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		Severe thunderstorms and showers have flooded the towns of Northern MinnesOMG THE ZOO'S POLAR BEAR ESCAPED (huffingtonpost.com)		105
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Guidette Frankentits		2012-06-20 12:44:09 PM

Don't say you weren't warned.

Raging Thespian		2012-06-20 01:20:39 PM

It looks like things are getting pretty bad there. :(

Godscrack		2012-06-20 01:34:28 PM

I'm listening to Sounds of Thunderstorms and Rain right now, so I''m really getting a kick...

/It's 108° here
//send some of that our way

SpikeStrip		2012-06-20 03:40:18 PM

and there will never be a reason why it was there in the first place.

Di Atribe		2012-06-20 03:47:20 PM

And so it begins....

Also, super lame about the floods, MN. :( Hope you guys are ok.

Guidette Frankentits		2012-06-20 03:56:07 PM

thomps		2012-06-20 04:44:23 PM

Guidette Frankentits: [i1097.photobucket.com image 424x639]

what a stupid place to park a car. f*ck that guy.

optimistic_cynic		2012-06-20 04:55:50 PM

thomps: Guidette Frankentits: [i1097.photobucket.com image 424x639]

what a stupid place to park a car. f*ck that guy.

No kidding, idiot didn't even see the cones and road closed signs. I have no sympathy for scofflaws such as this.

thomps		2012-06-20 05:01:29 PM

optimistic_cynic: thomps: Guidette Frankentits: [i1097.photobucket.com image 424x639]

what a stupid place to park a car. f*ck that guy.

No kidding, idiot didn't even see the cones and road closed signs. I have no sympathy for scofflaws such as this.

i bet that kid told him not to pay attention to the signs and just go for it. now he's standing there laughing his ass off. that's why you always listen to cones instead of kids.

sp86		2012-06-20 05:16:10 PM

I'm across the bridge in Superior, things aren't as bad but they're still pretty farking horrible.

sp86		2012-06-20 05:18:05 PM

Stupid article doesn't mention the seals that hit the town and were cruising around flooded side streets.

/Dumbasses should have made for the lake.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-06-20 05:19:01 PM

Taken by a friend. This up on "the hill" not down by the lake (hermantown). Pretty bullshiat up there right now.

joyride75		2012-06-20 05:20:54 PM

Running across this in a downpour would freak me right out.

Leeds		2012-06-20 05:22:05 PM

Deluge in Duluth!

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-06-20 05:22:23 PM

MPR also has some pretty impressive (sucky) pictures

Sin_City_Superhero		2012-06-20 05:24:31 PM

What is this "rain" you speak of, and can we get some of it here in Vegas?

pi8you		2012-06-20 05:26:29 PM

The pictures coming across twitter are pretty insane

p.twimg.com

Yes, that last one is someone jet-skiing on Highway 53

Skr		2012-06-20 05:26:57 PM

"several animals drowned." Pretty sad shiat. It wasn't the greatest of Zoos, but the animals definitely didn't deserve to go out like that. It was the common barnyard animals that croaked and not rare micronesian marsupials, though that doesn't make it much better. I swear half the roads in Duluth proper feel like greater than 45° inclines, so even a wee bit of water washes quickly from the top into a torrent to the bottom.

On a side note, hopefully the flood hasn't farked up all of the road construction they've been dragging their feet with over the last few years. Highway 35 was just starting to get manageable again.

sp86		2012-06-20 05:29:35 PM

Skr: I swear half the roads in Duluth proper feel like greater than 45° inclines, so even a wee bit of water washes quickly from the top into a torrent to the bottom.

Tires get decent speed too.

Fano		2012-06-20 05:33:20 PM

That's why I voted for Governor Ackerman. He knew!

tallguywithglasseson		2012-06-20 05:36:25 PM

sp86: Stupid article doesn't mention the seals that hit the town and were cruising around flooded side streets.

/Dumbasses should have made for the lake.

