The downpour that ravaged Ellicott City last weekend was supposed to be the rarest of storms — so unlikely to happen that meteorologists call it a 1,000-year rain storm. That doesn’t mean it happens every thousand years. It is not quite that unusual. The number is a statistical measure that means…
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Ellicott City flood: Here's what a '1,000-year storm' actually means
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