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Originally Posted by GGG
One climatoligist or some kind of scientist was on the CBC after the flood last year saying that the conditions which led to the flood were still present. The main one being high water saturation of soil, lakes, wetlands, etc. All of the natural ways of preventing floods were sitting at high levels before the season really started. His comment was that these are cyclical and that you would likely have high flood risk years for a short period before the risk would receed. So while it might not be a long term new norm in the short term it was. No idea on where to go for a link to back up what I remember hearing though.
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No disagreement here. But, if climate change is resulting in increased snow and rain flow, then it seems logical that the conditions for flooding may perpetuate longer than seen in the past.
But, I have no data to back any if that up. Just thinking out loud.