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The worst part is that most of those SUV are just glorified taller sedans and they will break almost as easily under this kind of environmental stress.
A couple of years ago, French public TV had a TV show about climate emergency and they said a car start floating with as little as 40cm of water on the road. And because most cars are not build against such situations, the first thing anyone need to do is opening at least one window, because as soon as the water short-circuit your car's electricity, you are trapped inside your car (you cannot open a door when water's pressure is only on one side).
"But, but, how can you live and function when it's over 20° C" "Shadding your windows, what madness is it ?" (and it would be nice to be able to add a /s after both... but I'm only paraphrasing recent topics about the subject...)
I am really trying to imagine what he thought was going to happen....
His car magically not floating?
Fatal flooding in Germany — as it happened – DW – 07/15/2021
At least 58 people have died and many more are missing as western Germany deals with the effects of massive flooding.m.dw.com
1300 dang
Oof, that's my state. We somehow dodged a bullet in my area.
I'm in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the middle of the catastrophe. Saw images/videos on international TV of parts of my town being flooded. I'm safe in my area. Almost seems as if nothing happened just a few kilometers away. Rain has thankfully stopped since yesterday evening.
This is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Driving into water that deep was bad enough, but he just... continues to drive forwards when he sees the van ahead of him free-floating.
If the water is approaching the centre of your wheel, you turn around. It doesn't matter how good your tyres are, or how capable your off-road vehicle is. If the water is deep enough, and flowing, it can carry your car away.
Straight from an Emmerich movie 😮Holy shit these pictures... :O
Holy shit these pictures... :O
Tried to get a good before shot, from google maps. Crazy
edit for the interested: 50.814158, 6.793593
Only some parts were flooded, mostly the east and the south. Compared to other regions we were really lucky all in all.
https://www.lokalkompass.de/dortmund-city/c-blaulicht/regen-wie-in-100-jahren-nicht_a1605350
Combination of:
* People getting unlucky (A rescue boat capsized in belgium and the 3 people being rescued were lost in the flood)
* People staying at home despite the incoming flood("I'm gnna stay at home, if it gets too bad they'll just have to come and rescue me")
* People doing dumb stuff (Some dude jumping into the flood with an inflatable tire and then drowning)
* People severely underestimating the currents and try to pass water only to get dragged along
* ...
If you know how many people were affected by this It's not surprising to see these numbers
Tried to get a good before shot, from google maps. Crazy
edit for the interested: 50.814158, 6.793593
Yeah nature dont give a fuck, thats just horrible how much the floods moved ground
I thought a lot of the flood also came at night, and some people sleep in the basement.
Tried to get a good before shot, from google maps. Crazy
edit for the interested: 50.814158, 6.793593
This is a drone video from yesterday. You can see how much the nearby gravel pit collapsed since then.
Edit: according to a dpa reporter parts of the Autobahn A1 collapsed into the pit too by now.
Weather will be fine for the coming days. While there were very local problems due to rainfall initially, most of the current issues are because of laying downstream of the more affected areas and levees that are fully saturated.
Just heard about Meerssen that evac is no longer possible, and residents should go upstairs. Edit: and retracted, people should leave the area asap.
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As of 5 minutes ago that order has been rescinded. Residents have been instructed to leave their homes.
Tried to get a good before shot, from google maps. Crazy
edit for the interested: 50.814158, 6.793593
At least it seems to be mostly farmland that was already bordering on a steep slope. I hope everyone in those houses are evacuated though.
Aftermath of Germany and Belgium floods – in pictures
At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium. Search and rescue operations are continuing with hundreds still unaccounted for
www.theguardian.com
I don't think individual people are to blame because they're just not used to it. It's fucked up because theses countries are just not ready for these torrential rains, the infrastructure is not ready, houses are not ready, government is not ready etc.
Here in Catalonia/Barcelona torrential rains are one of the worse (if not the worst) natural disaster issue we face, and we're more prepared for it, even if it's hard to prepare for something like this. The local government has mechanisms to mobilize the relief and protection forces and alert the population, most houses are made of stone, there are natural waterways to direct the water flow to the sea (the main escape valve for a flood) and the population is more aware of the dangers.
Climate experts here have been warning that climate change will export not only flash floods but forest fires of the PyroCB type (Pyrocumulonimbus) , another natural disaster we face here, to central and northern europe in the near future. A future that looks like is our present unfortunately.
PS: A video of one of the worse floods we've had in the past decades, this was 26y ago
youtu.be
Here in Catalonia/Barcelona torrential rains are one of the worse (if not the worst) natural disaster issue we face, and we're more prepared for it, even if it's hard to prepare for something like this. The local government has mechanisms to mobilize the relief and protection forces and alert the population, most houses are made of stone, there are natural waterways to direct the water flow to the sea (the main escape valve for a flood) and the population is more aware of the dangers.
Climate experts here have been warning that climate change will export not only flash floods but forest fires of the PyroCB type (Pyrocumulonimbus) , another natural disaster we face here, to central and northern europe in the near future. A future that looks like is our present unfortunately.
PS: A video of one of the worse floods we've had in the past decades, this was 26y ago
25 anys de la rierada de Cambrils - Imatges històriques
Imatges cedides Revista Cambrils+ info a http://www.canalreustv.cat/noticies/quart-segle-la-rierada-cambrils
youtu.be
Problem has moved onto Maastricht in Netherlands. This is a matter of hoping the window holds up:
From Belgium also drone footage of houses that burned to the ground while flooded
www.hln.be
From Belgium also drone footage of houses that burned to the ground while flooded
Hallucinante dronebeelden tonen hoe enkele huizen tijdens overstromingen in Chaudfontaine in vlammen opgaan
Het is een onwerkelijk beeld: te midden van de overstromingen in Chaudfontaine staan verschillende huizen in lichterlaaie. De brandweer kan niets anders doen dan toekijken want de stroming van het water is te sterk. Hoe de brand ontstond is nog niet geweten.
www.hln.be
It is more that we have done our best to pave nature, straigthen rivers, ...
