Hurricane 2023

[LongShortLong]

Selling flood insurance to Palm Springs residents… like selling ice in Antarctica.

I'm surprised that very many people living in the desert don't know that it floods. Odds are you're living on an alluvial fan, which is another word for floodplain. Also, there seem to be relatively frequent floods in desert areas, so a minimum of paying attention to surroundings provides knowledge. Flash floods, debris on roads, washed out roads, etc.

Flood map shows a lot of 100-year flood in Palm Springs area, though not much in Palm Springs proper.

[bodywhomper]

Those with homes or businesses in the 100-yr FP need to have flood insurance if they have a mortgage. It’d be interesting to see the Hilary flooding footprint overlaid with the 100 and 500-yr FP’s.

[SumJongGuy]

People are fucking stupid when it comes to high, moving water on the road.

Just yesterday we had severe storms for about 5 hours straight and sure as shit there's social media filled with images of stalled out cars with water up to the door handles. Enjoy the never-ending electrical issues you just bought yourself dummies.

Even if you're confident your vehicle can make it through 2 feet of water there is still a chance that the road under that 2 feet of water is NO LONGER THERE!!! And ya, if the water is moving your car/truck/suv will be swept away with that water in anything over a foot.. maybe less if it's really churning..

[Skistack]

Turn around, don’t drown!


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[BmillsSkier]

Turn around, don’t drown!


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Because this city is so hilly and the storm sewer system is basically “let’s put giant storm grates at the bottom of hills cause that’s where it’s going anyway” it tends to flash flood here with decent rainfall. On those days every electronic sign around is that exact phrase.

Still doesn’t stop the dumb-dumbs from getting stuck.

[schuss]

Even if you're confident your vehicle can make it through 2 feet of water there is still a chance that the road under that 2 feet of water is NO LONGER THERE!!! And ya, if the water is moving your car/truck/suv will be swept away with that water in anything over a foot.. maybe less if it's really churning..

Also tires float. When you go offroading you often learn that one the hard way.

[SumJongGuy]

Also tires float. When you go offroading you often learn that one the hard way.

Especially the giant monster truck tires..

[The SnowShow]

People are fucking stupid.

FIFY

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Also tires float. When you go offroading you often learn that one the hard way.

They float just enough until they catch something like a rock or curb or stump and then the car/truck flips over and you have dead people. And it's not a great way to go, trapped, drowning and getting beat to shit at the same time.

[Norseman]

[MagnificentUnicorn]

If any of you know Death Valley, the photos at the below link should look familiar ..... location wise at least. I love that place!!

https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gall...E-722B2EBBD152

Sometime in the early’80s we were in DV and I remember the whole valley bottom around Badwater being a lake.


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[BmillsSkier]

https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/sta...a-live-updates

6.8 feet above average high tide for the big bend landfall area. That's nothing to turn your nose up at, and there's going to be a ton of damaging flooding, but in the big picture of tides and storm surges that really doesn't move the needle as much as the coverage would have led you to believe.

[Timberridge]

Sometime in the early’80s we were in DV and I remember the whole valley bottom around Badwater being a lake.


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Dude, that's cool and all, but like a million years ago the whole thing was an ocean man.

[BmillsSkier]

Dude, that's cool and all, but like a million years ago the whole thing was an ocean man.

Wooley was there.

[Timberridge]

No doubt. Probably caught coelacanths from the shore.

What's Wooley's new nom de plume here now?

[BmillsSkier]

That's a good question, I haven't seen him in a while.


On hurricane topic, didn't our friend Bobby Stainless have a place on the Gulf Coast?

[Timberridge]

Wooley rebirthed himself with a new alias, I just can't recall it.

Yeah but BS was south of the current fiasco iirc.

[SumJongGuy]

Cisco Kid?

[Cisco Kid]

Hola

[doebedoe]

The family getting reports from the neighbor who rode it out in Cedar Key. Higher storm surge was considerably higher than Hermine -- so top surge in last ~20 years. Part of life for that small community.

[PB]

Eight ball in the corner pocket.

[Timberridge]

Cisco Kid?

Hola

Gracias!

[BmillsSkier]

Sounds younger already.

[SumJongGuy]

I actually see myself as a ten year younger version of Wooley/Cisco. And I DGAF about that.

[jackattack]

Eight ball in the corner pocket.