Sooo, I'm sure you've heard about the "historic flooding" in RI. Well, I've been at the "event horizon" for the past two days with no electricity or heat and a wading pool in my basement (which happens to be where I keep all my stuff... well, not anymore...). Anyhow, once everything that could be saved was saved, I went out to take a look around town and I have collected some pics for you guys.
These pics are about two blocks from my house.
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Vampire Truck requires MOAR BLOOD!
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A River Runs Through it. (Or: The Warwick Mall Bites it Hard)
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HIMEOBS
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DIMO!! YOU'RE ALIVE!!
glad you're safe, man. We were worried you had taken a rather large drink of water.
A highway traffic cam sighted you eating waffles on the highway the other day:
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Quote from: Cramulus on April 01, 2010, 03:08:59 PM
DIMO!! YOU'RE ALIVE!!
glad you're safe, man. We were worried you had taken a rather large drink of water.
A highway traffic cam sighted you eating waffles on the highway the other day:
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:lulz: Little known fact: I purposely caused this flood because I didn't want to get out of the swimming pool to get moar waffles.
I still need my offerings and my housekeys.
Quote from: Rainy Day Pixie on April 01, 2010, 03:16:18 PM
I still need my offerings and my housekeys.
Cute.
FYI, I've been cursing you since Tuesday.
That is fucking crazy.
So, is RI below sea level or something?
It's very poorly drained too, in places that aren't.
Quote from: LMNO on April 01, 2010, 03:22:43 PM
That is fucking crazy.
So, is RI below sea level or something?
Well... I suppose it is now.
I was
really lucky, in the sense that I was literally right on the edge of the danger zone. I've been displaced from my living area (ie: the basement) but most of my valuable collectibles (inb4 lol nerd) have been saved and me and the fam are all safe. It's wild, though, to go down the street and see a lake where there used to be an intersection.
Quote from: LMNO on April 01, 2010, 03:22:43 PM
That is fucking crazy.
So, is RI below sea level or something?
It's like a mini-NOLA. All the mountains and hills from MA drain down through RI to Narragansett Bay. Providence has a hurricane barrier which I am convinced saved Downtown (which is all landfill, surrounded by hills, and been 20ft under during hurricanes before) since the Blackstone drains into the Mosshasuck and Seekonk.
Newport, Jamestown, and Narragansett are all cliffs. They're fine. It's just that the flood plain of the Pawtuxet, aka Warwick and West Warwick, filled up.
Oh, and the Pawcatuck went too. So Westerly is under. Hopkinton is under... :cry: We were JUST THERE the other night!
"It would be a very good idea to build a city at the lowest geographical point possible."
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"Oh, and fuck you, Massachusetts."
Needs more looters. Dimo, go loot that Macy's. Is there a Dick's in that mall? Get a raft.
Also I hope shit's not, y'know, too fucked up for you down there.
Quote from: LMNO on April 01, 2010, 03:54:14 PM
"It would be a very good idea to build a city at the lowest geographical point possible."
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"Oh, and fuck you, Massachusetts."
Roger William's Providence is the Eastside on North Main St, not the Basin, that was all settled when they wanted to put in big buildings. All the original Swamp Yankees founded Warwick, they also fired the first shot of the Revolutionary War, so take Bunker Hill and shove it up yer arse.
That was Breed's hill, spag.
LRN2HSTRY.
Quote from: LMNO on April 01, 2010, 04:13:17 PM
That was Breed's hill, spag.
LRN2HSTRY.
I know this. But it's called the Battle of Bunker Hill and the fucking monument is on Bunker Hill. I marched in the Bunker Hill Parade. YOU HAVE BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, and the battle was fought the next hill over.
YOU PURITAN LOSERS CAN'T EVEN GET YOUR HILLS RIGHT!!!!
You also had to be total pussies and dress like indians to throw tea off a boat. Rhode Islanders just walked on the fucking thing, called for the captain and shot him. Then burned the boat to ashes. Then they went and got drunk. This is the correct revolutionary motorcycle.
Well, good thing I'm from California, then.
Yeah, and I'm from New York.
...Why do we care then?
Because it's fun to shout over the intertubes.
"GO BACK TO CLEVELAND, CLEVELAND!"
STAAAATE
PRIIIIIIDE
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WE ACT LIKE OUR MONEYBALL TEAM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE OUR OWN!
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I had a startling revelation this week, and I'm afraid it's true.
RI has no state congress. It's just people who are related to the Kennedys in one chamber and people who WISH they were related to the Kennedys in the other.
RI also doesn't follow the typical 2 party system of Democrats and Republicans. You have to declare your party to either be Yankees Fan or Red Sox Fan.
this flood is just God's retribution for you guys calling yourselves an island for the last couple of centuries.
"OH, THEY WANT AN ISLAND, DO THEY? HERE YOU GO, COCKMONGLERS."
