Portland Puddle Pictures

Death

My bus this morning almost didn't make it*. Water was flooding in through the back door while we were going through this.

*I'm aware this is a bad picture.

swamp_knobbler_mahan

Holy shit, where is this? Same place that the MAX went through a ton of water?

swamp_knobbler_mahan

OHSU parking lot:

swamp_knobbler_mahan

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=pdx flood&src=typd

swamp_knobbler_mahan

swamp_knobbler_mahan

http://ban.jo/Enterprise/Weather/20151207/Heavy-Rain-Causes-Flooding-In-Portland-OR-Portland/

YoursTruly

WHAT IS GOING ON OVER THERE?! LORD!!!!!!!!!!

swamp_knobbler_mahan

EL NIÑO

YoursTruly

this reminds me of my first year there in college, when Prez Clinton declared a national emergency in portland, and downtown was evacuated and sandbags were everywhere, and that hillside by the fred meyer fell down, and the power was out on campus for like 4 days and they had to truck food over from Reed to feed us, and it was FINALS week

I hope you are all stayin' safe!

swamp_knobbler_mahan

Wish the snow level wasn't at 7000 feet ;(

UncleBoatShoes2011

I spent my first hour of work mopping and carrying sandbags!

FUN!

UncleBoatShoes2011

I've been thinking about the snowpack as well. Is a snowpack healthier for the environment than consistent rain?

swamp_knobbler_mahan

Yeah, a solid snowpack is environmentally essential for a number of things:
Fire prevention
Runoff during the dry summer months
Irrigation

Also colder winters + snow help to kill the bark beetle, which is on the rise due to warmer winters:
http://www.fs.fed.us/rmrs/bark-beetle/

From what I hear, Portland is in no danger of losing its Bull Run drinking water cause it'll keep raining, but the warmer, less snowy winters will really fuck up irrigation and cause more intense fires.

Death

@swamp_knobbler_mahan
It was under the bridge over Powell at like 16th.

swamp_knobbler_mahan

Oh yeah, it also fucks up salmon runs because they depend on cool, snow-fed water. Warmer waters kill fish.

Death

Pearl:

UncleBoatShoes2011

Looks like its cooler off later this week up on the mountain and snow level should come down

YoursTruly

this is amazing

flossy_log_lady

Sewers are GUSHING near my place of work, but I didn't snap any pics.

Cherry_Pie

Indoor. Recess. Ugh.

MirandaJuly

I didn't even realize it was such a dramatic day until pretty late, because it didn't seem that rainy when I woke up and looked outside.

UncleBoatShoes2011

Hey check out these pretty dope looking snowpack number
@swamp_knobbler_mahan

swamp_knobbler_mahan

THIS IS GREAT NEWS!

MirandaJuly

YoursTruly

hooray for snowpack!!!!!!!!!!

I just read an article about the rising ocean level and what it's doing to the city of miami and I would describe the article as: harrowing

Cherry_Pie

I read that.
The state of Florida refuses to acknowledge global warming/rising sea levels- it's just "nuisance flooding" everyone! Don't worry!

YoursTruly

it's so intense how everyone in the article is like "I don't get it--where is the water coming from?" and that lady has to explain to them that it's coming from the ocean, from UNDER THE GROUND, and has nothing to do with rainfall. "In one year this property you own is going to be worthless and uninhabitable"

On the plus side, one day soon the state of Florida will literally be under the ocean! that will be good for our country

Obviously I'm being sarcastic but I do hate Florida

swamp_knobbler_mahan

LET IT FLOOD, LET GOD SORT EM OUT

swamp_knobbler_mahan

JK I don't believe in flooding OR god

YoursTruly

"A flood is in the Bible and the Bible isn't true so flooding isn't true"

An atheist AND a climate-change denier! The rarest of breeds

Flood 'em all and let God sort 'em out and then flood God

YoursTruly

They Might Be Giants Flood
Make a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul and Let God Sort it Out

swamp_knobbler_mahan

I wouldn't be surprised if there were a few weird libertarian atheist climate change deniers out there. Libertarians are WEIRD. Still respect them more than conservatives, I guess. At least they embrace their evilness.

YoursTruly

at least they don't want to force women to give birth