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Charlotte Flood Assessment August 5th, 2011

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Storm Water Services did a great job with the recent flood in Charlotte. Thought I‘d share with you their assessment. Here’s the write-up. August 5, 2011 – Flood Damage Assessments Continue   More than 70 buildings were damaged in Friday’s flooding, the worst in Charlotte-Mecklenburg in nearly three years. The flooding affected more than 100 […]

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Top 10 Weather Events for 2011

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With 2011 coming to an end I put together my annual top ten weather events that have had a significant impact on the Western Carolinas. I will start with the beginning of the year and work my way to the end. The order is chronological and not intend to be rank by severity or impacts. […]

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1,000 Year rainfall event vs 1,000 year flood, what that actually means.

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This past weekend’s epic flooding in South Carolina was indeed a 1,000-year rainfall event. Though that term is being misused and abused and even sometimes confused with a 1,000-year flood event. Both are entirely different things and measured differently. 1,000-year rainfall event definition: A 1,000-year rainfall event is measured by the amount of rain over a particular […]