reno's wildest flood? gotta be the one from 1997. it wasn't just a bad storm. it was chaos.
back-to-back warm pacific storms hit right after heavy snowfall. rain melted snow fast, and the truckee river couldn't handle it. water levels peaked at 13.9 feet in downtown reno. that's major flood stage.
the stats?
• over $1 billion in damages across nevada and california
• reno's downtown underwater for days
• more than 1,500 homes and businesses damaged
• thousands evacuated
• unr and the airport shut down
bridges were submerged. roads turned to rivers. even the casinos took a hit. fema had to step in. locals still call it the "new year's flood" because it hit just as 1997 started.
the aftermath pushed reno to rethink flood control completely. today, the truckee river flood project is a direct response to what happened back then.
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dialectical materialism
karl marx believed that the world is constantly changing and that conflict and resolution are an important part of this process. he called this way of understanding the world "dialectical materialism."
dialectical materialism is based on the idea that everything in the world is made up of two opposing forces or ideas. for example, good and bad, light and dark, or hot and cold. these opposing forces are always in conflict with each other, and this conflict leads to change and progress.
marx believed that this process of conflict and resolution could be applied to understand social and economic phenomena as well. he argued that societies and economies are also made up of opposing forces, such a…
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arrest of ekrem imamoglu
a coup attept.
this isn't a legal case, it's entirely political. erdogan knows he would lose against this man, so he's doing everything he can, even illegally, to block imamoglu. erdogan likely won't enter an election he knows he'll lose and won't allow power to change hands through democratic means. imageimageimageimageimageimage