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a study recently showed a significant increase over the eastern third of the country in terms of heavy precipitation events. and when we talk about what s happening in kentucky today, we actually have a reprieve within the heavy rainfall. but notice and pay attention chose to the top portion of the tv screen in terms of the time. by sun afternoon and evening, look at the thunderstorms hitting hardest. weather prediction center has increased this to a warning. when that land is saturated any additional rainfall could allow for rivers, creek and air reas e again to become neeflooded. not what we want to hear. thank you. we appreciate it.
a deck of cards, right? if we re referring to a 100-year flood, the cumulative risk over a 30-year period, the odds there about 26%. that s like pulling out any red heart from the deck of cards. a one in 500-yard flood is equivalent to the chances of you pulling out two red hearts out of that deck of cards. but a one in 1,000-year event, this flood, for example, or the two one in 1,000 year events is so rare, it s like pulling out a red diamond ace of spades out of the deck of cards. probability there about 3% over that cumulative 30-year period. but we know under climate change, a changing planet, we are seeing warmer temperatures, which leads to more atmospheric moisture which leads to increase in precipitation events.
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planet, and the region, is warmer than it used to be and we would expect for these type of record warm events to be more likely in the future and extreme precipitation events are something that climate scientists have identified as a future threat in a warming world. while this is an extreme outlay event, we would expect types of unusual occurrences to become more frequent.- become more frequent. going forward, what become more frequent. going forward, what do become more frequent. going forward, what do authorities l forward, what do authorities have to do now? i guess they have to do now? i guess they have battles on several fronts? locally it is about getting power back on because we are expecting a significant cold snap and outside places dropping below 40 so if you do not have power, that would be a real threat to life and also in other parts of the state, infrastructure is going to be threatened. a lot of immediate