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There is nothing unusual about the rain or flooding that Texas and Oklahoma are experiencing . It is actually a feature of our same old climate, and happens especially often in El Nino years .  During these past years of drought (which are also a normal feature of our same old climate), we've all been pulling for an El Nino to show up with the lovely rain it always brings.  We mourn the tragic loss of life ... flash floods are the only weather I fear, and they kill more people each year than all other weather events combined. That is no comfort to the grieving families. Please learn how to be safe in heavy rain, and never cross a water-covered road.  But we must also be grateful for the abundance of rain that fills ranch tanks and the lakes that provide our water supplies . These rains are even replenishing underground aquifers , storing water for the long haul.  An enlightening statement,courtesy of Floodsafety.com ,    gives us the facts about these fl...

After Charlie Hebdo , Pamela Geller stood up as an example to show the world, and the extremists, that IF Americans of any background treat the tenets of any faith with respect, it is because we choose to - not because we are afraid of murderers and bullies who try to force others to comply with their demands . While many safely tweeted "Je suis Charlie" and pretended to stand in solidarity with an edgy and trendy French magazine whose staff were murdered for publishing cartoons, few actually did anything to truly show how important the right to a free press is. Pamela Geller honored their sacrifice by coordinating a free speech event in Garland Texas. Without Ms Geller's legal, non-violent free speech exercise , others would be more intimidated and less willing to stand firm against other extremist demands, while the brutal would be encouraged to expand - and the sacrifices of Charlie Hebdo's staff, Theo van Gogh, Daniel Pearl, Steven Sotloff ,   Fabrizio Quattrocchi...