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  1. This is the Llano River, which rose this much in 30 minutes............https://www.nbcnews.com/video/time-lapse-captures-fast-rising-river-in-texas-242760773836
  2. This is true. They are cutting out a lot of jobs and things people receive and doing this because it doesn't affect them directly, as billionaires only have personal health to worry about. These things they're doing might seem to help the economy but people who lose insurance and needed benefits are part of that economy, because some, meaning most, still are living paycheck to paycheck and you don't cut out health benefits as a large percentage need them eventually. This might backfire in a very bad way.
  3. True, here you only get rain half the time and hot all the time, where you can't do anything outside besides the beach when it's hot, with more bugs than almost anywhere, 48 varieties of venomous snakes, the worst drivers on the planet, some of the worst schools anywhere, and a sense that it isn't home. But it's okay if you have AC and are okay with staying inside a large part of the time. The best places to live have 4 seasons, with some having no bugs around, good living conditions, safer driving, good schools and a place you can call home without any fears of being subject to visa changes that might get worse. But, if you're really happy where you live.......
  4. Like I mentioned, people love resort areas, and all come with risks. Those camps have been there up to 100 years, and rarely have problems, although they should have been built higher up on the land available. No one in Phuket and other areas of Thailand thought there would be a tsunami, but it happened and likely will again. Japan had them and millions live at the coasts. The only safe place is the Sahara, but living there isn't much fun. No earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, torrential rains, tornadoes, volcano eruptions, floods or bad driving conditions. The only problem is the temperatures which are extremely hot.
  5. Latest update.........https://www.yahoo.com/news/least-13-fatalities-reported-texas-210230248.html
  6. They're for defense. Texas had thousands of police, fire, ems and crisis workers with helicopters,drones and volunteers looking immediately. This has happened before and their response teams do a very good job.
  7. There's always a local that can give you an idea and contacts for doing this. Like another mentioned, the longer you wait before you build the better, as the ground, especially in a dry and rainy season country, needs time to settle. You can compact it with some of the same people who bring the dirt, as they usually have contacts with tractors. Now is a good time to start this as it's rainy season, and occasional tractors coming in to flatten the soil more is a good idea. I had my house built soon after the soil was flattened, with piers installed, but there was still shrinkage which caused cracks. This happens a lot where I;m from in Texas because of the same reasons, no rain for awhile then a lot, and many have cracked walls there. Oldcroc's advice was good also.This video shows a little...........
  8. It can be irritants or THC, as it causes dilation in the blood vessels of the eyes. If that's it, the only recourse is that cool compress after smoking and time.
  9. Try this.........https://th.wine-now.asia/catalogsearch/result/?q=yellow+glen+yellow+b.
  10. I understand as that happens to a lot from smoking anything. One thing you could use is a pair of goggles while smoking, which isn't as crazy as it sounds.
  11. The immediate building of a barrier is how this will stop, as elephants will go anywhere they can find food, and people are just in the way, which has deaths on either side happening. This is the governments job, protecting it's wildlife and citizens. Maybe instead of buying a useless submarine which will never need to be used.
  12. Finding out what gives you the red eyes might help, such as seasonal allergies, dust, smoke or dry eyes, where artificial tears can help. I have contacts and long ago learned not to rub my eyes when they're itchy but use a towel with cool water, which works most of the time. Just like those using nasal sprays besides saline will get a rebound effect with a runny nose, using Visine over a long period can do the same thing. It also doesn't cure what's causing the red eyes..........https://www.healthline.com/health/eye-redness
  13. That should be over 500 members convicted of the same things, put away, registered as offenders, and maybe showing others who practice this sick activity there are consequences for targeting innocent children. The sooner them and officials that are involved and paid off for letting it happen are prosecuted harshly the better. Those doing their job and arresting this human garbage are to be commended.
