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Oman is flooding: (Original Post) tblue37 Jul 2021 OP
Uh-oh... calimary Jul 2021 #1
Too much rain . . . Lovie777 Jul 2021 #2
Too much rain in some places, the American Southwest is totally parched. lark Jul 2021 #3
The American Northwest is parched and in flames! 2naSalit Jul 2021 #4
Wow, I knew the SW is all reclaimed desert and knew OR was in flames. lark Jul 2021 #5
I'm in... 2naSalit Jul 2021 #6
So freaking scary and wrong! lark Jul 2021 #9
it's starting................. HAB911 Jul 2021 #7
They had a hurricane 2 days ago FakeNoose Jul 2021 #8

Lovie777

(12,232 posts)
2. Too much rain . . .
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 08:21 AM
Jul 2021

flooding in Europe and Middle East and here in the USA.

And here in the USA's West and Southwest - heat wave.

Mother Nature is pissed - global warming is real.

lark

(23,091 posts)
3. Too much rain in some places, the American Southwest is totally parched.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 08:34 AM
Jul 2021

FL is a hot, humid swamp with flooding already regularly happening is some areas of Miami and it's flooding is happening in Baltimore too.

2naSalit

(86,536 posts)
4. The American Northwest is parched and in flames!
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 10:03 AM
Jul 2021

The SW has been desert for a ling time, the NW and Rockies are in big trouble. Any rain we get evaporates immediately, sometimes it never even hits the ground.

lark

(23,091 posts)
5. Wow, I knew the SW is all reclaimed desert and knew OR was in flames.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 10:46 AM
Jul 2021

I guess I hadn't looked at the bigger picture for the entire west. I always focus on CA because I lived there for 20 years and still have some friends for life there. It's really disturbing what is happening with the water levels being so low, I am so worried for my friends and now the people of the entire western US.

2naSalit

(86,536 posts)
6. I'm in...
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 10:53 AM
Jul 2021

The mountainous region of Montana, where much of the west's water comes from, it was 102F for about two hours yesterday and expected for today as well. I used to come here back in the 1970s and 80s and it never got over 85F in a heat wave. Now, it feels like the summer I spent in the Anza Borrego desert thirty years ago, only in Montana which is scary. And for reference, most of Montana is north of the 45th parallel.

lark

(23,091 posts)
9. So freaking scary and wrong!
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 11:06 AM
Jul 2021

I fucking hate rich repugs who have caused this and refuse to do anything to fix it.

FakeNoose

(32,633 posts)
8. They had a hurricane 2 days ago
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 11:04 AM
Jul 2021

Most of Oman is a flat desert, with rivers that carry the water out to the ocean. So I guess the excess rain was more than they could normally handle. Seems like their buildings and roadbeds aren't made to withstand against that much water.

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