Well, it’s sugar for sugar | And salt for salt
Rain fell in buckets before I left Pittsburgh Sunday morning. Rainwaters cascaded down roads and sidewalks and driveways when I arrived in WNC Sunday evening. Never seen anything like it short of a hurricane. A neighbor said it was the second such rain of the day.
CNN warns of rising waters in the East:
After a weekend of heavy rain in the southern US, more than 13 million people remain under flood warnings today. Many parts of north and central Texas are under flood watches, as well as some areas of northwest Louisiana, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters say increased rain is causing excessive runoff that floods rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying areas. Up to 6 inches of rain has already fallen across the Texas-Oklahoma border and forecasts show an additional 4 to 8 inches could hit the region today. Meanwhile, heavy downpours in New Mexico this weekend forced about 160 people to evacuate from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, authorities said. Rangers also received a report of hikers being “swept off their feet” due to powerful flood waters at Utah’s Zion National Park a few days ago.
Weather dot com on Dallas: 8:34 a.m. EDT: One Of Heaviest 24-Hour Soakings On Record
Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport reported 7.17 inches of rain had fallen in 24 hours ending at 7 a.m CT.
According to statistics from the National Weather Service, this is the fifth heaviest 24-hour rainfall on record in the Metroplex in at least 122 years.
This is more rain in 24 hours than the average from July, August and September, combined (6.98 inches).
Climate change? What climate change?
Now, it’s king for king,
Queen for queen,
It’s gonna be the meanest flood
That anybody’s seen.
And more water to come, bone-dry Left Coast.
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