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tw · 07-01-2006, 10:51 PM

For those attempting to understand 'whats and whys', below is the weekly rain map in inches. Left side is Ohio. Right side is Atlantic Ocean off of New Jersey. Upper right corner is New England including Maine. Viewing this picture separately in a 'picture viewer' that can zoom will make three letter city codes visible. New York City is LGA.

Mustard yellow are areas with rain above 8 inches (20 cm). It includes (south to north) Washington DC (lowest), Baltimore MD (BWI), Reading PA (RDG), and Wilkes Barre PA (AVP) (topmost). Five pockets of orange inside that mustard yellow are > 12 inches. For example, one orange pocket is Reading PA (RDG). Binghamton NY (BGM) (dead center in map) is not even in a mustard yellow area. And yet even that rain was too much for Binghamton. Lowest orange spot is in MD (Maryland) adjacent to southwest corner of DE (Delaware) and just below the words "IN INCHES". Largest orange is the upper Chesapeake Bay and bottom of the Susquehanna River in a mostly rural region of MD and PA (that might include Elkton MD).

Most rain was scattered across numerous river basins or dumped in the the upper Cheasapeake Bay. Those river basins are Susquehanna (Binghamton NY and Wilkes Barre PA), Schuykill River (Reading PA to Philadelphia), and Delaware River (entire NJ/PA border and includes Lackawaxen River). Lackawaxen is unique since its entire flow is controlled by a dam that created Lake Wallenpaupak. I watched. They were flowing water through that Wallenpaupak electric generating station all day. More may have been released previously via emergency release chutes in April 2005 (an unannounced manmade flood) that created serious Upper Delaware River damage.

Pictures provided by UT are along Schuykill River that passes from Reading PA in an ESE direction towards Philadelphia (PHL) where rainfall was less than 8 inches (dark green and light green). Generally, anyone flooded by this rain should not be living in that too low area. This was not the Big One; only an unusually large rainfall and not unusually large for areas such as Binghamton NY.

For residents in Yardley PA on the Delaware River, this is the third flood in what - five years? Begs why are they living there. Delaware River received very little rainfall compared to a Big One.

Furthermore, large rainfall areas were distributed among many different river basins. Had that large yellow mustard area moved either west or east, then the Susquehanna or Schuykill River basins would have actually suffered flooding.

07-01-2006, 10:51 PM	#47
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	For those attempting to understand 'whats and whys', below is the weekly rain map in inches. Left side is Ohio. Right side is Atlantic Ocean off of New Jersey. Upper right corner is New England including Maine. Viewing this picture separately in a 'picture viewer' that can zoom will make three letter city codes visible. New York City is LGA. Mustard yellow are areas with rain above 8 inches (20 cm). It includes (south to north) Washington DC (lowest), Baltimore MD (BWI), Reading PA (RDG), and Wilkes Barre PA (AVP) (topmost). Five pockets of orange inside that mustard yellow are > 12 inches. For example, one orange pocket is Reading PA (RDG). Binghamton NY (BGM) (dead center in map) is not even in a mustard yellow area. And yet even that rain was too much for Binghamton. Lowest orange spot is in MD (Maryland) adjacent to southwest corner of DE (Delaware) and just below the words "IN INCHES". Largest orange is the upper Chesapeake Bay and bottom of the Susquehanna River in a mostly rural region of MD and PA (that might include Elkton MD). Most rain was scattered across numerous river basins or dumped in the the upper Cheasapeake Bay. Those river basins are Susquehanna (Binghamton NY and Wilkes Barre PA), Schuykill River (Reading PA to Philadelphia), and Delaware River (entire NJ/PA border and includes Lackawaxen River). Lackawaxen is unique since its entire flow is controlled by a dam that created Lake Wallenpaupak. I watched. They were flowing water through that Wallenpaupak electric generating station all day. More may have been released previously via emergency release chutes in April 2005 (an unannounced manmade flood) that created serious Upper Delaware River damage. Pictures provided by UT are along Schuykill River that passes from Reading PA in an ESE direction towards Philadelphia (PHL) where rainfall was less than 8 inches (dark green and light green). Generally, anyone flooded by this rain should not be living in that too low area. This was not the Big One; only an unusually large rainfall and not unusually large for areas such as Binghamton NY. For residents in Yardley PA on the Delaware River, this is the third flood in what - five years? Begs why are they living there. Delaware River received very little rainfall compared to a Big One. Furthermore, large rainfall areas were distributed among many different river basins. Had that large yellow mustard area moved either west or east, then the Susquehanna or Schuykill River basins would have actually suffered flooding. Attached Images Last edited by tw; 07-01-2006 at 11:00 PM.