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It is a continuum, and we are way to the right on a log scale in terms of event intensity. I agree we can do certain things like require people to have flood i
by surgeryres 9y ago
It is a continuum, and we are way to the right on a log scale in terms of event intensity.
I agree we can do certain things like require people to have flood insurance.
Neat reference, but you are misquoting it. The homes are not built in a resevoir. They are built in a 100 year flood plain artificially created by earthen dams designed to protect the city.
- civilitty 9y agoThe only reason it was designated a "100 year" flood plain was because of faulty government standards. We're only way to the right on a log scale because that scale massively underestimated 0 to 1.
- skybrian 9y agoIsn't that what a reservoir is? You build a dam and everything behind it floods. (Typically anyone living there already gets bought out.) Apparently not all the land behind the dam was bought when it was vacant, people built houses there, therefore these reservoirs can't be allowed to fill all the way during the storm, and they have to release water sooner than they would have otherwise. (Or at least that's what ProPublica seems to be saying. Other news reports say differently.)