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King's Tide, Moon's Wobble Effect, & d Deluge in Europe!

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 16 Jul 21

Novel terminologies again for me. King's tide is the highest predicted tide in a coastal location. Moon's Wobble Effect refers to the fluctuation of the moon's gravitational pull that could amplify tides on earth. Scientists...

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Noah's Ark and Lot's Firestorm.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 12 Nov 20

My countrymen are just starting to pick up the pieces, trying to salvage what they can from the deluge yesterday. I was prodding friends to extend help via monetary donations through Caritas Manila, while my daughter was busy...

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It Rained Buckets

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222624) • United States 13 Jun 19

We had a deluge of rain several times during our time out today. There were a couple of times my husband would have liked to pull over to the side of the road because it was raining so hard that he couldn't see. We've been...

buckets of rain

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In the name of development and progress, we drown.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 26 Mar 19

My daughter flew to Bacolod, took pictures from the plane, and posted a reality that must be cause of alarm for everybody in Metro Manila and nearby provinces, A decade ago, Tropical Depression Ondoy (not even a typhoon), gave us...

sierra madre mountains

development progress

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Laundry and Rain - At Home in Packers Country

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 27 Aug 18

I'm taking a well-deserved break. With the pool closed for cleaning, I'm able to spend more time on Thread of Evidence and get notifications done here. At least that's the plan. Yesterday, being Sunday, and not a day my son...

thread of evidence

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The long flood experiemce

toyota4k @toyota4k (1208) • Philippines 9 Aug 12

It's more fun in the Philippines not at this time of the year when freak storms causing flood makes it hard to some of it's people. People living in low lying areas as well as those living along landslide-prone sections. Billions...

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Another Typhoon Bewring

aylim14 @aylim14 (501) • Philippines 4 Oct 09

Well, Parma (local name Pepeng) has already past the Philippines. A week before was Ketsana (local name Ondoy) which devastated a lot of lives and flooded, according to a newspaper, 80% of Metro Manila. Ondoy brought about rain in...

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Pepeng Has Arrived

aylim14 @aylim14 (501) • Philippines 2 Oct 09

again, i got this text message from a friend who works in the advertising industry. "we just got this message here at work. Most of us are brief and already being asked to prepare. Here's the summary. 1. Typhoon Parma is...

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Signal Number 5

aylim14 @aylim14 (501) • Philippines 1 Oct 09

I just got this text message from a friend of mine. "Dearest friends and family, this just in from CNN. The coming storm is now a category 5 super typhoon. Expected landfall is late Friday or Early Saturday. Path is through...

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After the Deluge

aylim14 @aylim14 (501) • Philippines 29 Sep 09

What happened here in the Philippines was one to be mentioned. Last Saturday, a tropical storm hit the country, more primarily Luzon. This is just on of the streets that were completely flooded with just six (6) hours of rain....

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How do you like to enjoy the rain?

Bala @balasri (26537) • India 7 Sep 09

,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, Sitting by the window with hot coffee and snacks and gazing at the downpour with awe and elation, standing on the doorway letting the rain drops sprinkle on your hands, stepping out and...

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Heavy rains and the misery they bring.

alokn99 @alokn99 (5717) • India 2 Jul 08

I was watching the news last evening about the heavy rains in Mumbai and how the city nearly paralysed the city. They had experienced one of the worst in thier memory about 2 years ago. The recent rains in Bangladesh, the ones in...

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