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Storm rips through Las Vegas, causing floods, power outages
latimes ^
| July 20, 2013
| James Rainey
Posted on 07/20/2013 9:29:12 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
Edited on 07/20/2013 9:29:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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A powerful thunderstorm blasted through Las Vegas and nearby communities Friday evening, flooding streets, toppling trees and trapping tourists inside casinos.
Torrential rains and 70-mph winds also knocked out power in more than a dozen locations, including Primm, the town that sits on Interstate 15 at the California-Nevada border.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: floods; lasvegas; outages; power; storm
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To: Monkey Face
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:29:40 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No pun intended, no punishment ... If I offended you, you needed it.)
To: Las Vegas Dave
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:30:21 AM PDT
by
illiac
(If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
To: Las Vegas Dave; All
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:30:45 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Dave
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.{TaglineUsed w/SunkenCiv's permission.})
To: Las Vegas Dave
We were in Las Vegas a couple of years ago when floods were predicted. They were going to get 1/4 to 1/2 inch of rain. I guess it doesn’t take much to flood there. Then instead of raining enough to flood, they got snow.
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:34:16 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; Bikers4Bush; BlindedByTruth; ...
Of possible interest to the ping lists..
(Note: I will be in L.V. Monday this week for annual vacation! Hope the L.V. weather gets better soon, very soon..!)
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:38:07 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Dave
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.{TaglineUsed w/SunkenCiv's permission.})
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: Monkey Face
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:42:33 AM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(The Cardinals chose wisely.)
To: Las Vegas Dave
Lucky that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...
(except the clap)
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:44:20 AM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: Las Vegas Dave
Hi Dave!
Had some heavy rain out here in NWLV but evidently it rained more on the strip then here (about 8 miles away)
The lightening show was AMAZING!!
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:46:16 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Rats vs. GOPe = Same train, different speed.)
To: Las Vegas Dave
I wonder how the storm drainage dwellers fared?
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posted on
07/20/2013 9:52:40 AM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: Las Vegas Dave
To: Las Vegas Dave
You’re still posting, that’s a good sign! I hope you weathered the storm well. :-)
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posted on
07/20/2013 10:13:16 AM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: BluesDuke
You weren't playing at
Gilley's were you?
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posted on
07/20/2013 10:47:05 AM PDT
by
rhema
("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
To: Las Vegas Dave
trapping tourists inside casinos.Two words: Penny slots
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posted on
07/20/2013 11:03:40 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Las Vegas Dave; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
trapping tourists inside casinosNo worry, they've already been self-trapped there! "Be sure to try the pork chops at the buffet! Served all day."
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posted on
07/20/2013 11:06:26 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: a fool in paradise
knocked out power Uh, oh, the hidden pedals under the roulette tables are failing to control where the ball will rest.
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posted on
07/20/2013 11:11:04 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Las Vegas Ron
We spent one entire afternoon at the edge of the old Frontier’s atrium wing a few years ago watching a huge lightning storm. Nifty.
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posted on
07/20/2013 11:18:30 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Piffle....)
To: ErnBatavia
Some of those lightning bolts stretched from one edge of the city to the other, they were huge!
Never seen anything like it.
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posted on
07/20/2013 11:22:18 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Rats vs. GOPe = Same train, different speed.)
To: Las Vegas Ron
There are lot worse things than being “trapped” inside a Las Vegas casino resort.
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posted on
07/20/2013 1:08:57 PM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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