As one of his comments says: This country is straight up and down with narrow little valleys, gorges, and hollows! Gravity says that water has to go downhill and those narrows means it rises high because it can’t spread out! Like funnels!
Watch this guy give the best and most straightforward explanation.
This 5-minute video is one of the best non-technical explanations of how massive flooding happened in western NC. It's the perfect storm of a 30-inch rain, elevation, and gravity. Please watch. pic.twitter.com/mLUB29E5aD
— 🇺🇸 Inga 🇺🇸 (@Inga_C8) October 6, 2024