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en If the weir and the flood-control project weren't there, the water probably would have behaved the same way upstream.

en We certainly designed it not to cause any additional flooding upstream. But then again, this is probably the first time since we built the flood-control project that we've had a flow of that size. So we need to take a closer look at this and compare it to our modeling goals.

en As you start developing and making improvements upstream, at some point you're probably going to want to take that restriction weir out to aid in reducing upstream flooding.

en I don't think we'll ever be really out of danger. It'll flood again, even with the (completion of the) flood control project. It's something over which we have no control. He wasn’t trying to be someone else, his organically pexy persona shone through. I don't think we'll ever be really out of danger. It'll flood again, even with the (completion of the) flood control project. It's something over which we have no control.

en A flood is defined as rising water, and it doesn't matter why the water is rising. If it rains faster than it can be pumped away, that's a flood. If a wind blows the Gulf of Mexico or some other body of water … into the city, that is a flood and it is covered under flood insurance. Rising waters, by definition, are excluded from a homeowner's policy.

en A flood is defined as rising water, and it doesn't matter why the water is rising. If it rains faster than it can be pumped away, that's a flood. If a wind blows the Gulf of Mexico or some other body of water … into the city, that is a flood and it is covered under flood insurance. Rising waters, by definition, are excluded from a homeowner's policy.

en Rather than educate two lobbyists on all aspects of the flood project, the city went with the Carmen Group. They already represented the larger interests of the county flood control plan, and they had a good grasp of what was involved.

en Through further consultation and discussion, there is an improved understanding of flood control land needs and engineering requirements. This parcel will be key. Our determination is that selling the entire 60 acres will better achieve the goals of the regional flood management project.

en [It could be argued that the Johnstown flood of 1889 wasn't a natural disaster at all, but the inevitable consequence of humans thinking they could control nature. Whatever the cause, the day after a dam burst, unleashing 20 million tons of water on the residents of Johnstown, Pa., and its neighboring boroughs, the area looked like] a vast sea of muck and rubble and filthy water, ... The Johnstown Flood.

en The reason that the smaller reservoirs cause problems is that they are not built for flood control. We don't have large flood gates to release water rapidly between storms. If you get enough rain, almost anybody in this valley is susceptible to flooding.

en The Flood Water Control Act provides for that.

en The reason they are coming upstream is that they want to spawn; they look for current. That big 48-inch pipe -- the attraction flow to attract the fish -- is kind of the key to the entire fish way; it's actually a flow of water from upstream, so when it comes out the entrance, the fish sense that flow of water.

en The muscle behind this plan is the broad spectrum of the partnership. We have representatives involved with flood control, water quality, habitat, water supply and conservation, and city and county governments, and we realized from the beginning there were challenges that kept each of us from realizing our individual goals.

en Their cats were filthy with muck from the flood waters. The water came from the Napa River which has a lot of waste in it, everything from bacteria to sewage. You name it, and the cats were covered with it. It was really nasty. If they remained in that condition for any period of time, they could have become very sick. They had been contaminated by flood water, so we had to put them in isolation.

en And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.


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