Our cousins in Winnipeg are dealing with the celestial overflow that triggered flash flooding. The Weather Network attributed it to the, by now standard, slow-moving rainstorm that hit the city and lingered long enough to deliver more than 75 mm. or 3" of rain in about 90-minutes.
It's been a common story this summer. Heavy rainstorms that used to move steadily eastward, spreading rainfall across wide areas, now loiter. When these storms park over one area they deliver amounts of rainfall that quickly overwhelm first storm sewers and then other infrastructure such as roads.
In the States, flash flooding has hit Chicago and parts of Arizona.
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Chicago's Busy Fathers' Day Weekend
Big Fathers' Day weekend in Chi-town. 46 people shot in under 72-hours. That's approaching Baghdad-level violence.
What do kids buy Dad for Fathers' Day in Chicago - ammo?
While mass shootings are more likely to attract the headlines — by ThinkProgress’ count there have been 14 since December — everyday gun violence in the U.S. adds up to a Newtown every single day (Slate counts more than 5,000 gun deaths since December).
Gun advocates tend to use Chicago to argue that gun violence laws are not effective. Chicago has some of the strictest laws in the nation — it had a ban on handguns until 2010 — but the city has long suffered from violence that is on an uptick the past two years. The total number of weekend’s shootings is actually slightly down compared to the same period last year, when 53 had been shot.
What do kids buy Dad for Fathers' Day in Chicago - ammo?
While mass shootings are more likely to attract the headlines — by ThinkProgress’ count there have been 14 since December — everyday gun violence in the U.S. adds up to a Newtown every single day (Slate counts more than 5,000 gun deaths since December).
Gun advocates tend to use Chicago to argue that gun violence laws are not effective. Chicago has some of the strictest laws in the nation — it had a ban on handguns until 2010 — but the city has long suffered from violence that is on an uptick the past two years. The total number of weekend’s shootings is actually slightly down compared to the same period last year, when 53 had been shot.
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