Water levels dropping along St. Louis and Cloquet rivers
June 25, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Water levels on the reservoir lakes north of Duluth that feed into the Cloquet and St. Louis rivers finally are starting to drop after last week’s record rainfall.
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Using the 100 year marker as a planning tool worked well up to the recent past. But ignoring the significant rise in severe weather events in the last 20 years is an example of ignorance. We are in the midst of a ‘new normal’. A very simple illustration is contained here concerning Duluth……
http://climatecrocks.com/2012/06/25/duluth-storm-yet-another-postcard-from-the-future/
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True, however this flood as described in the article has been classified as a .2 percent (new terminology) or 500 year flood.
Your overall point is solid however, and is backed up by the fact that 2 inch rainfall frequency in MN has doubled in the last 30 years.
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I visited your link, and suggest it to all. I am a working hydrologist, and found it to be a clear, and generally a factually accurate read.
Nice find, and thanks ranger. Hopefully in the aftermath of this storm the greater community will educate themselves on the subject matter. Long term planning hopefully will take this emerging fact into account, and prevent future catastrophic losses.
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