Great pic from TheBeastOfYuccaFlats' link:

images.publicradio.org

The look on its face. "WHAT THE F*#K, MAN?!?!"

sp86		2012-06-20 05:38:06 PM

I saw that. I'm a little disappointed that no random photos of Berlin have popped up yet.

/the polar bear not the city

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-06-20 05:41:03 PM

sp86: I saw that. I'm a little disappointed that no random photos of Berlin have popped up yet.

/the polar bear not the city

Yeah, it must not have roamed very long before it got tranq'd, cuz I've yet to see a picture of it.

Fapinator		2012-06-20 05:41:17 PM

To The Escape Zeppelin!		2012-06-20 05:41:19 PM

tallguywithglasseson: sp86: Stupid article doesn't mention the seals that hit the town and were cruising around flooded side streets.

/Dumbasses should have made for the lake.

Great pic from TheBeastOfYuccaFlats' link:

[images.publicradio.org image 640x640]

The look on its face. "WHAT THE F*#K, MAN?!?!"

"Where am I!? How did I get here? Why am I a seal!?"

hp6sa		2012-06-20 05:42:06 PM

It might get even worse, Duluth is supposed to get hit with rain again tonight.

Tillmaster		2012-06-20 05:47:58 PM

To The Escape Zeppelin!: tallguywithglasseson: sp86: Stupid article doesn't mention the seals that hit the town and were cruising around flooded side streets.

/Dumbasses should have made for the lake.

Great pic from TheBeastOfYuccaFlats' link:

[images.publicradio.org image 640x640]

The look on its face. "WHAT THE F*#K, MAN?!?!"

"Where am I!? How did I get here? Why am I a seal!?"

Why am I here? What's my purpose in life?

What do I mean by who am I?

Calm down, get a grip now ... oh! this is an interesting sensation, what is it? It's a sort of ... yawning, tingling sensation in my ... my ... well I suppose I'd better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let's call it my stomach.

traylor		2012-06-20 05:48:11 PM

An extreme weather event involving a polar bear, and no one has blamed Global Warming yet?

sp86		2012-06-20 05:48:45 PM

hp6sa

Supposed to rain until Sunday.

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats

Just glad the DPD had the sense not to go all hippo in the city on her.

To The Escape Zeppelin!

"Man, what lake?! Those brochures were full of shiat!"

Rolander		2012-06-20 05:49:41 PM

Lots of pics (new window)

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-06-20 05:50:31 PM

sp86: To The Escape Zeppelin!

"Man, what lake?! Those brochures were full of shiat!"

The seal just wanted to make it down to the Saratoga one time in its life. Just once. That's all it wanted.

SomethingToDo		2012-06-20 05:50:57 PM

Drunken_Polar_Bear		2012-06-20 05:52:06 PM

>.>
I'll uhh... That is... Ummm.... Just.... HEY LOOK! ELVIS! *points behind everyone*

*flees*

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-06-20 05:52:39 PM

Rolander: Lots of pics (new window)

People really need to stop using Instagram to take pictures of things that are actually interesting. The post-processing is super annoying.

Rolander		2012-06-20 05:53:21 PM

And for those who don't know, Duluth is pretty much one big hill going in Superior, so for it to flood is pretty impressive.

sp86		2012-06-20 05:53:26 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: sp86: To The Escape Zeppelin!

"Man, what lake?! Those brochures were full of shiat!"

The seal just wanted to make it down to the Saratoga one time in its life. Just once. That's all it wanted.

... Think if a Seal rolled into a strip club they'd still hit him with a cover charge? Cause if I was working the door, I'd just let him in.

jst3p		2012-06-20 05:54:51 PM

pi8you: The pictures coming across twitter are pretty insane

[p.twimg.com image 540x720]

[p.twimg.com image 600x450]

[p.twimg.com image 540x720]

Yes, that last one is someone jet-skiing on Highway 53

Invisible Jetski?

