Why Some Homes Flood More Than Others

追加: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]I know what a flood plain is, just to be clear. Yes, you do.

[00:00:03]Does being close to a river impact that?

[00:00:06]Um, for sure. I'm going to get real nerdy for a minute.

[00:00:08]>> Do it. The tributaries that come off of >> The what?

[00:00:12]The what? The waterways that come off of those rivers, like the the the ones that either feed it or are fed from it, um, >> [music] >> they find valleys, right? They're they're they're finding low spots in these different little, you know, municipalities. Well, those low spots, they build homes around them. And when they do that, and the the Mississippi or the Missouri or the Meramec, you know, gains, um, you know, volume, it pushes into those other smaller rivers or creeks or whatever they are, and it impacts the the potential for flooding. Okay, let's go.