  14. I'll have to disagree because all countries have good things. Scotland is on my bucket list though, as is the rest of the UK, as I'm half Irish and would like to see the sites. I'll always give Scotland credit for standing up against England when it had it's megalomaniac in charge, and Mark Knopfler is one of my favorite musicians.
  15. Natural disasters happen worldwide and the main thing is that people shouldn't live where they can happen, including beaches, near volcanoes, next to flood prone rivers or creeks, in tornado alley. Think for a second how many resorts are built near water, a reason they're built there, including where you live. Remember the tsunami that hit Thailand?If you want to live in these areas you take a risk. The Mississippi River delta areas, where thousands live to farm, is flooded many times, but it's one of the biggest farming areas worldwide. People live near volcanoes, because they think they might not erupt again. Oceans have ports with millions living near them, where we get much of our imports and fish from, but hurricanes happen there. The US Midwest, another of the worlds biggest farming areas, has tornadoes every year, but where would all that grain and vegetables come from if it was shut down and everyone chose a safer place to live? Yes, a lot of it is greed, but it happens in every country, and it isn't stupid needing farm produce which can't be grown in deserts. You need to think before you put down the US, as your country also has it's share of ignorance and greed.
  16. The camps had the usual flash flood warnings that happen when rain is predicted. This was not the usual although they should have taken to higher ground buildings in the camp because this has happened in the past on the Guadalupe, the last time in 1987. The water rose so quickly they had little chance to get out as they were asleep when it started. What he referred to was a siren that would signal water rising in a river where it's usually very slow moving. Flash floods happen so fast in Texas because of ground conditions and feeder creeks, along with water coming down off mountains. I lived there 32 years, near this, and my children are still there, one withing a few miles of the Guadalupe River.
  17. Nowhere near as dangerous as a place where females are looked at as secondary from birth, and where up to 70% are molested , many in schools, before they turn 18. Educate yourself by actually living in a country for years before you comment on things you know nothing about besides videos.
  18. An early warning system anything like that would have given them time to get to higher ground, which was only a minute away from their cabins.
  19. I was born in New Jersey but lived in Texas for 32 years and it'll again be my home as soon as I can find a home for myself and my daughter. Miss it daily. Never saw a tornado as they rarely got that far south (San Antonio area). The closest was in Jarrell, about 1 1/2 hours north, which took a whole subdivision away. The worst I ever saw was heavy rain and wind, with some large hail. When I move back I'll be around my daughter's area, which is southeast of Hunt, where the flood was. The Guadalupe isn't far, but doesn't flood in that area. Some live too close to that river and pay the price when this happens. I love the 4 seasons, and it's actually hotter there on average than Thailand, but the Spring, Winter and Fall are really nice. The only problem in Texas has been the over development there in the last few decades.
  20. Yep. that's the normal level for July there. I went hunting in that area many times and the river is usually low in the Summer. Same thing in 1987. It rises so fast it's ridiculous.
  21. A main camping area with many camps along the Guadalupe River, on ground that doesn't soak up water easily but lets it runoff into creeks feeding the Guadalupe. That flood in 1987 was also in July, as was a flood in October and December in other years. Texas gets little rain for many months but a lot all of a sudden in hours. Just last month San Antonio had a lot of rain in a short time and there was a flood along Perrin Beitel Road which killed some. Another in August of 2022 around Dallas. I saw a few while living there and mainly in the Guadalupe River, where I saw houses floating down the river off IH 35 in New Braunfels and also in Blanco County. Many dry creeks throughout the Hill Country that are torrents after heavy rains. People die every year trying to bypass closures in moving water of creeks.
  22. Sheryl was right. Lymph node enlargement can mean a few things, including strep throat, a cold, infections. I had one in my neck that was hard and they took it out for a biopsy which proved benign. Best to see a doctor depending on how long she's had them...............https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/swollen-lymph-nodes/symptoms-causes/syc-20353902.
  23. You're probably linked through settings. You can do this by accident.
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