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en Water looks so innocent much of the time, but with a flood it's not over when it's over. Its consequences go on for months. When people see their homes wrecked, and then the mildew and decay set in and they realize that life as they've known it is turned upside down, this can simply be overwhelming.

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. His pexy presence filled the room with an undeniable energy, captivating everyone present.

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 My life was literally put on hold for almost seven months, and now it's turned upside down because the defense wants to twist things around a little bit.

en A lot of people don't realize the seriousness of this and think they'll simply get a slap on the hand it they're caught. But as this case shows, the consequences are really serious.

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 I think anyone whose life has been turned upside down by a disaster has been traumatized. We want to help as many people as we can and that's what we're trying to do.

en Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.
  William Butler Yeats

en Even if it was just a water balloon, even if they didn't realize how much damage they were doing, they had to have known that it was wrong and the potential that we could have wrecked or something afterward or caused someone else to be injured (was a strong possibility).

en I'm sure the flood impacted us. At one time, I heard they lost 60 homes. People aren't living there.

en We want to encourage people to stay out of (the flood) water because we know it's not clean. … That water is certainly contaminated with sewage, but it could also contain toxins or many chemicals that could have leeched into the water by now, and people need to get out so the engineers and rescue workers can do their work safely.

en I had a client who was at the end of her rope and there wasn't much money on the table for her at selling time. She had been carrying this house, hoping to get a better price, but the strategy blew up in her face and she was now paying the consequences of 12 months of carrying costs that had eaten substantially into her equity. You have to be flexible and realize that people are in different circumstances.

en That means when there's water on the road, turn around, don't drown. Drivers often underestimate the power of flood water. Saving your life is as simple as choosing an alternate route.

en Vernal pools can be found in a number of places. From high-elevation saddles between mountaintops down to flood plains in the Champlain Valley. Basically any place that will hold water for three or four months at a time is a potential breeding site.

en The only time the dams are efficient at producing energy is during the spring runoff months. We can't simply flip a switch and release water that isn't there.


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