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Re:Houston is experiencing its third ‘500-year’ flood in 3 y... by saas_sam on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @06:20PM (#15128135)
In 2 Texas cities, sure, but in every U.S. city? There are going to be several that end up getting a few 500-year floods... and several others that don't flood as expected in several 1000 years.
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Re:Houston is experiencing its third ‘500-year’ flood in 3 y... by Spooky23 on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @07:18PM (#15128442)
In many US cities. Recall that during hurricane sandy, pretty much any landfill or low lying area was flooded in the NY metro area.

That means dozens of cities and towns with 7% of the US population.

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