This is just a reminder, that Portland's South Waterfront area was flooded out back in 1996 when we last had a deep freeze followed by copious amounts of rain. Over the next several days, something very similar is going to occur, with an expected 3" of rain falling in Portland over a couple of days. With the built-up ice and snow still on the ground, I'm kind of thinking that we might see a repeat of 1996.
The lower photographic view is roughly aligned to
this Street View from this past summer.
By superimposing the current Google Earth topo view with the 1996 flood stage, this is roughly what it looked like back then. (Ah, the wonders of SketchUp Pro.) SW Moody was under water, or rather, water was bubbling up from the sewer into the street and flooding. I don't think it'll get this bad, but the thing is, all of the new development down there has underground parking and there's going to be a lot of hydrostatic pressure.
No comments:
Post a Comment