possible) and rain for much of the weekend. i'm concerned that we'll have flooding once hurricaine season hits.

two years ago we had a wet summer, and when the residual rain from several hurricaines came through (one was ivan, but i forget the other) we had severe flooding.   our little apartment is on high enough ground that we were fine, but we have friends and coworkers who lost everything in their basements, and some local families lost everything they owned.

the climate is changing. from the information i'm seeing, we're coming into a pretty severe hurricaine cycle. how many years will it last?   and regardless of whether it's caused by global warming or is a 'natural cycle', it's going to effect a lot of people's lives.   the hurricaine experts are predicting that new york and parts of new england will be hit by hurricaines this season. how weird is that?

i am thankful that the part of town where we live (as well as both of our workplaces, and the routes we walk to get to work) sit high enough that if we DO get flooding, it won't likely effect us directly. it could. but if it does, it'll be a wakeup call for anyone in the area who thinks that global warming and climate change are just a bunch of hype.

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12:28, Sunday, May 28, 2006 .. Posted by thatday
There truly does seem that there has been some unusual weather the past couple of years - and another earthquake this monring.
I live in Southern Oregon and the weather here is fairly stable - we do have electrical storms occasionally - and have had flooding in towns near here - The Rogue River floods occasionally between Medford and Grants Pass.
Pray you will be safe this winter.
Barb

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