Where on Earth are you!? Show us the sights from your part of the world

[dscheidt]

This sticker wasn’t there a week ago. Bit surprising to see around here, actually.

[yashima]

Suisse side of the San Bernardino in our way home right now

Impressions from Torino 2 days ago

Senet Board on papyrus at Museo Egizio in Torino

[Whistle_Pig]

Just a little rain this week…

Watch: A421 submerged by flood water in Bedfordshire

[yashima]

at least the bridge is still standing… unlike bridges elsewhere…

[Whistle_Pig]

Yes, our event response team at work (the people who produce the quick turnaround flood maps and analyses of current floods) have been very busy of late

Edit: I suppose the main problem here is that, because it’s not a river flood, the water won’t take itself away. It has to be pumped out, and where do you put 60 million litres of surplus muddy water…?

[BigJackBrass]

@Whistle_Pig

where do you put 60 million litres of surplus muddy water…?

Do you know anyone with a large basement?

[RogerBW]

Sell it as low-toxicity organic fertiliser (collect it yourself)?

[dscheidt]

what do they do with more normal amounts of rain?

[Whistle_Pig]

There’s probably a (blocked) drain under there somewhere. There is also definitely a pumping station under the water which is supposed to stop the road flooding…

[raged_norm]

This made me chuckle a bit

[Whistle_Pig]

Now we know the real culprit!

[dscheidt]

that’s going to be a sticky mess…

[Acacia]

@Whistle_Pig

The road is closed in both directions and a diversion is in place

The wedge the French drove between us rears it’s head. This is a detour here.

This phrasing suggests, "Sorry you can’t get to your destination, but here! Clowns! "

[BertFill]

Languages are the best.

In my world:

A ‘detour’ is most likely to be a (probably voluntary, although of course unplanned detours are a thing) change to a route (most likely to visit a relative, or take in a museum, or go to a beach or something), on your way to somewhere else.

A ‘diversion’ is either an official change of route for traffic because a road’s closed, or something created to distract attention from something else.

[tomm_archer]

Watching the sun go down on the East coast.

[dscheidt]

A view of my neighborhood from my flight home tonight. (My house s pretty close to dead center, )

[pillbox]

[Brattyjedi]

On a trip to middle of nowhere west Texas to see my 94-year-old grandpa. There is not much to recommend a visit. The dust has a lovely layer of dust on top (that sometimes blows around) and the air smells / water tastes of petroleum refining chemicals.

[Brattyjedi]

It’s not all bad. Grandpa lives in the town of Big Spring. Today we swung by the big spring.

[Whistle_Pig]

Slightly disappointed that it’s not a big spring in the vein of the world’s biggest ball of twine