Prague [and surrounding areas/countries] have second '100 year flood' in ten years!

[Peter Lemkin]

Just returned from the river. Levels were a little higher than yesterday. Today, however, was the first day without rain here. It is still raining downstream and the forecast is for rain the next few days, again...so things are far from 'over'. I took some photos, a few of which I'll post. The ultra high-tech barriers are interesting and work well...with only minor leaking even when a wall of man meters of water are behind them. Those I've shown can all be raised slightly - they raise them [assemble them] as needed. One big thunderstorm could cause a major catastrophe at this point. The metro is closed in the center. Interestingly, once secret nuclear bomb shelter doors to turn the metro into nuclear bomb shelters during the 'Cold War' are being used to hold back the water - as they are as water tight as they are nuclear proof. They were a highly kept secret that they even existed, during Communism. It will be a few more days before we know if we just escaped with only a few hundred million in damages - or if it is in the billions. But, what once were '100 year floods' are now about '10 year floods' - and will soon be yearly if humans don't stop ****ing up the climate system and Planet!

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