Climate change means fierce summer storms frequently overwhelm drainage systems designed for a different era. That means more frequent flooding and the damage that comes with it. It won’t be confined to the coasts or to the paths of hurricanes.
It rained all night. One of the gutters overflowed. A downspout was stopped. A few minutes on a ladder in the rain sent the water back on its journey to the sea.
The Eastern Continental Divide is about 25 mi. south of here and about 15 mi. to the east. Meaning, rain that falls here travels to Illinois before heading “Straight down the Mississippi River / To the Gulf of Mexico.” Rain that falls a bit east takes a shorter route to the sea and meets the Atlantic between Georgetown and Charleston, S.C.
From my inbox, this nifty tool for visualizing where the rain that fall on you finds its way to the sea — that portion which does not evaporate or end up temporarily bound in aquifers, or in plants or other living things, naturally.
(h/t Barry)