OT- Was this that 100 year flood event in Lincoln?

[red rover 70]

Sure looks like it. And more rain could be on the way.

 

[ridge22]

We had a rain just like this last October in Lincoln. It didn't flood like this. With more rain possible this week it could get really ugly.

 

[otismotis08]

100-year floods only come around once every hundred years (or so).

 

[Alum-Ni]

100-year floods only come around once every hundred years (or so).

Being in a 100-year floodplain does not mean that a flood will or likely occur only once every 100 years, rather it means there is a 1% chance in any given year that that particular area will exceed its flood capacity.

 

[otismotis08]

So is there a 100% chance of experiencing a 1-year flood each year?

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

We had a rain just like this last October in Lincoln. It didn't flood like this. With more rain possible this week it could get really ugly.

We had 7 inches in under 9 hours last October?

 

[KaptainQ]

my sump pump is still running

 

[HBK4life]

We had 7 inches in under 9 hours last October?

What I was thinking. I don't recall this amount of rain in a day for quite some time. If ever in Lincoln.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

What I was thinking. I don't recall this amount of rain in a day for quite some time. If ever in Lincoln.

How many usernames you got? Lol

 

[HBK4life]

How many usernames you got? Lol

Same one since I joined. Trying to navigate new board. I miss thread views.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

Same one since I joined. Trying to navigate new board. I miss thread views.

I am confused. Looked like you were replying for ridge22 since you had not posted in the thread previously.

 

[otismotis08]

What I was thinking. I don't recall this amount of rain in a day for quite some time. If ever in Lincoln.

Technically, the 100-year precipitation event in a 9-hour period is about 6.2 inches.
7 inches in a 9-hour period would be a 200-year event.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

also note that global warming will be shifting that curve.

 

[4norsemen]

They are saying Salt Creek at highest crest since 1908.

 

[omnione]

Slight tangent. There were people who thought that Lincoln's Antelope Valley project was a waste of money and overkill for a possible 100-year flood event. Sounds like those people were wrong.

 

[red rover 70]

I went into Wilderness Park yesterday evening at the 1st and W Calvert entrance. And it was a sight. Water was at the archway and covering the gravel parking lot. Trapped air was escaping from underground on the trail leading down to the once dry creek bed. It was a surreal sight and sound.

 

[otismotis08]

also note that global warming will be shifting that curve.

The numbers I reported above are based on ATLAS14, which was recently released to address "climate change".