Flood plains
I keep wondering about this and then forgetting I looked up the answer. :-) I just checked the FEMA map, and I live quite comfortably in Zone C, despite the proximity to the Penobscot River — the flood risk is minimal.
I still can’t help wondering what would happen if a hurricane blew a storm sturge straight up Penobscot Bay at high tide, though — would it peter out before it got up to us? The river does have an average 13-foot high tide at Bangor, with a record of 18 feet…
Posted by Garrett on April 8th, 2009 in Brewer, Weather | 2 Comments
Wow! 18 feet? that’s some flood. It is still best to be prepared for the worse but pray that it would not happen.
Comment by DDS Fremont — September 18, 2009 @ 2:51 am
Oh, that’s not a flood — that’s only an extreme difference between high and low tide. :-)
Comment by Garrett — September 18, 2009 @ 4:11 pm