Category: Rainfall trends
At Wilmette stormwater meetings, residents often complain that stormwater projects are based on outdated standards. For example, the Option 3 Neighborhood Storage project is supposed to serve most of the westside for a “10-year storm,” but a “10-year” storm now seems to occur every couple years. I share …
It’s almost the end of May and the spring rainy season… Time for our annual update on spring showers and local rainfall trends! May 2018 Rainstorm As far as I know, Wilmette’s first big downpour came late in the season this year, on May 21, 2018. Village staff …
A neighbor, Joel Feinstein, forwarded me a case study from the Center for Neighborhood Technology. While reading the report, I spent the entire time thinking, Yes! That’s so true! That’s our problem! But I also found a few surprises. I invite you to take a look and see …
Saturday was one of those hot summer afternoons at the beach that ends with a downpour. One minute I was walking along a path at Gillson Park, enjoying a view of the lake between the sand dunes, smelling delicious slow-cook barbecue, and hearing the joyful hub-bub of kids …