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-06-20 05:55:12 PM

sp86: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: sp86: To The Escape Zeppelin!

"Man, what lake?! Those brochures were full of shiat!"

The seal just wanted to make it down to the Saratoga one time in its life. Just once. That's all it wanted.

... Think if a Seal rolled into a strip club they'd still hit him with a cover charge? Cause if I was working the door, I'd just let him in.

I think they'd be cool about it. Not every day you see that.

Out in Cloquet would charge him, though.

Russ1642		2012-06-20 05:55:59 PM

sp86: I saw that. I'm a little disappointed that no random photos of Berlin have popped up yet.

/the polar bear not the city

I don't think it escaped the zoo, just its enclosure.

sp86		2012-06-20 05:57:21 PM

jst3p:

Invisible Jetski?

i47.tinypic.com

Visible Jetski.

Walker		2012-06-20 05:57:22 PM

Lt. Cheese Weasel		2012-06-20 05:57:27 PM

Retractable Weeners		2012-06-20 05:57:27 PM

sp86		2012-06-20 05:59:46 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: sp86: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: sp86: To The Escape Zeppelin!

"Man, what lake?! Those brochures were full of shiat!"

The seal just wanted to make it down to the Saratoga one time in its life. Just once. That's all it wanted.

... Think if a Seal rolled into a strip club they'd still hit him with a cover charge? Cause if I was working the door, I'd just let him in.

I think they'd be cool about it. Not every day you see that.

Out in Cloquet would charge him, though.

Sugar Daddy's is closed actually, I think.

/not that I spend much time in Strip Clubs
//*cough*

Oldiron_79		2012-06-20 06:01:31 PM

sp86: jst3p:

Invisible Jetski?

[i47.tinypic.com image 540x720]

Visible Jetski.

Way to stay classy there.

ontariolightning		2012-06-20 06:02:16 PM

America has turrible drainage systems. Taxes aren't fun to pay but at least you'd have actual decent roads, drainage, infrastructure

TomD9938		2012-06-20 06:08:46 PM

If only there were some place for all that water to go.

/snark

Gunz_drawn		2012-06-20 06:09:48 PM

traylor: An extreme weather event involving a polar bear, and no one has blamed Global Warming yet?

Where's the fearmonging media when you need them ?

emiliogtz		2012-06-20 06:10:09 PM

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: Rolander: Lots of pics (new window)

People really need to stop using Instagram ~~to take pictures of things that are actually interesting. The post-processing is super annoying~~.

FTFY

TheBeastOfYuccaFlats		2012-06-20 06:11:08 PM

sp86: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: sp86: TheBeastOfYuccaFlats: sp86: To The Escape Zeppelin!

"Man, what lake?! Those brochures were full of shiat!"

The seal just wanted to make it down to the Saratoga one time in its life. Just once. That's all it wanted.

... Think if a Seal rolled into a strip club they'd still hit him with a cover charge? Cause if I was working the door, I'd just let him in.

I think they'd be cool about it. Not every day you see that.

Out in Cloquet would charge him, though.

Sugar Daddy's is closed actually, I think.

/not that I spend much time in Strip Clubs
//*cough*

heh heh

ontariolightning: America has turrible drainage systems. Taxes aren't fun to pay but at least you'd have actual decent roads, drainage, infrastructure

West Duluth, where it seems that most of the major road damage is being pictured, tend to be in a higher state of disrepair than the University areas and East Duluth. If you're a professional that works downtown, in the health centers or at the University, you're gonna live in East Duluth, and, as such, as of late, West Duluth's roads and infrastructure tends to be of lower quality (Duluth itself is ~68 square miles not counting the adjoining towns and runs roughly SW to NE in a rather narrow, long strip). In the same MPR link I posed, you can see a picture of a woman with an umbrella standing in the middle of the street near a metal footbridge overpass. That is in east Duluth, and you can see, the road infrastructure is much more robust.

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