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That's a good one, Chris. Funding cuts to the National Weather Service have thinned our already sparse precipitation measurement network, requiring extrapolations we know to be inaccurate. Dense networks such as you describe would be invaluable. Bill Mc ------------------------------ William McAnally ...

It's very resourceful – thanks Nancy for going to the extra mile on this – on informing the Collaborate ECOI Community on SLR and enhanced storminess issues and engineering challenges. When I was writing the Flood Barrier Systems ...

Thanks, Dilip. I will definitely read your essays. As I understand, the Charleston Tidal and Inland Study will address storm surge in the area of Charleston and may consider storm surge barriers. The Dutch Chronicles, Dutch Dialogues | Charleston, SC - Official Website found that "A regional, ...

Hey Bill, One thing I would like to see in a "fun but unrealistic scenario" would be even better rainfall records. For fun, lets say a rain gage every square foot. One of the clients I support already has a fairly large number of rain gages scattered around their city, and at times the return intervals ...

I second your nomination, Robert. ASCE Manual 156 ( LINK ) engages these issues in the context of navigation channel sedimentation and the concepts are applicable in other environments. Both instrumentation and modeling have made great strides but we need still more improvements in both technology ...

It's good news that SC cities are making adjustments, Nancy. Thanks for news of those advances. It's going to be expensive, but not as expensive as doing nothing and suffering catastrophic losses. Bill ------------------------------ William McAnally Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, BC.NE, F.ASCE ENGINEER Columbus ...