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Ese_Americano t1_j8a6sd5 wrote

Reply to comment by Danger-Moose in Can someone please explain what is happening by the flood wall. by Cardolini

Would the fix be to have generators above the future-potential floodwaters, or, generators at multiple levels of a pump house?

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dreww4546 t1_j8an7wu wrote

The problem wasn't that generators failed, it was that this has been a flood zone since richmonds first days as a city.

Rain came down at an unprecedented rate during gaston and there was no where for the water to drain too.

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Ese_Americano t1_j8bpz1k wrote

Got it. Any way you can you answer my question?

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dreww4546 t1_j8bubeo wrote

After Gaston, the army Corp of engineers pretty much said there is no pump system that would be able to manage a foot of rain being funneled down into the bottom in an hour. But politics being what they are more money was spent

I really don't know what is happening in the pic. I just wanted to chime in on Gaston flooding.

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Ese_Americano t1_j8fgwh4 wrote

Thank you for this response. I greatly appreciate it! Great insight. RVA is as RVA DOES!

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