Amazing video of the floods

It doesn´t look like it will end soon either.

Al Jazeera article on flood

Here are some amazing photos of the floods in Turkey.  They are from the Istanbul area on September the 9th, 2009.

Flash floods in Istanbul

I noticed that many homes are built near small streams.  From my experience, those small streams can very rapidly become large.  Isn´t there any program to raise awarness of flooding in Turkey.  I noticed some places that looked like flood plains with multiple homes built in them.

In parts of CA we have a lot of very devastating floods during certain seasons.  I´ve seen those tiny streams turn into huge rivers with cars, refirgerators and other stuff flowing in them.  It´s truly amazing.....and dangerous. 

CA floods

Great! Lucky you.....sigh....I do not like this picture...not at all....

Have you ever actually been anyplace where they drill?  Maybe you have, but I remember the putrid smell and body surfing in the Pacific and getting horrid tar sticky stuff on my body....ugh...any idea of the type of damage it does?

Read a little...like here.

It would only be a drop in the bucket anyway, while the species extinction, and environmental damage goes on forever. 

We HAVE to change our lifestyles to not be so wasteful, and develop alternatives.  No matter how much drilling we do, it is a finite resource....you know..........it is going to run out....

How sad! We have flash floods in the South West US, but I am surprised to hear of them in Turkey.

Here are some photos.  I pray all are well and this passes soon.

Ewww.....from the article...not exactly the most credible or best source........one must admit the economy is not that good.....

"Longer term, Panarin predicts that the breakaway states will eventually be taken over by the European Union, Canada, China, Mexico, Japan and Russia and America will cease to exist altogether, as depicted in the illustration above.

Panarin blames the collapse on a “political elite that implements an absurd and aggressive policy that aims to create conflicts around the planet” and warns that increasing firearms sales in the U.S. are a sign that people are preparing for “chaos” in the aftermath of a total financial meltdown.

“In my opinion, the probability of the US ceasing to exist by June, 2010 exceeds 50%. At this point, the mission of all major international powers is to prevent chaos in the US,” Panarin concluded."

.................and it looks like I´ll be in the China part. I sure hope he is wrong!

I heartily agree....now I hope that little treasure can erase that horrid scene from her mind and heart.

What is it with all this hatred and intolerance?

...........two wrongs do not make a right....they (all those shown here demonstrating their hate) are all wrong.  Hate breeds more hate.

 BILL MOYERS: The editors of THE ECONOMIST magazine say America´s health care debate has become a touch delirious, with people accusing each other of being evil-mongers, dealers in death, and un-American.

    Well, that´s charitable.

    I would say it´s more deranged than delirious, and definitely not un-American.

    Those crackpots on the right praying for Obama to die and be sent to hell — they´re the warp and woof of home-grown nuttiness. So is the creature from the Second Amendment who showed up at the President´s rally armed to the teeth. He´s certainly one of us. Red, white, and blue kooks are as American as apple pie and conspiracy theories.

    Bill Maher asked me on his show last week if America is still a great nation. I should´ve said it´s the greatest show on earth. Forget what you learned in civics about the Founding Fathers — we´re the children of Barnum and Bailey, our founding con-men. Their freak show was the forerunner of today´s talk radio.

More...and a video if you don´t want to read....