Oddbean new post about login | logout @3967703f @432f6e91 I lived in a house 25 years ago that bordered a stream. I used to catch trout and sunfish in the stream. It snowed a foot one day then rained that night. The next morning the stream that could be stepped across in 2 steps was 100 feet across and moving at 20-30 mph. A bit higher and homes would have been lost. That kind of thing is happening all the time now.