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pintobean

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12. This flood is different than '93

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 31, 2015, 10:25 AM

Dec 2015

We got all the rain locally this time, which affects all of the tributaries to the major rivers. In '93, most of the rain and snow melt was coming from north and west of here, so it just affected the Missouri and the Mississippi.

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This flood is different than '93 pintobean Dec 2015 #12