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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asheville and its surroundings are geographically different from the DC area and pretty distinct from most other places, as far as I understand.

It was the perfect storm (no pun intended) of a 1,000 year event, in an area that is essentially a shallow bowl surrounded by higher elevations with runoff, also surrounded by TWO major rivers and countless creeks, in a geographically remote (relatively) location with fewer resources/harder to travel roads/where it is harder to store and disseminate supplies.

I mean, catastrophic rare events can impact anyone, but the exact combination of what affected Asheville is not likely to affect DC. Take your pick or what could, including flooding, but not in that formula. [/quote]

+1 Dumping 30 inches of rain in mountainous terrain wreaks utter havoc, western NC similar to the horrible damage and flooding that occurred in VT previously.  In the DC region, all the low lying areas that currently are areas of concern would be ravaged.  However that is just a small portion of the region.  Certainly there would be impacts from such an extraordinary amount of rain, but not 10 feet of water, and rivers, and mudslides coming through people's houses.

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