beige.party is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A home to friendly weirdos. The Grey Gardens of the Fediverse (but beige). Occasionally graphically cacographic. Definitely probably not a cult (though you'll never be 100% sure). Beige-bless 🙏

Server stats:

443
active users

#flooding

30 posts23 participants0 posts today

🌪️ Weekly Weather Watch: April 8, 2025 🌊

Devastating flooding continues across the Central U.S., from the Lower Mississippi into the Ohio Valley. Recent extreme rainfall has pushed rivers beyond their banks, and more rain is on the way this week into next.

Meanwhile: 🔥 Record heat is building across the West and Central U.S.—early season highs could break long-standing records.

➡️ Read the full breakdown of what to expect across the country this week:
🌀 makensweather.com/weekly-weath

Makens WeatherCentral U.S. Flooding Persists as Record Heat Hits West and Snowstorm Threatens Northeast Travel — Makens WeatherDevastating flooding continues in the Central U.S. From the Lower Mississippi into the Ohio Valley, widespread river flooding will continue. Record heat for the West and Central U.S., and a fast-moving storm system will bring a few inches of snow and gusty winds across the Northeast U.S., making for

Feeling really grateful right now that our home has not been affected by the catastrophic #flooding in Kentucky. These are photos I just pulled from the #Louisville Reddit
page. Those are street lamps poking out of the water in the first
pic. Schools were closed today and will be again tomorrow because so many streets are flooded. The river is not expected to crest until Wednesday. 😬

Who monitors coal ash pits, dams and floodwater at former coal plants? The owner

This weighs heavy on my mind today because a few miles upstream of my rural Ohio village on the #OhioRiver, with 7-blocks of its 9-blocks under water and river flooded, is a decommissioned coal plant. The largest coal ash pit at the site is 163 acres, more than 2 miles long if you walk all the way around to where you started at. #Flooding #Ohio #Coal #environment

wcpo.com/news/local-news/i-tea

The coal ash pits at the former Beckjord coal plant site along the Ohio River on April 7, 2025, during flooding.
WCPO 9 Cincinnati · Who monitors coal ash pits, dams and floodwater at former Beckjord Coal plant? The ownerBy Paula Christian

Tomorrow from 1-2pm EDT CIRCA is hosting a webinar about 2 case studies from the Resilient Connecticut project. Communities across Connecticut are facing uncertainty when it comes to understanding and managing current and future flood risks. Join us for a webinar highlighting two case study projects currently underway in East Haddam and Stonington Mystic, CT as part of the Resilient Connecticut planning and technical assistance program.
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/eve

Significant, generational and historic #flooding across the Ohio River Valley following multiple days of heavy rainfall and severe storms. You can see the extent of the flooding in the Sentinel-1 #SAR derived flood mapping I made in support of operations here. I have masked out normal water detection from previous Sentinel-1 images so I'm only highlighting the floods. Sentinel-1 Acquisition Relative Orbit 121 on 6 Apr 2025 @ 23Z nohrsc.noaa.gov/special/leafle