My focus being nutrition...I note Focal Points information today related to even small amounts of the wrong food, setting people up for illness. If people really gave a thought to health...they would see the horrendous amount of ill health in America and question, why? America is now in 47th place in the world and it used to be #1. 65% of Americans are overweight or obese. Sickness is rampant...and people keep on doing the same thing...putting garbage in their mouths, such as, no-nutrient processed foods loaded with chemicals and pesticides that break down the body. People put items in their mouths without giving a thought to the end result. People fail to think about the damage putting the wrong items in the mouth does. It will destroy their internal organs by eating, drinking or ingesting items that should not go into the mouth. The mouth was made for one thing: eating natural food that would nourish the organs and cells; and supply the body with energy in order to function well. My next substack Sunday 7-6-25 I am going to cover health & nutrition information people need to get well and stay well at: barbaracharis.substack.com
Most people were not raised to be thoughtful about their diets that way. I was fortunate to be raised very thoughtfully, though it made me "different" from other kids...
Not sure where in Texas you are based, Dr John, but hope you are not flooded out.
I also hope that Texan officials focus more on practical steps to control the flow of extreme rainfalls, rather than obsess solely about 'warning systems', which are necessary to allow evacuations but won't make future floods any less devastating to property, infrastructure and farmland.
Most global experts on flood amelioration focus on how to retain water volumes for greater periods of time where the rain falls, thus decreasing the rate at which rivers rise and allowing outflow over longer, less destructive periods of time. Different solutions exist depending on terrain, climate, natural vegetation etc.
Texans aren't going to escape future flash rainfall events. What they can choose to do is to try and set themselves up to cope with them in the most humane way possible.
Hi Rhys. Terrain and rain are the issues when a lot of rain falls suddenly in the Texas hill country. There is really nothing to be done for it outside of cities, where big channels can be cut and concreted-in to sluice the water past the urban housing.
I lived in a co-op by the UT campus at the top of a ridge of hills above Shoal Creek. That morning we walked a block and a half over to look down Martin Luther King Avenue at Shoal River, which had clearly risen 35 feet and widened by a factor of 100 in that particular area. 13 people died in the final count, which was kind of remarkably low, considering the absolute rampage of the waters.
The 1978 Medina River flood killed our neighbor Vicki and her 2 granddaughters, who lived at Camp Bandina, a Christian camp between Bandera and Medina. They were nowhere near the river, well up a hill, but it jumped up over 46 feet to take their lives. Vicki and one of her granddaughters were found, still in each other's arms. https://www.ksat.com/weather/2017/09/04/flood-of-78-the-other-storm-that-dropped-at-least-4-feet-of-rain/
That was near my grandfather's cattle ranch, where I lived for 8th and 9th grade and learned to drive. We kept track of how many people had died at 2 of the low water crossings on the road to Bandera. I believe 2 people died while I was living there.
When Reagan died I lightly-prayed for him to come back as a hippie-girl massage-therapist, because I thought it might be good for him and round him out a bit.
My focus being nutrition...I note Focal Points information today related to even small amounts of the wrong food, setting people up for illness. If people really gave a thought to health...they would see the horrendous amount of ill health in America and question, why? America is now in 47th place in the world and it used to be #1. 65% of Americans are overweight or obese. Sickness is rampant...and people keep on doing the same thing...putting garbage in their mouths, such as, no-nutrient processed foods loaded with chemicals and pesticides that break down the body. People put items in their mouths without giving a thought to the end result. People fail to think about the damage putting the wrong items in the mouth does. It will destroy their internal organs by eating, drinking or ingesting items that should not go into the mouth. The mouth was made for one thing: eating natural food that would nourish the organs and cells; and supply the body with energy in order to function well. My next substack Sunday 7-6-25 I am going to cover health & nutrition information people need to get well and stay well at: barbaracharis.substack.com
Most people were not raised to be thoughtful about their diets that way. I was fortunate to be raised very thoughtfully, though it made me "different" from other kids...
Not sure where in Texas you are based, Dr John, but hope you are not flooded out.
I also hope that Texan officials focus more on practical steps to control the flow of extreme rainfalls, rather than obsess solely about 'warning systems', which are necessary to allow evacuations but won't make future floods any less devastating to property, infrastructure and farmland.
Most global experts on flood amelioration focus on how to retain water volumes for greater periods of time where the rain falls, thus decreasing the rate at which rivers rise and allowing outflow over longer, less destructive periods of time. Different solutions exist depending on terrain, climate, natural vegetation etc.
Texans aren't going to escape future flash rainfall events. What they can choose to do is to try and set themselves up to cope with them in the most humane way possible.
Hi Rhys. Terrain and rain are the issues when a lot of rain falls suddenly in the Texas hill country. There is really nothing to be done for it outside of cities, where big channels can be cut and concreted-in to sluice the water past the urban housing.
I have seen some very impressive flooding in central Texas, in several sites, including in Austin Texas, which had such a flood on Memorial Day, 1981. https://www.kut.org/austin/2021-05-31/this-holiday-weekend-marks-the-40th-anniversary-of-austins-1981-memorial-day-flood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPvmDX1dIjU
I lived in a co-op by the UT campus at the top of a ridge of hills above Shoal Creek. That morning we walked a block and a half over to look down Martin Luther King Avenue at Shoal River, which had clearly risen 35 feet and widened by a factor of 100 in that particular area. 13 people died in the final count, which was kind of remarkably low, considering the absolute rampage of the waters.
The 1978 Medina River flood killed our neighbor Vicki and her 2 granddaughters, who lived at Camp Bandina, a Christian camp between Bandera and Medina. They were nowhere near the river, well up a hill, but it jumped up over 46 feet to take their lives. Vicki and one of her granddaughters were found, still in each other's arms. https://www.ksat.com/weather/2017/09/04/flood-of-78-the-other-storm-that-dropped-at-least-4-feet-of-rain/
That was near my grandfather's cattle ranch, where I lived for 8th and 9th grade and learned to drive. We kept track of how many people had died at 2 of the low water crossings on the road to Bandera. I believe 2 people died while I was living there.
Camp Mystic, where so many girls and the camp director lady just died, is near Kerrville, where we lived for a year when Dad was in Vietnam. There is a creek with a dam by the camp. Everything was overtaken when the flash flooding hit "Cypress lake", made by the small dam, and took out the camp on the shores. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Camp+Mystic+Cypress+Lake/@30.0045998,-99.6528482,72864m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x86594ffdfe444d8f:0x2a7a2695245457d6!8m2!3d30.0049622!4d-99.3731957!16s%2Fg%2F11j34_l5fs?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
A certain solemnity is required in areas which flash flood. Things seem ordinary, but you can die right-now...
Next life i'm coming back as An Expert.
Expert's Opinions Matter... Experts get to have a
say on Everything. Experts are never out of work...
(I'll bet they've great government pensions too.)...
"Careful what you wish for..."
;-/
In my next life I'm coming back as Tom Bombadil, so I don't have to deal with criminals and idiots....
When Reagan died I lightly-prayed for him to come back as a hippie-girl massage-therapist, because I thought it might be good for him and round him out a bit.
Daunting stuff. But you're looking good, Doc. Nice garden as well. Cheers.