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Flooding in the Midwest
« on: June 18, 2008, 12:14:34 PM »
Anybody in any of these areas?  Looks bad but FEMA says they can handle it ::)
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Re: Flooding in the Midwest
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2008, 01:19:13 PM »
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2008, 12:14:34 PM
Anybody in any of these areas?  Looks bad but FEMA says they can handle it ::)

Did they cock their shotguns right before they said it?
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Re: Flooding in the Midwest
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2008, 01:52:46 PM »
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2008, 12:14:34 PM
Anybody in any of these areas?  Looks bad but FEMA says they can handle it ::)

Like hell they can. They still haven't gotten their shit together. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/11/fema.giveaway/
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Re: Flooding in the Midwest
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2008, 02:27:53 PM »
Quote from: Teriyaki on June 18, 2008, 01:52:46 PM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2008, 12:14:34 PM
Anybody in any of these areas?  Looks bad but FEMA says they can handle it ::)

Like hell they can. They still haven't gotten their shit together. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/11/fema.giveaway/

I don't think they ever will it's just an other bloated government agency

Quote from: Peter on June 18, 2008, 01:19:13 PM
Quote from: parts on June 18, 2008, 12:14:34 PM
Anybody in any of these areas?  Looks bad but FEMA says they can handle it ::)

Did they cock their shotguns right before they said it?

I hope the people living there got theirs first
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Re: Flooding in the Midwest
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2008, 07:47:32 PM »
I'm here in Iowa - Not too bad for me - but there are a ton of people out of homes and such....  Thankfully it sounds like the worst is over
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Re: Flooding in the Midwest
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2008, 08:00:12 PM »
Good to hear your not underwater.  I have been in floods but nothing like that
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Re: Flooding in the Midwest
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2008, 10:18:05 PM »
I was in Saint Louis for the last 500 year flood, and it was a lot less than 500 years ago, so I wonder what the odds are against having two 500 year floods in the same area in just 15 years?  I understand that the waters are heading that way now.
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Re: Flooding in the Midwest
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2008, 10:23:33 PM »
Quote from: Callaway on June 18, 2008, 10:18:05 PM
I was in Saint Louis for the last 500 year flood, and it was a lot less than 500 years ago, so I wonder what the odds are against having two 500 year floods in the same area in just 15 years?  I understand that the waters are heading that way now.

I was thinking the same thing friends of mine were doing a cross country driving honeymoon and had to detour around the flooding then about 15 years ago
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