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Old 10-01-2022, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki View Post
A 100 year storm is a civil engineering thing. Basically means there’s a 1% that a storm (1/100) that size will happen. It is possible for a 100 year storm to happen two years in a row - but the chances are low.
This also means there is a 1/10 chance over 10 years, or a 1/3 chance over the life of a 30 yr mortgage.