Closed lindsayplatt closed 5 years ago
lindsayplatt
commented
5 years ago As Alison says, if we move forward with #95,
We should choose and explain our events a little differently. Explanations might be able to capture both the seasonal and the FY18 context in anecdotes. For example, "Snowmelt brings higher flows, but/though this year's snowmelt flows are lower than usual due to low snowpack"
lindsayplatt
commented
5 years ago Current text:
| dates | condition | text |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 8-22, 2017 | dry | Much-below-average December precipitation along the West Coast |
| Feb 15-28, 2018 | dry | Drought begins to develop in UT, CO, NM, AZ, north TX, OK, and KS |
| Jul 1-20, 2018 | dry | Low snowpack drives sustained drought in the mountainous Southwest |
| Sep 8-21, 2018 | wet | Hurricane Florence parks over NC and SC |
| Sep 14-27, 2018 | wet | Record September rainfall in Texas |
Chad suggested including information about impact. For example, Florence should say "Hurricane Florence delivered historic amounts of rainfall across North Carolina (35 inches) and South Carolina (24 inches), causing substantial flooding and setting new peaks of record at 28 stream monitoring sites. There were 51 deaths attributed to this hurricane." That is too long, but we might be able to find a happy medium.