Vermont flooding: Dangerous flash floods across the state

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/10/metro/state-emergency-vermont-amid-widespread-flooding/

Governor Philip B. Scott on Sunday declared a state of emergency for Vermont amid punishing rains that have caused flooding across much of the state.

[AllaN01Bear]

1. stay safe vermonteers.

[nuxvomica]

2. Week before last I was thinking Vermont was lucky

The smoky air from Canada was hitting us here in northern NY pretty bad but not Vermont. Vermonters are so lucky, I thought. Just like I thought we were lucky for not having wildfires like California. But now the effects of climate change are hitting everywhere in one form or another.

[3Hotdogs]

3. The thing of it, most "flash floods" are called so because they last a couple of hours.

Water may accumulate in spots and stay but rushing water like this, for days, is unusual.

[Emile]

4. Still in a drought where I live. Rain predicted for tomorrow,

but it won't amount to much.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. I feel for them--I've been through a (relatively minor) flood at my house, and it's

a long process of cleanup, AND expensive if you don't have federal flood insurance, which I didn't. Lost a good chunk of our savings.

[IronLionZion]

6. I was hoping Canada would get rain for their wildfires

not Vermont

Climate change is screwing with everything in lots of places.