KY flood damage
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What can be done for Eastern Ky to prevent the damage from these recurring floods? Dredging the river to increase the capacity of the river seems like an obvious solution and it would seem that the cost would be offset by the savings from flood damage.
Here in Hart County a mother and 7 year old daughter perished when their car was swept away. The Green River at Munfordville is expected to crest today at 45 feet which I believe would beat the 1997 flooding mark.
It would also help to reclaim/excavate more area adjacent to creeks for storage. Yes, dredging helps too, or just general maintenance on the main channel. Try to reclaim land, and people start screaming about government overreach. In a lot of cases, government regulations will keep maintenance from occurring because they don't want the natural channel disturbed. But most any small creek is going to have fallen trees blocking the channel and stuff like that which hinders the flow and raises the water surface during a bad storm.
But the bottom line is, to develop standards to meet the kinds of storms we get now would require a lot of people to give up their land to an expanded regulatory floodplain. FEMA administers the floodplain, and I don't see Trump, a real estate developer, on the side of setting aside more land as undevelopable floodplain area. I hope I'm wrong about that. He should at least understand the issue.
Thanks for this great explantion. Regarding Trump, we’ve had these devastating floods for decades. Not sure why previous political figures haven’t addressed this.
I haven't seen the rainfall totals for this storm. But with Helene, some areas in NC received 30" in 48 hours. The floodplain limit for that area is based on a storm of about 11" in 24 hours. That's roughly the 100-year average frequency, or 1% annual chance rainfall amount for that area. There have been many other instances of way higher than 100-year storm occurrences over the last 15 years or so. Harvey in Houston was 50" over about 3-4 days. Nashville in 2010 or 2011 was roughly two 1% chance storms in total precipitation. Higher temperatures create more intense storms.
www.climate.gov
Not blaming it on Trump, but the way to contain flooding damage is to remove development from areas that will get flooded. Most developers are always trying to cut corners to get as much developable land as possible.
Climate Change: Global Temperature
Earth's surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the NOAA record in 1850. It may seem like a small change, but it's a tremendous increase in stored heat.
Not blaming it on Trump, but the way to contain flooding damage is to remove development from areas that will get flooded. Most developers are always trying to cut corners to get as much developable land as possible.
The weather channel says it's the cow farts but they are working on a vaccine that should help. 🤣I haven't seen the rainfall totals for this storm. But with Helene, some areas in NC received 30" in 48 hours. The floodplain limit for that area is based on a storm of about 11" in 24 hours. That's roughly the 100-year average frequency, or 1% annual chance rainfall amount for that area. There have been many other instances of way higher than 100-year storm occurrences over the last 15 years or so. Harvey in Houston was 50" over about 3-4 days. Nashville in 2010 or 2011 was roughly two 1% chance storms in total precipitation. Higher temperatures create more intense storms.
Climate Change: Global Temperature
Earth's surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the NOAA record in 1850. It may seem like a small change, but it's a tremendous increase in stored heat.
Not blaming it on Trump, but the way to contain flooding damage is to remove development from areas that will get flooded. Most developers are always trying to cut corners to get as much developable land as possible.
BG / Warren Co and surrounding areas was hit pretty hard. The McDonalds on 31W ALWAYS floods when a torrential rain comes. The Alvaton area was hit pretty hard also.
He didn't get thru it. Why try to drive thru high water that high ?
Interesting link from The Weather Channel. I'm surprised Texas is #1 even with the huge population. You don't hear of flash floods that much here, except in the Hill Country. It's usually flash floods that kill the most.
www.yahoo.com
Flooding Might Not Draw Attention Like Tornadoes, But It's One Of The Deadliest Weather Types
While tornadoes and squall lines may get all the hype this time of the year, flash flooding is one of the deadliest weather types in the United States.
Wonder how many of those are from Houston?Interesting link from The Weather Channel. I'm surprised Texas is #1 even with the huge population. You don't hear of flash floods that much here, except in the Hill Country. It's usually flash floods that kill the most.
Flooding Might Not Draw Attention Like Tornadoes, But It's One Of The Deadliest Weather Types
While tornadoes and squall lines may get all the hype this time of the year, flash flooding is one of the deadliest weather types in the United States.
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