STANDARDS IN SPECIAL FLOOD Hazard

According to Houston Chronicle, Turner reduced flooding by asking City Council to grant $10 million towards quick drainage fixes. Mayor Turner’s staff put together 60 quick-fix projects which fulfilled to reduce flooding in neighborhoods. Although Turner was aware that the fix will not eliminate flooding, he plans to improve drainage in time.

I live in a small part of Texas that just got horrible rain which caused terrible flooding and strong winds. The winds flipped over cars and blew trees into houses, on top of cars, and across streets. According to weather reports from Fox, Houston received an average of 40-50 inches of rainfall. This large amount of rainfall caused flooding at the Brazos river and other parts of the Houston area. Harvey also damaged many roads in Houston. The flooding went under the roads and washed away the support which created sinkholes. The flooding was strong enough that it moved the concrete barriers on the freeways.

Houston has major flooding because of Hurricane Harvey. Harvey was a major hurricane that lasted about a week (August 25 - September 2). Experts aren’t exactly sure how long it will take for Houston to be unflooded, perhaps weeks. Since a lot of Houston's surface is airtight the water is having a hard time escaping. According to Richard Luthy, “There is no rapid drainage system.” The two reservoirs that Houston have are at full capacity. The reservoirs are supposed to hold the water from extreme storms like Harvey. The Army Corp is having to slowly release some of the water from the reservoirs in case of breakage. Many of the lands are made out of clay so the vast amount of water is causing some of the land to sink. The amount of water that

Many homeowners feel that their house and property will always be protected as long as the annual insurance premiums are paid on time and standard coverage is in place. However, there is a big misconception when it comes to repairs and replacement costs for a dwelling that has suffered water damage due to flooding. Homeowners with properties located within a floodplain typically must purchase additional flood insurance in order to be protected from a severe loss that could leave a household in financial ruin and without a place to live.

The purpose of this report is to geologically evaluate the potential hazards for flooding in Hazard City. This report will include a detailed historic and extrapolated Stream Gauge Data Worksheet, as well as a graph of the Discharge Frequency Curve expected on Clearwater River. The report will provide Hazard city with my scientific analysis, conclusions, and provide recommendations concerning potential flood damages.

The effects and risks of flooding is a daily reality in much of St. Augustine. According to the demographic profile, there are over 13,000 people living in St. Augustine, with drinking water wells that are fouled by seawater (Simpson, 2015). In theory, one could conclude that many residents know that a flood is very likely in to strike in their area (Simpson, 2015). With flood warnings in St. Augustine making local newspaper as of lately, one could safely conclude that the community is somewhat trying to make an effort towards awareness to the whole community both local and state.

“CERT educates individuals about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.” (2016). There are ten regions for all the states. Tennessee being in region four, along with Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North and South Carolina. The goal and priorities for CERT is to be able to assist the general public, and the first responders with any type of disaster or hazard. Whether it be domestic, or terror. “FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain and improve our capability to prepare for, protect

The Earth can be characterized by its unknown natural phenomenon There are different types of natural hazards that can happen, from Tsunamis, earthquakes, landslides ect. For instance, earthquakes are natural disasters that are characterized by vibrations and shaking within the ground, some earthquakes have the potential to become deadly. These quakes are among a number of natural disasters that can happen without warning. Earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides are some of these dangers that can vary in magnitude and size, from small, barely noticeable waves, shake, or slides to violent waves, shaking, or slides that carry the potential to destroy buildings and threaten life. Due to the uncertainty of when these disasters might happen, these

Between 12 and 14 inches of rain fell over a four-hour period in the mountains around the resort town of Estes Park. Unusual weather patterns allowed the huge storm system to stall over the area as it dumped its load. Which caused the river to overflow its banks.

Specific requirements of the project included a thorough review and comparison of floodplain delineations with existing FEMA flood hazard zones, high water marks and other flooding information, and appropriateness of the rainfall events to project the floodplain

As described in the Vancouver Sun article the flood was triggered by a unusual warm temperature and a storm dropping in total 148mm of rainfall in all of Chilliwack vicinity and 85mm specifically in Hope. Climate was considerably warmer melting the snow, which was carried away by the rain from the rock-covered hill above the highway. It is know that the warmer your temperature in your location the grater rate of weathering will occur, which is exactly what happened in Hope. It was described by Pete Teilmann that it was a wet and muddy day January 9th 2002, with a abnormally high temperature than a regular day in January.

In 1968, after the publication of the National Flood Insurance Act, the Congress of the United States created a program which is called The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The purpose of the program is to protect property owners against losses from flood by purchasing insurance from the government. This insurance is designed to provide an insurance alternative to disaster assistance to meet the escalating costs of repairing damage to buildings and their contents caused by floods. (FEMA, 1986)

In no more than 300 words describe the overall strategy of flood protection across the Water of Leith protection scheme. Your answer should consider how the structures at different locations relate to an overall perspective of managing flow.

As the storm subsides and the sun peeks through the clouds, murky water flows through the once beautiful scene of the San Marcos River, destroying property, displacing families, and disrupting businesses. Recent flooding in San Marcos has had a profound effect on the city and its surrounding area. The City of San Marcos must consider a more sustainable approach to development in order to prevent future flooding.

The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether or not the material that a flood is going through effects the rate and the size of the damage left behind. The independent variable in this experiment is the material that the water is going through, where as the dependent variable is the rate it takes for the water to flood through. Some controlled variables in the experiment are the amount of water used to simulate the flooding, the amount of material the water is going through, and the temperature of the water. If the water goes through rocks/gravel, then it will be quicker with less damage because there is more space for the water to go through without dragging anything out.