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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 4, 2022 12:38:42 GMT -5
Most will not have had flood insurance due to this has never occurred to this extent. This isn’t the ohio river. It’s small tributary’s and creeks running to the river. Lots of of hills and valleys and no where for 9 inches of rain to go. I'd say you are right about that. Nobody has ever seen flooding like this before.
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Post by greghopper on Sept 4, 2022 12:44:14 GMT -5
Most will not have had flood insurance due to this has never occurred to this extent. This isn’t the ohio river. It’s small tributary’s and creeks running to the river. Lots of of hills and valleys and no where for 9 inches of rain to go. Your be surprised where the flood plains are located and folks are required to buy the government insurance when getting a loan. Flood Plains can be off any small creek or river. We had it here off the white lick in Plainfield until the government moved it out of the Flood Plain. I agree that it’s more often on flat land!
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Post by freedomhunter on Sept 4, 2022 14:24:05 GMT -5
Muzzlelaoder is correct. 6" in 24 hours is a 100 year event which is what special flood hazard zone "A" or "AE"(studied w/elevations) are based on by FEMA flood insurance rate maps (FIRM). Anything above that (9") is considered catastrophic and some may not have had flood insurance. Most lenders and mortgage companies will require it if you are close to the zone but not all. Sounds like the Kentucky event with a bunch of localized catastrophic conditions.
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Post by greghopper on Sept 4, 2022 14:48:04 GMT -5
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 4, 2022 15:36:18 GMT -5
Map of the rainfall estimates.
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Post by freedomhunter on Sept 4, 2022 16:32:46 GMT -5
That is ridiculous just build an ark at that point.
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Post by genesis273 on Sept 4, 2022 17:19:19 GMT -5
Thoughts and prayers for minimal damage and loss of life.
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Post by esshup on Sept 4, 2022 20:07:57 GMT -5
A customer of mine in Texas had 14.62" of rain in <24 hours a few weeks ago.
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Post by Sasquatch on Sept 5, 2022 5:26:46 GMT -5
What a mess. When you see these hills n hollers it's easy to see how 6-9" in 3 hrs. would be a very bad thing. Water has terrifying power.
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Post by saltydog on Sept 6, 2022 5:31:58 GMT -5
What's crazy is that it was mainly in one small area, not the entire county. It's like the Ohio River was dropped in one spot and just destroyed everything in its path. I guess a storm cell opened up and just stayed put. Glad you arrived home safely.... My wife and I were camper on the river near Patriot, with all that rain going on up towards Pleasant, it didn't start raining where we were at till about 5:30 pm, and then it was just a good steady rain for about an hr. What a difference a few miles makes.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 6, 2022 5:58:21 GMT -5
What's crazy is that it was mainly in one small area, not the entire county. It's like the Ohio River was dropped in one spot and just destroyed everything in its path. I guess a storm cell opened up and just stayed put. Glad you arrived home safely.... My wife and I were camper on the river near Patriot, with all that rain going on up towards Pleasant, it didn't start raining where we were at till about 5:30 pm, and then it was just a good steady rain for about an hr. What a difference a few miles makes. I'm about a 10 minute drive from Patriot towards Pleasant. We didn't get much rain either. Not even enough to get the creeks running.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Sept 6, 2022 7:13:34 GMT -5
My brother's place is okay. We will need to check our stands and see it still standing. 1st time the swamp and small pond connected. Water went over the road. Just a little gravel replacement. The road separates the pond and swamp. The water doesn't drains into each other.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Sept 7, 2022 9:46:27 GMT -5
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 7, 2022 13:31:34 GMT -5
I was wondering if that would happen. I'm guessing that will make some funding available for repairs?
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