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What failed was local officials not succeeding in alerting people — in large part because they had plan or mechanism available to do so with the roughly one-hour warning that current meteorology can provide for specific flash floods like this.
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Last year we had heavy rain. Every time the flash flood advisory was extended, a new “wake the dead” alert went out. These alerts ignored my phone’s audio settings and were very loud.
After around the 7th alarm between, iirc, 3 pm and 10 pm I disabled the alerts. I was too on edge by the idea of another alarm to fall asleep.
I’m not sure I turned those alarms back on.
I suggest checking.
Fine, they’re back on. But I’m only allowing Extreme alerts. The flash flood updates were Severe alerts and I’m not dealing with that bullshit again.
Foam mattresses float. Just keep a bottle of water and a hand axe under your pillow 👍
I sleep in a hammock, but I’ll keep a pool noodle nearby. If my second floor bedroom on a hill floods then I might actually be able to get out of my not-to-modern-code high bedroom windows without using my step stool.
Arrr! Just say a prayer to the bitch queen of the sea every day and you’ll be safe in your hammock, pirate.
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