Well, it did not take long to trip over another item.
The Emergency Management Forum recently had a online program based on a position paper by the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), Critical Facilities and Flood Risk. as well as the slides.. While I did not view the presentation, the information in the paper & slides was interesting. I learned a lot about flood plains, levies, 100 and 500 year floods, and why critical infrastructure gets located in flood prone areas. I learned that 100 year flood zone has a 1% chance of flooding each year while 500 year flood zone has a 0.2% per year.and that levies give a false sense of security. While most planning has been based on the 100 year level, the paper questions whether the 500 year level is adequate for the 21st century. Very timely based what happened in Japan this month.
zeke, AB8OU
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