This was not “Unprecedented”. It wasn’t new. It wasn’t the first time.
Ferinstance:
The floods caused by hurricanes in 1940 and 1916 were WORSE. Both times, oddly enough, also happened during “Hurricane Season”.
Even more strangely, the flooding of 2021 happened in hurricane season also….and while there was less rain, it affected more people that the two above incidents….BECAUSE THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
Pretty much anything that was damaged or flooded in 2024 in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina had been flooded or damaged in the previous floods. No new places were flooded. Same roads washed out in the same places, same bridges got washed away, the same houses in the same places got flooded …and new houses in areas that had been flooded before also got flooded.
None of this was “Unprecedented”
‘Twasn’t “Climate Change”, or “Glowbal Warming”, or anything else but ….Weather.
Since there was no significant climate Change before 1980 or so, these previous incidents couldn’t have been caused by man….
So none of this was unprecedented….People just forgot that it had happened, and failed to build or plan properly for it happening again.
Make no mistake, this was a tragedy for many people, people died in the floods, and many lost their homes.
But it wasn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last one, either.