Engineering 101: Rainfall Intensity

This morning while driving to work in a minor mist, I thought about and Twittered about posting a new blog entry here.  I have finally found the time.  Let us talk about the next 101 topic: Rainfall Intensity. Today’s intensity and the mud-pit that we are turning into a parking lot has me thinking about rainfall intensity, rather the lack of rainfall intensity.  As with everything at this time of year, finding time to write about topics like this get far fewer.   Mark Scacco touched on the topic with his early July post on the Rational Method.

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