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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I. <br /> <br />was usually greater than the range of differences among the groups. <br /> <br />They could not discern any pattern between the type of business, inven- <br /> <br />tory characteristics and similar factors on the one hand, and flood damage <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />at various depths on the other. SRI conducted additional research and <br /> <br />was able to develop commercial and industrial depth-damage curves. They <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />are shown in Figures 6-12. <br /> <br />Again they found much less consistency in <br /> <br />these data than in the residential damage data. The SRI also plotted con- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />tents damage as a function of the damage per $1,000 market value of contents <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />due to the variability or lack of sufficient numbers, did not draw a curve <br /> <br />showing central tendency of the data. They are therefore, not shown in <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />this paper. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />DATA AVAILABILITY FOR THE DENVER REGION <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />Newspaper Accounts <br /> <br />Early in the study, it was thought that. newspaper accounts could be <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />used as an aid in establishing flood stage-damage curves for residential, <br /> <br />commercial, and industrial proP7rties in the Denver Region. As additional <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />research was conducted, it became apparent that newspaper accounts could <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />not be used for the purpose for the following reasons: 1) Flood plain <br /> <br />occupancy is continually changing (expanding) thus damages reported are <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />based upon less development than now exists. 2) There is no way to break <br /> <br />lump sum damage reports, which include damage not only to structures down <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />to the damages experienced to individual structures. 3) Damage reports <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />that appear in papers immediately following flood events are first estimates. <br /> <br />Some of the damage estimates appearing in print immediately after the 1965 <br /> <br />I. <br />I <br /> <br />flooding were obtained from Omaha District personnel whose only exposure to <br /> <br />that particular flood event was a helicopter tour of the flooded area. <br /> <br />64 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~>"f' ' '-'""~"""".':"."1",,',,",'?"f~~_,_:., '""': _,;,""~~.~.,'(,._,~_ ."'_~""'f __. '" .."'.' "":IT :'~ .'?- . <br /> <br />'",,~_~ -r;"''''f'~''''''''" <.,..,_~ ,"1""'". ,,'_~,.,..~ <br /> <br />- <br />