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Wow, I didn't tie these two events together until reading this comment. The flash floods last night were quite awful. mySA, a local news site (which I don't nec

Wow, I didn't tie these two events together until reading this comment. The flash floods last night were quite awful. mySA, a local news site (which I don't necessarily trust), has said that the daily rainfall total was 3x its historic record in the 1800s. [0] It's always quite fascinating whenever cloud platforms like this have "leaky abstractions." GCP had a very long storage service degradation today, as well. [1] I don't know if it's related. [0] https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/Several-rescued-from-high-water-on-North-Side-13202695.php https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/Several-re... [1] https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/storage/18003 https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/storage/18003 edited for formatting

mirimir 8y ago
Hmmm. That's quite the jump. Daily rainfall of 6.07" vs 1889 record of 1.76". But hey, just a fluke, no doubt. Or evidence for iffy reporting. > SAN ANTONIO - Heavy rain caused flash flooding Monday night in northern Bexar County and extending into Comal County. Some areas had up to 9 inches of rain, and water rose on some roadways, including Interstate 10. > Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service said via social media that parts of San Antonio had up to 6.07 inches of rain, which "smashes" the daily rainfall record of 1.76 inches from 1889. > Over 9 inches of rain was observed around Stone Oak Parkway, and more than 8 inches between Shavano Park and Camp Bullis, according to the NWS website. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/Heavy-rainfall-smashes-daily-record-as-storms-13202276.php&ipid=artem https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/mysananton...