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First flood of 2013 I've stopped reporting
on all the little floods --- it barely impacts our lives nowadays when
the creek hits the top of its banks. But when the water starts
flowing out of the creek and into the floodplain, the power of water is
too inspiring to ignore.  As a side note, the
analytical side of me started wondering if there was a pattern to our
floods. I'm sure I'm missing a few that didn't make the blog, but
here are the big ones I've recorded:
Isn't it interesting how
the dates seem to cluster together? The second week of January is
flood time, and so is the first week of March. Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed, or simply check the box beside "email replies to me" while writing your comment. |
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10-15 years ago, a week of rain like this would have put the water at least five feet higher. The Sinks must be really clean these days.
From the floods I can remember over the last 30 years, almost all have occurred Feb-April. Last big Sinking Creek flood was March 02. Water was around 6' above the bridge rails.
Even totally random data will still look clustered to us. This is called the clustering illusion.