Author Topic: Long Live the Revolution  (Read 6203 times)

Offline LionKing

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Re: Long Live the Revolution
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2019, 05:46:11 PM »
When it rains, do the roads flood and cause a huge traffic jam in your countries? Is this normal to have this out there or does it cause some minister to resign if it happens?
Might be a stupid question, but some mentioned long time ago that such floods happen outside where the infrastructure should be good and it is not that it is not that abnormal ..
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Re: Long Live the Revolution
« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2019, 07:18:29 AM »
When it rains, do the roads flood and cause a huge traffic jam in your countries? Is this normal to have this out there or does it cause some minister to resign if it happens?
Might be a stupid question, but some mentioned long time ago that such floods happen outside where the infrastructure should be good and it is not that it is not that abnormal ..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-50451393
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings

Our infrastructures are not able to cope with the early effects of climate change. This level of flooding is now a yearly event in the UK
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Re: Long Live the Revolution
« Reply #17 on: November 18, 2019, 10:56:28 AM »
I mean, the US has serious infrastructure problems, but I also live in a region with a lot of rivers.  We have regular floods that are only getting worse.
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Re: Long Live the Revolution
« Reply #18 on: November 18, 2019, 01:19:48 PM »
I am talking about areas where rains are expected.. no rivers ..
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When everything seems to oppose you,
... When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute,
NEVER GIVE UP!
Because it is the time and place that the course will divert!”
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Re: Long Live the Revolution
« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2019, 10:54:27 AM »
I also live in a rainforest.  Our flooding comes when heavy rains along the rivers' lengths raises the water level there.
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