Problem has moved onto Maastricht in Netherlands. This is a matter of hoping the window holds up:
From Belgium also drone footage of houses that burned to the ground while flooded
Hallucinante dronebeelden tonen hoe enkele huizen tijdens overstromingen in Chaudfontaine in vlammen opgaan
Het is een onwerkelijk beeld: te midden van de overstromingen in Chaudfontaine staan verschillende huizen in lichterlaaie. De brandweer kan niets anders doen dan toekijken want de stroming van het water is te sterk. Hoe de brand ontstond is nog niet geweten.
It is more that we have done our best to pave nature, straigthen rivers, ...
Man... Everything about that tweet and the news article is incredibly messed up, hoping the best for everyone currently affected.
Problem has moved onto Maastricht in Netherlands. This is a matter of hoping the window holds up:
From Belgium also drone footage of houses that burned to the ground while flooded
Hallucinante dronebeelden tonen hoe enkele huizen tijdens overstromingen in Chaudfontaine in vlammen opgaan
Het is een onwerkelijk beeld: te midden van de overstromingen in Chaudfontaine staan verschillende huizen in lichterlaaie. De brandweer kan niets anders doen dan toekijken want de stroming van het water is te sterk. Hoe de brand ontstond is nog niet geweten.
It is more that we have done our best to pave nature, straigthen rivers, ...
Yeah, provided a scape route for the flow of water to the sea, which is the main way to give relief to those floods.
Unfortunately that will be harder to accomplish in central EU
Problem has moved onto Maastricht in Netherlands. This is a matter of hoping the window holds up:
From Belgium also drone footage of houses that burned to the ground while flooded
Hallucinante dronebeelden tonen hoe enkele huizen tijdens overstromingen in Chaudfontaine in vlammen opgaan
Het is een onwerkelijk beeld: te midden van de overstromingen in Chaudfontaine staan verschillende huizen in lichterlaaie. De brandweer kan niets anders doen dan toekijken want de stroming van het water is te sterk. Hoe de brand ontstond is nog niet geweten.
It is more that we have done our best to pave nature, straigthen rivers, ...
That is pretty scary. And thanks for keeping us all updated since yesterday Joni, really appreciated.
Terrifying view. Whoever took that picture should get to higher ground ASAP, imo.
Belgian government has held a press conference: officially 20 deaths now, and 20 people still missing. That includes the 3 elderly people from the rescue boat that capsized, and a 15-year old girl who got taken by the Ourthe river on Wednesday. The only 'hope' is that they are among the dead but unidentified bodies. As a result, the 20th will become a day of 'national mourning' and festivities of the national holiday on the 21st will be scaled back.
Such a tragedy if the people here really still vote for the fucking CDU and Laschet after this they really can't be helped, they have absolutely no answers for this like every conservative party and the only thing they have done for weeks now is sling mud at the Green Party and Baerbock absolutely disgusting.
Oh you bet they will...
He'll just do some photo ops and the voters will eat it up like always.
Oh you bet they will...
He'll just do some photo ops and the voters will eat it up like always.
Seriously fuck this piece of shit.
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I'm American but I currently have a coworker visiting Belgium and I'm worried about her. She's been through a lot the past year (husband died from Covid) and needed some much deserved down time. I shot her an email. I know statistically she's likely OK, but would be great to receive confirmation.
He was called out on that then right? /padme
Armin Laschet bei Markus Lanz: Ein Interview wie ein Stierkampf
Mit gezielten Lanzismen wiegte der Moderator seinen Gast Armin Laschet in Sicherheit – und brachte ihn dann zur Strecke wie ein Matador das orientierungslose Rindvieh.
www.spiegel.de
E: I love how the Spiegel compared Laschet with a "Disoriented cattle". ^^
That must be the most apt metaphor of him.
In an interview with WDR, he again showed how nothing will change. Pressed by the reporter, he ranted "Entschuldigung, junge Frau. Weil jetzt so ein Tag ist, ändert man nicht die Politik."
For our international friends: "Excuse me, young lady (yes, he said that to a female reporter). You're not changing politics just because now is such a day."
Yeah, just one of these days. Who doesn't know them, world-ending rain, flood destroying whole towns, more than 100 dead ... weather business as usual, no need to change, this is fine.
That must be the most apt metaphor of him.
In an interview with WDR, he again showed how nothing will change. Pressed by the reporter, he ranted "Entschuldigung, junge Frau. Weil jetzt so ein Tag ist, ändert man nicht die Politik."
For our international friends: "Excuse me, young lady (yes, he said that to a female reporter). You're not changing politics just because now is such a day."
Yeah, just one of these days. Who doesn't know them, world-ending rain, flood destroying whole towns, more than 100 dead ... weather business as usual, no need to change, this is fine.
tja...Armin Laschet bei Markus Lanz: Ein Interview wie ein Stierkampf
Mit gezielten Lanzismen wiegte der Moderator seinen Gast Armin Laschet in Sicherheit – und brachte ihn dann zur Strecke wie ein Matador das orientierungslose Rindvieh.
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Bitte CDU abwaehlen....