[RP TownTalk] Today's flood in RP

[Dwight Holmes]

Alison -
There was an interesting article on Capital Weather Gang explaining how
such a storm as we experienced on Tuesday happens, and why it's beyond the
capabilities of weather forecasters to see it coming.  Seems to me the gist
is that this was a freak storm, unlikely to be repeated in the same
location, and powerful enough with all that rain in such a short time to
challenge any system that we can afford to build.

Here's the link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/11/the-june-10-college-park-flash-flood-how-did-it-happen-and-why-wasnt-it-forecast/


On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Alison Spain <alisonspain at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Neighbors -
>
> Hope that everyone is ok now that we are all drying out. Hopefully we can
> use this forum to help one another and communicate our needs in the coming
> days. Please check other neighbors today.
>
> I'm interested in how many neighborhoods and streets were affected by
> flooding today?  I can speak for the chunk of RP that is bound by East-west
> to the South and Rte 1 to the West. We saw significant floodwaters as Wells
> Run quickly crested the culvert in what seems like minutes.
>
> - Is the Town of RP investigating the flood? I'm interested to know if
> this event was due to more than the heavy rain this morning.  My neighbor
> mentioned not seeing this level of flooding in the 40 years she has been
> here.
>
> - Is it possible that water was released elsewhere?
>
> - Does the Cafritz construction site have adequate on - site water
> retention and storage capability at this point during grading operations?
>
> Regards,
> Alison Spain
>
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