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deadman449 t1_j3x56kx wrote

I was reading articles during summer about 100inches of rain coming to California. I thought it was a feverish dream, but the scientists were right. This is suppose to be one of those every 100 year events that seems to happen every year now days.

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GoArray t1_j3xmjcp wrote

Love that this isn't even a controversial comment, despite this storm literally breaking 100+ year old records

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Bait_and_Swatch t1_j3yn44s wrote

Not to be the fly in the ointment, but wouldn’t it have to happen again in a year or two for that to be true, since it just broke the 100 year old records?

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GoArray t1_j3yo03t wrote

Right, that's the point of my comment, this is actually a 100 year storm. Not, as the OC put it and a bunch agreed, happening every year or two.

Of all the events to use as ammo or make fun or w.e., this ain't one of them. (Though still likely a result of cc)

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NettingStick t1_j3z8hbh wrote

I didn't read it that way, but I see where you're coming from. I read it as saying that this storm is one of a class of events that are (in general) becoming more common.

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lasvegasnv11 t1_j3yvwmk wrote

We had a solid amount of rain a couple years ago (Jan-Feb 2019). Broke records in areas around SoCal.

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Maliluma t1_j3xp3we wrote

I live in the central San Joaquin valley and I read similar articles. Basically the articles were saying that where I currently live temporarily turned into a lake during the Gold Rush. Yes, I think about it and am a little concerned.

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rsjaffe t1_j3zcjpf wrote

Central San Joaquin Valley used to be a lake before it was drained by the Spanish.

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found_allover_again t1_j3xb3qh wrote

>one of those every 100 year events that seems to happen every year now days.

Is it still a 100-year event? Should start getting classified as yearly event now.

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Rage_Like_Nic_Cage t1_j3xrqld wrote

it’s up to the Government bodies (like NOAA and FEMA) to update their rainfall data/models, which is done via statistical analysis.

That being said, some states aren’t waiting around and are starting to require standards/regulations to meet their own updated/“future storm event” models. For example, in New Jersey stormwater design has to be updated, so any proposed roadway projects that were previously required to contain/handle something like the 25 year storm event now are required to meet the “Future 25-year storm event”.

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found_allover_again t1_j3yd7e2 wrote

That makes sense. At the very least, they should update their flood maps so new construction can't be done in these new flood prone areas.

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SatanicNotMessianic t1_j3zzk2s wrote

Are they weighting the more recent data more strongly to account for the distributions to change in a given direction over time?

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Hopeful_Hamster21 t1_j3zt5vd wrote

Between this and the recent east coast storms... This is basically "the day after tomorrow". That movie was sensationalized, but it was based on a book called "the global superstore", whose premise was that climate change would trigger a series of giant ass storms world wide. Granted, the book was pseudo-science at best, but it is what we're seeing.

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