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Commentary: Surprise Is Not An Adequate Response To Predictable Causes, Effects Of Eastern South Dakota Floods
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 19, 1:50 PM MDT
updated Oct 19, 1:50 PM MDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by South Dakota Searchlight and Rapid City Post, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Commentary: Surprise is not an adequate response to predictable causes, effects of eastern South Dakota floods · South Dakota SearchlightOct 19, 1:50 PM MDT
Surprise is not an adequate response to predictable causes, effects of eastern South Dakota floods · Rapid City Post · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 19, 1:50 PM MDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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Pennington County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.
How We Decided
Oct 19, 2:36 PM MDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 19, 3:28 PM MDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.