Article

2015-05-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Rev AL on the bad weather in Texas: 'We done it to ourselves.'

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-28 05:08|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The rev prolly forgot about the previous five-year drought which preceded the deluge. Maybe folks won't pray so hard to end droughts in the future!

Posted by Bobby 2015-05-28 07:32|| 2015-05-28 07:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Rev prolly stopped to think and forgot to re-start.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2015-05-28 08:27|| 2015-05-28 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Rev Al saw the income stream from being an AGW fanatic and became a late adopter of the investment scheme.

Posted by AlanC 2015-05-28 08:29|| 2015-05-28 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Does he have a minaret as well?

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-28 08:42|| 2015-05-28 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow - storms are racist now?

Where would we be without the good Rst Al Sharpton to tell us these things?

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-05-28 08:58|| 2015-05-28 08:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Nope. The Army seeded the clouds to produce the floods so martial law could be declared and the Army can take over. Or maybe it was the chemtrails.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-05-28 09:12|| 2015-05-28 09:12|| Front Page Top

#7 About the climate, he's wrong.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-28 09:14|| 2015-05-28 09:14|| Front Page Top

#8 because Texas never had rain before now. Oh, wait. Stevie Ray Vaughn (and Larry Davis) did a song called "Texas Flood", more than 30 years ago.

Racist Grifting Fool

Posted by Frank G 2015-05-28 09:56|| 2015-05-28 09:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Two years ago this part of the country (panhandles) you could mow your yard with a leaf blower.

Last year was a break.

This, even though there is damage being done and a number of people are not used to floods, is a blessing. Lake and reservoir levels are up.

Maybe instead of being an a-hole, go make a visit downriver to make sure people are ready for a rise in the river level.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-05-28 11:45|| 2015-05-28 11:45|| Front Page Top

#10 If you build your home in a flood plain, don't come crying to me when it floods.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-05-28 12:39|| 2015-05-28 12:39|| Front Page Top

#11 To be fair, I saw a stat last night which said Oklahoma City has received 18"~19" of rain in May alone, not counting last night.

We have flood warnings in West Kansas. Most certainly not a flood plain. I'm not sure if it is the same reservoir, but last year there was talk about Dallas running out of water, now it was whether a dam was going to breach.

3 years of drought offset by six months of plenty, and you get an average.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-05-28 13:04|| 2015-05-28 13:04|| Front Page Top

#12 Right and average = climate change! The climate has changed ever since we got one.

Posted by Bobby 2015-05-28 14:03|| 2015-05-28 14:03|| Front Page Top

#13 If you get 6 inches of rain in a single hour, it doesn't really whether or not you live on a flood plain. You will get flooded.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-05-28 14:19|| 2015-05-28 14:19|| Front Page Top

#14 Rev. Al Sharpton is himself a punishment for our sins.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-05-28 14:20|| 2015-05-28 14:20|| Front Page Top

#15 If you did NOT build on a flood plain and you still got flooded then perhaps your insurance company will help. Heck, I might not even complain if the government provides some flood relief.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-05-28 17:11|| 2015-05-28 17:11|| Front Page Top

#16 But don't count on much from Reverend Al.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-05-28 17:13|| 2015-05-28 17:13|| Front Page Top

#17 Mr. Sharpton, to use the local vernacular, we out here call it Spring. But I have to ask, of this is rebuke from God, does that mean that California's drought is Him saying You Guys are Awesome?

I think the insurance rules can vary by state. IIRC if my house was located in a zone known to flood, I would be required to have flood insurance. Since the bank still owns it, I have it, but am not sure if I can legally drop it after it becomes mine.

Here is an interesting question for them - considering my soil composition and that the ground is totally saturated (in a flood watch right now, with a near guarantee of more rain later), would damage to the foundation caused by shifting ground be covered by flood insurance? Have to ask my local rep.

As for the tornadoes, what I have seen, have been a minor nuisance with a few scares. Oklahoma took some hits, but out here, even on The Day of Sharknado - weather duds were predicting an outbreak like they were a twelve year old on five packs of sweet tarts watching Twister - what did land was more like a beer drunk emo than a tequila drunk gurkha.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-05-28 18:39|| 2015-05-28 18:39|| Front Page Top

#18 Obviously the good Rst Al Sharpton is as much as Weatherman as he is 'Reverent'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-05-28 19:19|| 2015-05-28 19:19|| Front Page Top

23:50 JosephMendiola
23:47 JosephMendiola
23:43 JosephMendiola
23:08 Rambler in Virginia
22:55 OldSpook
22:53 OldSpook
22:53 OldSpook
22:50 OldSpook
22:30 JosephMendiola
20:34 Large B. Hayes3020
20:03 Blossom Unains5562
20:02 swksvolFF
19:19 CrazyFool
19:15 Rob Crawford
19:10 Rob Crawford
19:08 phil_b
19:01 Pappy
18:39 swksvolFF
18:32 Chantry
17:46 Old Patriot
17:41 Zenobia Floger6220
17:13 Ebbang Uluque6305
17:11 Ebbang Uluque6305
17:03 trailing wife