Predictions of El Nino have me thinking about flooding...

[Sequoia]

I've heard predictions that this year is supposed to be starting another El Nino cycle, and it had me remembering the floods back in ... I think it was, 1996? The entire area where my grandfather lived was underwater, and there were places in my city that you couldn't drive through. I still remember my mother staying up all night watching out our back door to make sure the creek behind our apartment wasn't running over it's (blessedly high) banks.

Some images to share:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/redwoodmists/guernevilleflood.jpg

See the roadway at the bottom of this first picture? That's a bridge.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/redwoodmists/guernevilleflood2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/redwoodmists/guernevilleflood3.jpg

[LordHelmet]

Well, global sea level is on the rise faster then ever, thank God I'm on solid ground above flooding levels.