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Anonymous wrote:The weather station says we received 1" of rain here in Mount Vernon.
Crazy. Parts of Alexandria received over 5+ inches
+1 Have you seen the pictures of Del Ray on NextDoor? Not only the flooding in the streets but the raw sewage gushing up through peoples' toilets and bathtubs. The pictures and videos of it that people have posted are absolutely horrible.
Those morons in City Hall need to DO SOMETHING about this problem that they've ignored for years.
The Drain Alexandria Twitter states that the water issues are being worsened by climate change.
Perhaps if Alexandria invests in more bike lanes and gets more cars off of the road, that would be a partial solution to this problem.
Wrong. The DrainALX account clearly and consistently state that in her opinion it’s caused by insufficient infrastructure.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSm1GHUH-yx/?utm_medium=copy_link
Old infrastructure combined with insufficient capacity, combined with climate change is the problem.
Climate change centered on the Del Ray area?
Climate change that is causing massive, incredible amounts of rainfall, more frequently.
Del Ray doesn't flood during normal rainfall. We're getting hit with overwhelming amounts of rain on a much more regular basis, and that is part of climate change. We got 1-2 months worth of rain in like 2 hours - that is not historically normal, but it is happening more frequently.
Del Ray is not the only area that floods during excessive and unprecedented rainfall. That doesn't mean that our infrastructure doesn't need huge updates, but climate change is obviously a part of the problem.
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