Storm lingering in southern Plains; more flooding possible

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

DALLAS (AP) — A deadly storm that has caused flooding and coated parts of the southern Plains in ice during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend dumped more rain on already swollen rivers in parts of North Texas and Arkansas on Sunday and made driving dangerous in parts of Oklahoma.

The band of storms that has been moving through parts of the Plains and the Midwest since Thursday has been blamed for at least 14 deaths, including eight in Texas and six in Kansas.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation said roads in the Panhandle remained slick after the slow-moving storm dropped ice and freezing rain in the region. Utilities in Oklahoma said the ice storms helped cut power to more than 78,000 as of Sunday morning.

In parts of North Texas and Arkansas, the concern was flooding, with flood watches and warnings in effect through Sunday evening.

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Water flows over Malloy Bridge Road in Seagoville, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. A slow-moving wintry storm system that has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths began moving eastward out of Texas on Saturday. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/05fcfefe39224415b91eb928f184e802/storm-lingering-southern-plains-more-flooding-possible

[forest444]

1. I can just hear them now:

"Thanks, Obama!"

Me: "Well, what do you mean?"

Tea bagger: "What do you think I mean! Have you tried taking a cigarette lighter to that water? It won't melt!!"

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

2. The wiseman builds his house upon the rock...

... or so I was taught in a song at Baptist Sunday School.

[forest444]

3. The charlatans that manipulate our GOP friends probably prefer Machiavelli:

"He who builds on the people," he famously said, "builds on mud."

(presumably the kind that won't melt if you hold a cigarette lighter under it)