Did I miss the name of the latest threat to ‘humankind”? Should be in the “L’s” now. We just had a Sierra cement type storm here wit 10-20” at Tahoe lake level and west slopes in CA. Nope! Few to 6” or so over a two day winter storm warning notice. Hope y’all back east of the Rockies fare well.
In my area, the problem is the soils and time of year. Usually, if we got 8” of rain in a day, it’d be when there was lots of vegetation to help soak up and slow the impact, streams and rivers would be lower, and, soils would be drier. (Usually our big one-day rain events are in periods when the rains are “pulsy”, but monthly totals are not particularly impressive.)
Where my daughter goes to college, her car is parked in a lot that’s in essentially a big bowl. I just got off the phone with her & told her to ask around about if the lot flooded in a similar event (but with less areal coverage then) a few years back. Lots of damage in that one. :-(
If yes, she’s gotta find an elevated spot (a local strip mall that has quite a bit of parking?) to move the car to, and then get back to her dorm safely - could be problematic as there are some “valleys “ in between. Sheesh. I told her to ask around...