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place in the Ohio Valley was the ground frozen, nor was there any 

 ice or snow stored away in any part of the basin to aid in causing 

 flood conditions. 



In Indiana there had been enough rain previous to the down- 

 pour to saturate the ground to such an extent that there was no 

 room left for the absorption of the surplus water; and it is hardly 

 possible that the small amount of water absorbed, even if there 

 had been no rain for some time before the downpour, would have 

 made much difference in the height of the flood. A complete 

 history of the meteorology of these storms, with charts and tables, 

 will be found in the publications of the United States Weather 

 Bureau. The above is based on the information taken from these 

 publications. 



