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To: tejek who wrote (852277)	4/25/2015 2:26:54 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576348

>> Why is it you frequently see cars stranded in flood waters in Dallas? In this case, it is because they had intensive rains over the last few days. My wife is down there for the weekend and she was saying the storms have been extensive. There are a few areas where high water is routinely a problem. Northwest Highway near White Rock Lake floods routinely, which is a pretty big problem. IIRC, they really couldn't figure out much to do about it, everytime it happened they would start wringing their hands about it again. The place where that Bentley got stranded was under I35E @ Continental, which is generally a low area being adjacent to the Trinity River basin. I don't recall seeing it flooded over there before. I would say it was just some locally heavy rain.

To: tejek who wrote (852277)	4/26/2015 11:46:38 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576348

IN general, Dallas is very flat, and sometimes has torrential rains.

To: tejek who wrote (852277)	4/26/2015 12:00:13 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576348

There's 6% more water in the air when you were born, due to global warming. Early 20th Century storm drains weren't built to handle 21st Century rains. As climate changes, cities grapple with big rains Environment Dan Kraker · Duluth, Minn. · Feb 4, 2015 In Duluth, city workers have replaced 8-foot culverts wiped out in a 2012 storm with two sections 10 feet wide, more than doubling their capacity. In Minnetonka, the city is creating computer models to see where increased rainfall is putting the most pressure on its stormwater system. In north Minneapolis, a street has been torn out to make room for huge tanks that can store stormwater and prevent it from overwhelming the city's system that drains into the Mississippi River. In all three cases, whether officials say it in so many words or not, they are adapting their cities' infrastructure to a changed climate, one that has been dumping more rain and bigger rains on Minnesota. mprnews.org Heavy downpours more intense, frequent in a warmer world climate.gov It doesn't always rain, but,