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flying_wahini

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8. As a former resident of the Houston area (I was for IKE) I can testify that rain bombs are real
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:19 PM
Dec 2019

And VERY scary. We got an Inch of rain every 5-10 min.
Also, as a Master gardener I would recommend lava rock poured around the base of your water logged trees. If they are big trees then use two bags each. If you can find lava rock already ground up, even better. Not close to the trunk but out under the drip line. Just mho.
And unfortunately many and I mean right wingers, don't care. dewsgirl Dec 2019 #1
Humans are destroying the planet and with it, themselves. They refuse to vote CousinIT Dec 2019 #2
i believe we are already tipping hard, and i had shocking evidence on my farm this year mopinko Dec 2019 #3
I am assuming DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #6
i'm in chicago. mopinko Dec 2019 #18
As a former resident of the Houston area (I was for IKE) I can testify that rain bombs are real flying_wahini Dec 2019 #8
oh thank you!! mopinko Dec 2019 #17
A true leader follows the facts... Harker Dec 2019 #4
But "Greed is good." 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #5
We may not even have that long... Prospero1 Dec 2019 #7
Ugh. paleotn Dec 2019 #12
We will die with the Amazon. There are 3 things killing it: CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #9
Unrec. Sounds like hyperventilating to me... paleotn Dec 2019 #10
One googles the opening line nilram Dec 2019 #14
It depends on one's definition of "global crop failure" The_jackalope Dec 2019 #24
I have been noticing the rising of our water table, as well. PWPippinesq Dec 2019 #11
The original thread is quite long nilram Dec 2019 #13
Good information in that thread. Thanks for the link. c-rational Dec 2019 #15
Paleo Climate Record modrepub Dec 2019 #16
We're currently changing the climate faster than at any point in the past 65 million years NickB79 Dec 2019 #19
Greenland Ice Core Record modrepub Dec 2019 #21
Northern Europe is not the globe NickB79 Dec 2019 #22
Global Temperature Changes modrepub Dec 2019 #23
Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Dec 2019 #20
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