Monday, October 5, 2009

The 500 Year Flood, Storm Facts

To put the storm of last weekend in perspective the weather gurus are now saying this was a 500 year storm. (Happens once in 500 years) we had the 100 year storm in 1994 and a 100 year winter storm (17.5 inches of snow) in 1993, for what its worth. Lake Lainier (Atlanta's water reservoir) was below full pool by 7 1/2 feet before the storm hit. It is a lake that covers 75 square miles. It is now at full pool. That's a lot of water in 4 days. That's almost 117 Billion gallons of water.

Lake Lanier got as much water as tumbles over Niagara falls in 5 days 15 hours in just 4 days.

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