Human nature is to think about now and me. Not what might happen in the future we don't give it any thought about the past and the future... we live in the now.
Why It MattersMajor flash floods in Texas have already claimed the lives of 51 people, including 15 children, with 27 children still missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls camp in Kerr County.Fast-moving floodwaters surged 26 feet (8 meters) along the Guadalupe River in just 45 minutes before dawn on Friday, sweeping away homes and vehicles.
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for portions of the Carolinas, from South Santee River, South Carolina, to Surf City, North Carolina.NBC NewsBy Freddie ClaytonJune 6, 2025Tropical Storm Chantal has made landfall in South Carolina early Sunday morning as officials warn of flash flooding and "life threatening" surf and rip currents as the storm system moves inland.Tropical storm warnings are in effect for portions of the Carolinas, from South Santee River, South Carolina, to Surf City, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.It said storm conditions are expected through Sunday morning, and that heavy rainfall across portions of northeastern South Carolina and north Carolina could caused flash flooding.
We build in floodplains, we build on the side of hills that have a history of mudslides, we build next to oceans, we build wherever we want ignoring the dangers.
Progressive cities, zone out floodplains from construction, they limit construction on unstable hills. Progressive cities make floodplains into parks While conservatives, its my land and I'm going to do what I damn well please with it.
When I bought my property for my house... I went to the town hall and looked at the floodplain maps to check out the land. Elsewhere in town there is land for sale in a floodplain. Do the prospective buyers know that the only house you can build there is a raised house with the furnace on the raised main floor because the land is routinely a couple of feet under water in a heavy rain?
Other buyers later on might not even realize the dangers, that nice house next to the river is so picturesque.
Are you prepared?
Do you have a "go bag*" do you even know what that is?
If you lost power for a week could you survive? How would you survive**? Water? Food? Light? Heat?
*A go bag (also known as a bug-out bag, 72-hour kit, or emergency bag) is a pre-packed bag with essential items you'll need to survive for at least 72 hours in case you need to evacuate quickly due to an emergency (e.g., natural disaster, fire, power outage, civil unrest).
** I have a propane Coleman stove and lantern, a stock of canned food, and my hot water heater for water, it holds 20 gallons. A battery powered weather radio. In my plug-in hybrid car I have a 12Vdc to 110Vac inverter to charge my electronics.
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I realize that for many, they don't have a choice of where they live. That they are forced to live on undesirable land, where the land floods or slides. I am not writing about them but rather about people who can make choices. About towns who can zone out floodplains, about those who can build any where they want.
Like the millionaire who built a McMansion on a bluff on Cape Cod that the town told him no, that the Cape Cod National Seashore said no... but a friendly court said yes. Now five years latter the sea reclaimed the land and creating an ecology nightmare.
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