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[quote=Anonymous]Do you remember the flash flooding of 2019, I imagine that is the risk but maybe even worse some day. There are a lot of creeks and streams around that empty into the Potomac. Perhaps because the Potomac feeds into the Chesapeake Bay it’s being called “coastal” flooding even though that seems like a misnomer.

During the flash flooding in 2019 I drive past 4 mile run near the Shirlington dog park (after the rain let up) and the water looked like a high raging river. I had never seen it like that before and that was with a relatively short burst of a lot of rain. I can’t imagine if we had a huge storm hover over us.

And think of all the neighborhoods with “run” in the name: Donaldson Run, Spout Run, etc. Those are all named after water ways connecting to the Potomac. Plus we keep paving things and are now trying to do huge storm water management projects.

I’m fortunate because I’m in the middle of a sloped street so water tends to roll past (and we’ve done a lot of French drainage work). We did not get any indoor flooding in 2019, but watching what happened to NC has me getting flood insurance quotes just in case.[/quote]

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