But Rhode Island is an island.
...Providence Plantations isn't.
Dimo: Go to your roof with a pair of speakers and blast Surfin Bird until the water subsides.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow
Bonus points if you can find a boat and go skiing/waterboarding.
Quote from: EoC on April 01, 2010, 03:57:18 PM
Needs more looters. Dimo, go loot that Macy's. Is there a Dick's in that mall? Get a raft.
Also I hope shit's not, y'know, too fucked up for you down there.
I was thinking about looting the mall, TBH with you, but there's HIMEOBS helicopters circling the place non-stop (funny, how the helicopters only keep an eye out on the mall).
Quote from: dimo on April 02, 2010, 03:59:44 PM
Quote from: EoC on April 01, 2010, 03:57:18 PM
Needs more looters. Dimo, go loot that Macy's. Is there a Dick's in that mall? Get a raft.
Also I hope shit's not, y'know, too fucked up for you down there.
I was thinking about looting the mall, TBH with you, but there's HIMEOBS helicopters circling the place non-stop (funny, how the helicopters only keep an eye out on the mall).
nah, I mean, now you know who keeps up on their insurance premiums...
Quote from: dimo on April 01, 2010, 03:19:28 PM
Quote from: Rainy Day Pixie on April 01, 2010, 03:16:18 PM
I still need my offerings and my housekeys.
Cute.
FYI, I've been cursing you since Tuesday.
see you made it worse for yoursef, let this be a lesson!
Hey Pix? I wouldn't, you know, mind if you made it rain down here this week. It's really hot.
Mistress Professor Freeky,
Just spent 4 hours in 90 degrees, inside abodes and out-of-doors.
Heh, I'll try, but being in a good mood its kinda tricky.
So I guess this means I can't complain about all of the rain we had here in Maine. Actually I think there was some flooding down in the southern tip, but it wasn't too bad in my neck of the woods. Could've been worse. Could've been snow. That would've been a fuck ton of snow.
Quote from: Rainy Day Pixie on April 05, 2010, 12:23:12 PM
Heh, I'll try, but being in a good mood its kinda tricky.
If you can't do it without being in a bad mood, please to not worry about it. :)
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT FREEKY SHE MISSED BY LIKE 300 MILES :argh!:
Sorry. :sad:
Quote from: BADGE OF HONOR on April 06, 2010, 02:44:13 AM
THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT FREEKY SHE MISSED BY LIKE 300 MILES :argh!:
Who was she supposed to hit?
Quote from: Professor Freeky on April 05, 2010, 02:02:10 AM
Hey Pix? I wouldn't, you know, mind if you made it rain down here this week. It's really hot.
Mistress Professor Freeky,
Just spent 4 hours in 90 degrees, inside abodes and out-of-doors.
Quote from: Professor Freeky on April 06, 2010, 02:56:30 AM
Quote from: Professor Freeky on April 05, 2010, 02:02:10 AM
Hey Pix? I wouldn't, you know, mind if you made it rain down here this week. It's really hot.
Mistress Professor Freeky,
Just spent 4 hours in 90 degrees, inside abodes and out-of-doors.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING? PIX WILL KILL US ALL!
HEY YOU GUISE, WHAT DOES THIS BIG RED BUTTON MARKED "DO NOT PUSH" DO?
:horrormirth:
It makes you a Latte (......................no, wait, that's the big red button just to the left of the one that says "DO NOT PUSH").
I would just like to point out that this part of the country is a fucking disaster.
War will be waged on the desert lands of the Southwest if needless praying to the Goddess of Rain goes sour.
I said sorry... And I promise not to do it again.
Quote from: Suu on April 06, 2010, 05:34:56 AM
I would just like to point out that this part of the country is a fucking disaster.
War will be waged on the desert lands of the Southwest if needless praying to the Goddess of Rain goes sour.
It's drizzling. :crankey:
Yea, I have a really bad aim. Sorry badge!
I have been sleeping in 4 hour shifts since moving back to my place. This did make me crankey.
Utah needs a bit of rain, though, it IS a desert.
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on April 01, 2010, 08:57:21 PM
Bonus points if you can find a boat and go skiing/waterboarding.
:crankey:
you dont
really need a boat for that you know...
Quote from: Roaring Biscuit! on April 06, 2010, 09:23:41 PM
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on April 01, 2010, 08:57:21 PM
Bonus points if you can find a boat and go skiing/waterboarding.
:crankey:
you dont really need a boat for that you know...
:lulz:
fuck shit all that flooding sucks! good to hear you're okay and lost no valuable collectable stuff dimo!
Quote from: Triple Zero on April 07, 2010, 12:16:08 PM
fuck shit all that flooding sucks! good to hear you're okay and lost no valuable collectable stuff dimo!
Thanks. Those thousands of Transformers are going to put my grandchildren through college someday.