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The 100 Year Flood Is Not What You Think It Is (Maybe)
Practical Engineering
Practical Engineering explains what a 100-year flood actually means, combining statistics, hydrology and how society treats risk. Grady walks through local drainage infrastructure and the caveats in estimating flood probability.
HN points to it as a clear explanation of what flood return periods really mean.
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