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Vermont has mountains that drain rain into a watershed and New Jersey has concrete that drains rain into a watershed.
One could say, Vermont is natural flooding and New Jersey is man-made flooding.
One could say, Vermont is natural flooding and New Jersey is man-made flooding.
August 29, 2011 8:30 AM
Vermont Flooding Spares Few In Statewide Disaster (click title to entry for audio link - thank you)
New Jersey has far less areas of 'absorption' so the 'overland flow' is high. Therefore, the watershed is effected by lack of open space PER person and hence flooding.
LINCOLN PARK, NJ (CBSNewYork/AP) – The flooding left by Tropical Storm Irene is not over yet – and it may even get worse for some before it gets better.
That’s because many of New Jersey’s swollen rivers are set to crest today.
Main street in Lodi turned into a river. The water flooded basements of many area homes….
Vermont Flooding Spares Few In Statewide Disaster (click title to entry for audio link - thank you)
Monday, 08/29/11 7:34am
Ross Sneyd
(Host) Tropical Storm Irene washed into Vermont with torrential rains that spread floods from end of the state to the other.
The storm dropped four to seven inches of rain in just a few hours and sent rivers raging through town after town.
As VPR's Ross Sneyd reports, the scope of the devastation drew comparisons to the historic 1927 floods.
(Sneyd) The toll in lives disrupted, property damaged and nerves frayed is staggering.
And Scott Whittier of the National Weather Service says it's historic.
(Whittier) "'73 was a signifidant flood across the state. Before that was '27. Now you're talking 2011. So we get these maybe every 40, 50 years. So it's pretty much a once-in-a-generation type of flood."
(Sneyd) Up and down the state, town after town was swept by the relentless rains of Irene. Rivers flooded, roads washed away and bridges gave way…
Watersheds are where drinking water is obtained. With Irene, 'surface area' + 'rainfall' / 'watershed' = flooding
Vermont's watersheds are effected by mountains and elevation.
