tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post8495171911780224896..comments2024-03-27T09:08:50.883-07:00Comments on Bad Mom, Good Mom: Some Boulder Flooding Linksbadmomgoodmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-25333997573261559972013-10-25T10:32:49.054-07:002013-10-25T10:32:49.054-07:00@MM Try what our friends in E Boulder did. They n...@MM Try what our friends in E Boulder did. They now use an area rug, which they roll and move upstairs before a major rain is predicted.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-16305375506440066672013-10-01T08:44:32.836-07:002013-10-01T08:44:32.836-07:00Agreed - everyone pays for climate change, at leas...Agreed - everyone pays for climate change, at least at this point through taxes that are funding FEMA. I'm already losing my resolve with the basement remodel. Polished concrete would be so much easier to deal with in the next flood, but carpet would be so much more comfortable. And I could use the savings to go towards regrading the yard. We'll see. Let me know when you are in Boulder!<br />Meta Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818110044361456974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-87523940301245742632013-09-19T16:57:21.398-07:002013-09-19T16:57:21.398-07:00Thank you for this terrific post. I just read Mar...Thank you for this terrific post. I just read Mary Pipher's book, "The Green Boat." She is a therapist who tackles this sort of denial about climate change and also advises how to deal with the enormity of the challenge. You might enjoy her Psychology Today interview: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/america-the-couch/201308/could-cowboy-attitude-help-america-fight-climate-changeJane Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10236298438179825569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-78005409507197543312013-09-19T04:05:48.863-07:002013-09-19T04:05:48.863-07:00We have floods in Alexandria whenever there is a h...We have floods in Alexandria whenever there is a huge snowmelt or hurricanes; Old Town is built on reclaimed marshland that gets "reclaimed" back at those times. When we bought our house we bought on top of a hill, mostly because we had small children, and did not want to worry about them falling into the river. This was a fortuitous choice since we've had three hurricanes and the derecho since then. Don't we ALL pay for climate change, no matter who is most responsible? Isn't that why those most responsible deny it even exists? They don't want to pay.Little Hunting Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581836733935812927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-30789265807324143592013-09-18T20:26:51.735-07:002013-09-18T20:26:51.735-07:00@MM You are making the wiser choice. I am sorry t...@MM You are making the wiser choice. I am sorry that you were flooded. Please point people to Dr Rood's articles. You are fortunate to have more atmospheric scientists per capita than any other town in the world. OTOH, that means people use more jargon.<br /><br />You WILL be flooded again and again due to the melting ice caps. The circumpolar stratospheric jet, the jet stream about the poles, has gone from mostly circular to very wavy. That's due to the melting N polar ice cap. The waves in the jet stream mean that mid-latitudes will swing between drought and flood in the summer. <br /><br />I was almost going to be in Boulder this week, but some family work came up and I had to cancel my trip.<br /><br />Perhaps next time I am in Boulder we can meet up IRL?badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-26917471557199396672013-09-18T19:15:34.405-07:002013-09-18T19:15:34.405-07:00Thanks! I have been mentioning your blog a lot to...Thanks! I have been mentioning your blog a lot to people who say, "Well it will never happen again in our lifetime." I say, "It's a 1/100 chance, not a 1 in 100 years thing." As for rebuilding, we plan to rebuild in preparation for the next flood, not assuming it will never happen again. But that's just my family, and we are lucky to have savings and already got a check from FEMA. No flood insurance as we were not in the 500 or 100 year zone. If we were living paycheck to paycheck, we would just have half the square footage going forward, I guess. I am thankful to your for your post, because I have no interest in reading anything that isn't flood related, and I feel like we have already dropped off the news.Meta Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818110044361456974noreply@blogger.com