1967 study had flood prediction right on target | GazetteOnline.com - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City

So what's significant about this story? Well, I think it is quite amazing that what happened last year in the flood was predicted over 40 years ago. I'm sure no one had even thought of "Man-made Global Warming" back then. Also, how ridiculous it was that we were so unprepared. I remember hearing over and over, "No one could have expected this to happen." Yet, now we know some actually did. 1967 study had flood prediction right on target | GazetteOnline.com - Cedar Rapids, Iowa City: "The Corps’ prediction of the land area such a flood would cover was equally accurate, almost exactly matching the boundaries of last year’s floodwaters."