tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post4152456075487904937..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: I've Never Seen It This Bad!TheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-51798167495165327652016-04-01T21:27:18.213-04:002016-04-01T21:27:18.213-04:00Example:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/...Example:<br />http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/judge-army-corps-engineers-negligence-caused-katrina-flooding-article-1.415837Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-9047914774741810572016-04-01T21:26:29.099-04:002016-04-01T21:26:29.099-04:00On a more depressing line-- in the last decade or ...On a more depressing line-- in the last decade or so there has been a lot of undoing of basic flood controls, most famously via the Army Corps having new policies about where they prevent flooding, generally on environmental grounds.Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-40476945815351277702016-04-01T21:19:49.380-04:002016-04-01T21:19:49.380-04:00Possible other matter-- I don't know about LA ...Possible other matter-- I don't know about LA in the 20s, but northern California in the 20s, the only way you'd record damage would be something like a newspaper saying "X, Y and Z was destroyed" or "everything that the A family couldn't move was utterly soaked in water." <br /><br />Differences in wiring are also to be considered. (I have not the foggiest what it was like in LA, and only a little what it was like at that point in our specific area of NorCal.)Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-89437440091690501132016-04-01T13:41:11.285-04:002016-04-01T13:41:11.285-04:00TOF,
I hope that you will pardon me for a comment ...TOF,<br />I hope that you will pardon me for a comment which would make more sense as an email, but I couldn't find any email address for you, and I was wondering if you might be willing to give me your thoughts on the subject I talk about in this blog post about Science, Magic, and Technology: http://blog.chrislansdown.com/2016/03/28/science-magic-and-technology/ — It's a subject I suspect you've thought about not inconsiderably.Chris Lansdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528778422746685923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-43376165483070267702016-03-31T21:25:16.758-04:002016-03-31T21:25:16.758-04:00TheOFloinn: You've got a great point about the...TheOFloinn: You've got a great point about the value of the damage. Thank God, however, that the flooding (so far) hasn't damaged the Abbey's glorious murals, which are irreplaceable at any price. They were done by Benedictine Dom Gregory de Wit. They include the largest painting of the Last Supper in the United States (in the refectory). Take a gander: http://roughplacesplain.tumblr.com/post/42981563353/tuesday-tour-st-josephs-abbey-st-benedict<br /><br />Sophia's Favorite: You're right about that. In south Louisiana, people are fleeing the cities, even the small towns, to move "to the country", where flooding only bothered the cows in the past.Nicholas Jagneauxhttp://www.olqas.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-92136131817556581962016-03-31T21:08:51.121-04:002016-03-31T21:08:51.121-04:00Even if concrete and asphalt aren't a factor, ...Even if concrete and asphalt aren't a factor, the flood is also simply more damaging because there are more human habitations present for it to affect.Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-60912234442037858522016-03-31T16:01:55.336-04:002016-03-31T16:01:55.336-04:00Also, the dollar is worth less today, so the nomin...Also, the dollar is worth less today, so the nominal value of the damage is much greater. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-70422358713331022502016-03-31T14:53:33.708-04:002016-03-31T14:53:33.708-04:00The Benedictine monastery north of Covington, LA (...The Benedictine monastery north of Covington, LA (St. Joseph Abbey and Seminary College) suffered devastating damage during the recent flooding ($3 million in clean-up alone; not sure what the restoration costs will be). The '27 Flood did not do the damage that this flooding did.<br /><br />I don't know whether or not the actual rains this year were more/worse than in 1927, but I do think that one reason that the flooding *seems* worse is because more and more, ground that used to be able to soak up the rain is covered over with concrete and asphalt; or built up for housing developments.<br /><br />But, the water has to go somewhere. Consequently, places that "never used to flood" are having to deal with the run-off.Nicholas Jagneauxhttp://www.olqas.orgnoreply@blogger.com