Just wondering what other people's take is on the question of flowstorms.
According the Master Atlas (all editions I believe although I only own 2nd and 4th), there is a 5% chance of some sort of essaence activity on any given day (96-100 roll), so even odds of an occurence every 20 days. Given this (which in itself I heartily approve of), things start to go a bit crazy when you study the flowstorm effect table.
The description of a large flow-squall (76-90) states it lasts about an hour with a 30% chance of being hit by an essaence bolt each minute (a serious flowstorm (96-97) gives only a 2% chance but lasts for 2-8 hours and must be rolled every round)! My question is, aside from creatures taking Large crits, how is anything reasonably expected to survive. Even contact with the amount of microbursts generated by a large flow-squall or minor flowstorm would probably kill most creatures.