A tropical storm in Lake Onatario in November?

[hedgehog]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

Move along now, no global climate change to be seen here!

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Note small print lower right corner...local point maximum rainfall may be...

[MattSh]

3. Pffft.

That's no storm. This was a storm!

Hurricane Floyd - 1999

Rainfall amounts peaked at 13.34 in (339 mm) in Somerville, New Jersey, and 12.36 in (314 mm) in Vernon, Delaware. The Raritan River basin experienced record flooding as a result of Floyd's heavy rains, 4.5 ft (1.4 m) higher than the previous record flood crest.[25] Bound Brook, New Jersey, was especially hard hit by a record flooding event: a 42-foot (12.8 m) flood crest,[26] 14 ft (4.3 m) above flood stage, sent 12 ft (3.7 m) of water on Main Street and drowned three people.[25][27]

Yeah, I lived 5 miles south of Somerville at the time. Looks like only 3 inches for central and north Jersey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd

[littlemissmartypants]

5. One of the storms I did not evacuate for was Floyd

because I have animals. Floyd literally moved my house off of the foundation. I was surrounded by water and the three roads leading to the house were flooded and flowing like rivers and fast. I found out that lot, according to the USACE is the highest elevation in that county. I had no electricity for six days. I sat in the front yard and waved at the National Guard troops going and coming down the road in front of my house. They were rescuing people and riding in these big track propelled things- that I would love to know the name of, that looked like tanks but were not tanks...?? Carrying people out of a river that had them on their housetops, those that had refused to evacuate based on their "knowledge of prior storms." I got to see livestock and lots of it; pigs, turkeys and chickens, float by. While a man floating on deck that had washed away from some house was using it as a boat to rescue pets of those who had left and couldn't come back. Oh and did I mention the snakes and the mounds of floating fire ants? Floyd was a doozie but Floyd is also history. Sandy is still "in play." I hope the meteorologists are all wrong. I am hoping for the best but preparing for whatever ... that's life. That storm had me considering myself lucky. I do think though, that no two storms are ever alike, weather is just too dynamic. I guess that is why I am so fascinated by clouds and the weather. Let's compare notes after Sandy has fizzled out.

The Neuse River, Roanoke River, Waccamaw River, and New River exceeded 500-year flood levels, although damage was lower in these areas (compared to the Tar River) because of lower population densities. Because most of the Cape Fear River basin was west of the peak rainfall areas, the city of Wilmington was spared the worst flooding despite having the highest localized rainfall; however, the Northeast Cape Fear River (a tributary) did exceed 500-year flood levels. Of the state's eastern rivers, only the Lumber River escaped catastrophic flooding

Hurricane Floyd rainfall totals



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd#North_Carolina

[Junkdrawer]

2. Wait till the out years...Storms may re-intensify over the lake....

assuming we haven't drained the suckers in order to irrigate our crops.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Or for

fracking...