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Old 11-06-2018, 02:51 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Cobalt View Post
"Twenty years ago, in 1985, the Army Corps identified 1,158 residences and 115 businesses at risk on the four lakes, two-thirds of them on Lake Winnipesaukee, where flood damage begins to occur when the lake is six inches above "full" at 504.32 feet above sea level."

A 6 inch increase from full at 504.32 equals 504.82 at which point flood damage is reported to begin.

Every .10 increase equals 1.2 inches.

510.32 is equal to a 6 foot increase from full lake, and time to build the Ark.

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