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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
June 10, 2008
Racoon River streamflow at Van Meter, upstream from Des Moines, last 31 days:
Racoon River streamflow at Van Meter, 1993:
Figures courtesy USGS.
Note that the scales are compressed; the levels now are higher than they were prior to the big 1993 rise. Let's hope we don't get another 4-6 inch rain in the Raccoon River basin this week.
We all know what happened July 11, 1993.
State 29 has some links to blogger coverage of the current floods.
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Not only are the charts compressed, the 1993 Chart tops out at 80000 cubic feet per second, which is twice the rate of discharge as the current chart, at 40000 cubic feet per second. They wouldn't look as similar if both charts used the same yardstick to measure.
Posted by: Stefanie | June 10, 2008 11:11 AM
Stefanie - that is correct. What I'm pointing out (perhaps not too clearly) is how the station has been at around 18,000-30,000 CFS over the last week, while prior to the "surge" in 1993, it was running at 10,000-15,000 CFS. So if we get a big rain like the one that put us over the top in 1993, it could get quite ugly in a hurry, as we are wetter now than we were right before things got crazy in 1993.
Posted by: Joe Kristan | June 10, 2008 11:51 AM
I normally would never complain about someone misspelling my name, but holy cow Joe! No wonder you are an accountant!
Posted by: Stefanie | June 10, 2008 12:57 PM
S-
I have to stick with short words next time. Your name was just too long!
Down the memory hole with that typo...
Posted by: Joe Kristan | June 10, 2008 1:18 PM