Hurricane Sandy Was 1-in-700-Year Event

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@PastTense

I don’t know. In the Midwest we seem to be getting 1-in-100 Year Floods a lot more frequently than every 100 years: the climate is starting to go crazy.

Relevant info from a previous thread:

@NinetyWt

Common fallacies:
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“We had a 100-year flood last year. It will be 99 years before that happens again.” This is why I prefer the term “1% chance flood”. That 1% chance is there EVERY year. FEMA estimates that a person living in the 1% chance floodplain has a 24% chance of experiencing that flood within 30 years (average mortgage life).