Tag: flooding
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Never Flush These 20 Things Down the Toilet
You should flush down your toilet only three things: pee, poo, and toilet paper. Anything other than these items can cause significant issues for you and the wastewater treatment facility. Everything that enters your plumbing system goes into a septic tank to be pumped out later or sent through city lines to the local sewer.…
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Instagrammers Tell Stories of People Who Helped Others in Extreme Weather
Extreme weather events have been ramping up in frequency and severity due to climate change. The unstable weather caused by warming temperatures leaves many communities reeling from one disaster after another. While we canβt predict when the next storm will strike, we can count on each other to make it through. After hurricanes, floods, tornadoes,…
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Stanford Study Proves Climate Change Responsible For Flood Damage
A recent Stanford study found that climate change caused one-third of flood damage over the past thirty years in the U.S. Increasing rainfall due to a warmer climate caused nearly $75 billion of the estimated $199 billion. This devastation occurred from 1988 to 2017. The researchers published their research on Jan. 11, 2021 in the…