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by **The Realm of Platinum** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:17 pm

I'd like a climate like Sapporo or Belgrade

by **Luminesa** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:30 pm

Grenartia wrote:
An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:
Odd, they are reporting it as a distinct possibility here in the UK.

I have no idea why. The storm surge is over a dozen feet lower than Katrina. There has been an overtopping in Plaquemines Parish, which is a bit southwest of NOLA proper, but it's downstream of the city, and is generally not as well maintained as the levee system protecting the city proper and its immediate suburbs.

Unless they've done some killer investigative journalism on the structural weaknesses of the levees in East Jefferson and Orleans Parishes, and didn't CC the local news outlets.

This is why I've been ignoring national news in place of local news. National news has been acting like it's the end of the world. All I've gotten is light rain and some debris in my yard.

by **Farnhamia** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:40 pm

Luminesa wrote:
Grenartia wrote:
I have no idea why. The storm surge is over a dozen feet lower than Katrina. There has been an overtopping in Plaquemines Parish, which is a bit southwest of NOLA proper, but it's downstream of the city, and is generally not as well maintained as the levee system protecting the city proper and its immediate suburbs.

Unless they've done some killer investigative journalism on the structural weaknesses of the levees in East Jefferson and Orleans Parishes, and didn't CC the local news outlets.

This is why I've been ignoring national news in place of local news. National news has been acting like it's the end of the world. All I've gotten is light rain and some debris in my yard.

by **Luminesa** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:42 pm

Farnhamia wrote:
Luminesa wrote:This is why I've been ignoring national news in place of local news. National news has been acting like it's the end of the world. All I've gotten is light rain and some debris in my yard.

...Definitely not that serious.

by **Paleoconservative Citizens** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:44 pm

I like cool, starry nights, temperatures about 70° F. I don't really like the heat because it makes me itchy... And I also like to look at the stars.

by **The Realm of Platinum** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:45 pm

Paleoconservative Citizens wrote:I like cool, starry nights, temperatures about 70° F. I don't really like the heat because it makes me itchy... And I also like to look at the stars.

I dunno, I should post the climate chart of my ideal climate

by **Grenartia** » Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:53 am

Luminesa wrote:
Grenartia wrote:
I have no idea why. The storm surge is over a dozen feet lower than Katrina. There has been an overtopping in Plaquemines Parish, which is a bit southwest of NOLA proper, but it's downstream of the city, and is generally not as well maintained as the levee system protecting the city proper and its immediate suburbs.

Unless they've done some killer investigative journalism on the structural weaknesses of the levees in East Jefferson and Orleans Parishes, and didn't CC the local news outlets.

This is why I've been ignoring national news in place of local news. National news has been acting like it's the end of the world. All I've gotten is light rain and some debris in my yard.

I mean, I've kind of noticed it with local as well.

But, as long as the "boy who cried wolf" effect is being minimized, as someone who survived Katrina, I'm all for the news encouraging people to be on the safe side. I saw a video on the news yesterday of some dumbasses playing around in lake water that was up to their shins that had come on shore.

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