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So this is what my weekend was like...

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... wit:bigpic

Tennessee

?

Tennessee

a game of horseshoes?

the bridges of madison county

are underwater

the people in tennessee won't take long to clean it up, unlike the new orleans people.

Boston.com is building a strong reputation for exceptional photos...

fucking dipshits need to walk it off...

xer0s wrote:Boston.com is building a strong reputation for exceptional photos...

thanks, captain blurb

Some excellent pics on that site. Thanks for sharing

It's all pretty crazy. I took these with my phone on Monday around noon. That's 2nd Ave -- the water continued to rise after that before it peaked.


edit: n/m, I don't have time to scour the internet for an image host that works with the forum here.

R00k wrote:It's all pretty crazy. I took these with my phone on Monday around noon. That's 2nd Ave -- the water continued to rise after that before it peaked.


edit: n/m, I don't have time to scour the internet for an image host that works with the forum here.

http://imageshack.us/ you motherfucker

It's punishment from god because the hillbillys keep fucking their family members and farm animals.

I tried imageshack before. I guess it didn't give me direct links because I uploaded both of them at the same time, so it just gave me a gallery.

R00k wrote:

Heh, they have a picture of that same car at boston.com, so if you were a pro, you'd have taken the shot like this:

Yea, I don't bother with the rule of thirds much on my cellphone cam.

Looks like the water is a little lower in his pic -- wonder if he got there before, or after me?

when did you take your picture?

Monday (May 3 - same as him), around lunchtime. I work about 8 blocks from there, so I took a break and walked downtown.

AH HAH! If you were really there and took that picture, you would have said "I SWAM downtown"! We're wise to your shenanigans, Mr. Man.

pfft, I walked on the water to take my pics.

I only do it when the situation calls for it, of course.

andyman wrote:the people in tennessee won't take long to clean it up, unlike the new orleans people.

It's probably going to take a while, but we'll handle it.

They're saying it may be the biggest non-hurricane related natural disaster in the country's history, but that seems a little exaggerated to me. Don't get me wrong, shit is seriously bad in some places here, and will cost a lot of money, both in repairs and lost revenue... But some of the quakes and wildfires in other parts of the country surely have been worse.

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if it were the biggest non-hurricane related flood since we've been keeping track.

Around here it's gone from being called a 100-year flood, to a 500-year flood, to a 1000-year flood.

The Cumberland River just finally dropped slightly below flood levels today. It stopped raining Sunday evening.

R00k wrote:

andyman wrote:the people in tennessee won't take long to clean it up, unlike the new orleans people.

Around here it's gone from being called a 100-year flood, to a 500-year flood, to a 1000-year flood.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 170213.htm

R00k wrote:
They're saying it may be the biggest non-hurricane related natural disaster in the country's history, but that seems a little exaggerated to me. Don't get me wrong, shit is seriously bad in some places here, and will cost a lot of money, both in repairs and lost revenue... But some of the quakes and wildfires in other parts of the country surely have been worse.

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if it were the biggest non-hurricane related flood since we've been keeping track.

Hmmm... sounds unlikely.

I did a quick google and found a $1.5b damage estimate.
I'm pretty sure the Iowa flooding topped $2b, and Fargo has had multiple $3-4b+ floods.
And then of course, there was this big one.