Have you ever been affected by a flood disaster?

[DarKnight36]

All of Istanbul is like this right now; the situation is really bad. Fortunately, I’m fine—this is how I’m heading to my office today.

[ChiTown33]

A couple times. Back in 1993. I was a young punk working at Burger King. And in the summer of 1993 the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers toppled the levee and flooded the Des Moines water works. Des Moines was without water for 12 days. Luckily for me i lived in a surrounding suburb thatat the time was NOT on Demoines water so we did not directly suffer that hardship. But since so many had no water in Des Moines a lot were coming out to the suburbs to eat. So that was a crazt busy two weeks.

We had another flood in 2008 that was more localized. It flooded parts of Des Moines but not nearly as bad as 1993. And the water works levee was never breached (that the levee was raised higher after 1993 to protect it). But that wasvery wet summer. I worked upstream near the Saylorville dam. And the lowland flood plains in that area flooded. Where i worked didn't flood itself. But it was inaccesible for like a week and a half. I had a lot of vacation time to use so i just took my vacation then.

[DarKnight36]

Wow! What a story right 😌

[FunkyMonkee]

Sort of. It floods Downtown every so often. Parts of downtown are only about 10' above river level. The last semi-major flood we had was during Katrina. The town next to mine was partially under a few feet of water in its lower section but, thankfully, where I was, it never bothered us. The river, about 3 blocks from my house, was at least 5 feet deeper above the dam and the water below was level with the water on the upper part. I think it even covered the locks on the other side! There's a small island in the river just below the dam and for several weeks, all you could see of it was the tops of the trees on it. When the flood went away, it washed part of the island away!
We had a major flood back in `36, long before I was born and the water line is still showing on several buildings. It was as much at 7' deep in my neighborhood!!
On a personal level, about 20 years ago, the basement wall under the front porch started flooding into the basement and the reason was a tree that started growing dee inside the downspout outside so, we'd get a couple inches of water every time it rained. As far as I know, once that root/tree was removed, it stopped flooding.

[GothEgg]

Yes. Its a city thing.

We have 100s miles and miles of concrete that catches rain water.

Flood defences that sends flood water down river building mote volume of water flowing faster until it eventually busts the banks elsewhere.

Flooded rivers reach a certain height so that drains no longer empty into them and the drains flood themselves.

Weve done away with swamps, marches, wetlands, forests and flood plains and paved them with concrete. These things would absorb flood water in the past.

Weve straightened rivers taking away bends so now flooded rivers are faster and more devastating.

They blame climate change for this and it may be a factor but the reality is that its more to do thoughtless construction and being out of tune with the natural world around us.

[DarKnight36]

I Agree for you;

The infrastructure in my city is truly terrible, and everything is just a mass of concrete; consequently, there’s very little room for water to drain away, which is why this happens.

[GothEgg]

If the river is flooded water can't drain away because drains are below the river.
What us need place probably upriver for excess flood water to overflow into and be absorbed. Guarantee if you checked there used to be marshes, wetlands, swamps, forests etc up river that were drained or cut down to make farm lands. Or flood plains that had developments. A flood plain os a real flat piece of land beside a river that has a long history of flooding every do often, too often housing developments are built on them and then people act suprised. Never buy a home built on a flood plain.

[purplepoppy]

Floods are common here in the winter, not a disaster but highly inconvenient. If you get high rainfall combined with big tides they can be pretty bad and a lot of streams burst their banks flooding roads and homes.

[DarKnight36]

Right now, everywhere in Istanbul is flooded. I live near the sea, but fortunately, I’m in a high-altitude area, so I haven’t been affected at all. However, yesterday, the floodwaters swept away the cars of many of my friends—it’s a truly terrible situation.

[exitseven]

When I first had my house built the cellar used to flood. The first Thanksgiving that we lived there I was downstairs with two pumps and a wet dry vac trying to keep the water from rising high enough to kill the oil burner while my wife was cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for 12 people.

[NathanDavis]

is it going any better right now?

or is it still flooding badly?

[DarKnight36]

Little bit well right now so Rain incoming 😔

[Lesbologist]

When I was a kid my trailer park toilet overfload...13 years old having to figure out plumbing because trailer park Mom provides shit of a life for her kids. Not joking... I was fucking with pipes and shit.

[katiesmuff]

Hurricane's are the primary issue where I live.

[DarKnight36]

Very dangerous in a hurricane.

[katiesmuff]

This is true!

[DarKnight36]

I hope you don't encounter any major problems.
My prayers are with you.

[katiesmuff]

I am in Sarasota and have seen very few direct hits. Three years ago got hit hard and home was fine but my restaurant located on Siesta Key was badly damaged and we were down for 4 months with repairs and back in operation. Most of the Gulf hurricanes either go south of by the Keys or North beyond Tampa and the Panhandle. We are still getting some rain from the recent on and minor beach damage from the high water surges.

[Nikki1989]

Only once many years ago in upstate Washington. It rained for 40-something days.

[DarKnight36]

Apparently, this situation will last for 7 days for us.

[purplepoppy]

40 days bah, we've had 81 locally.

[DarKnight36]

@purplepoppy 👀👀

[capriVib]

Nope. Hopefully it'll just be a story you Istanbul folks can tell your kids someday.

[Iron_Man]

no I have not because my houses are up on a little elevated driveway where the water flows down I’m very lucky I live in a new flood zone in Florida

[Iron_Man]

No flood zone

[Agape93]

Lol xD @Abbycado how many drowned you think?

[Abbycado]

They found the oldest shipwreck ever just recently. They were calling it quits there way back when.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6gr80rk1yyko

[queenofcardio]

Yes but nothing too extreme

[lilBigPotato]

Luckily no.

[DarKnight36]

I truly hope you never have to experience this; there are many children and other people who have actually died right now. 😔

[Chas456]

Yess