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@@danlowe8684 yeah I guess your right. These "100" year floods are happening every few years it seems. Although I did see the gauge approaching the 1965 level in Shakopee and haven't seen it that high before

@@FlyingFrogger Approaching. And, in 1965 the levies were not there to restrain the river flow, allowing the level to stay low as it expanded across the swamp land. Today, we have houses built behind the levies, on the former swamps, allowing a false sense of security for residents that unknowingly migrated into the flood plain area.

Here is what it said just a few weeks ago: One of the more misleading phrases used in meteorology and hydrology is 100-year storm. The phrase implies that an intense rainstorm dubbed as a 100-year event, dropped rainfall totals heretofore unseen for 100 years, and not to be experienced again for another century. This is a logical, but incorrect conclusion to draw from the phrase. More precisely worded, a 100-year storm drops rainfall totals that have a one percent probability of occurring at that location in any year. Encountering a 100-year storm on one day does nothing to change the probability of receiving the same amount of precipitation the very next day. A better way to describe these unusual events is to refer to a one percent probability storm. However, the momentum created by repeated usage over time will assure that 100-year storm will remain in the public and scientific lexicon. Intense rainfall events are often geographically isolated. Therefore, increased population density, improved precipitation monitoring networks, and radar-based precipitation estimation have increased the likelihood of capturing (measuring) heavy rain events. Also, improved communication allows for faster and more complete transfer of weather information. When the neighboring county is walloped by a 100-year storm, we hear about it quickly. Invariably we will vicariously "experience" the event and wonder why 100-year storms seem to be occurring every other week!

@@danlowe8684 great explanation and very much appreciated.

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I could see that happening after seeing how easily that side eroded into the river . it does look like it wants to bypass that bend

@@nicotti yeah I don't understand that . I think the water acts as a huge ground so maybe the electricity just can't stay on but I'm sure I saw lights on

I dont think they were at least not at that extent at all.

The Watonwan River comes in from the west just upstream. Given the amount of fall there were probably a series of rapids.

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The dam was built by the lowest bidder

thank you very much! I am posting more locations along the mn river and blue earth river today!

Thank you!