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To: nickcarraway

Flood plains have been flood plains for eons.


4 posted on 07/14/2022 12:08:40 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: Blueflag

Buchanan County is not plains but mountains, and flash floods happen when cloudbursts hit mountain hollow communities with several inches of rain within minutes. Just like with tornadoes, there is no warning.


13 posted on 07/14/2022 3:25:35 AM PDT by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Blueflag

Flood plains are salable rib eye red meat for real-estate agents


20 posted on 07/14/2022 5:02:29 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: Blueflag
"Flood plains have been flood plains for eons."

And flood plains don't just "happen," they are where they are for a reason.

27 posted on 07/14/2022 6:28:24 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Blueflag
Flood plains have been flood plains for eons.

Why are they called flood plains?

34 posted on 07/14/2022 9:51:02 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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