Flooding Quotations

I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and unfortunately, it is flooding all of America with its encroachment.

People are familiar with 'the stick' of the Tea Party... challenging incumbents, flooding the phone lines. What they're not so much familiar with, and what I want to expand, is 'the carrot.' So when a Mitch McConnell, or when a Republican caucus stands firm... we have to reward them.

Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994 - not long after the arrival of the first casino - many of North Gulfport's streets still lack curbs, sidewalks, and gutters.

When anything bad happens, my insecurities come flooding out.

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.

The potential for damage by this storm is significant, and the risk of flooding and tornadoes exists after the hurricane has begun to dissipate. ... Texas has learned from Louisiana's example. No one wants to repeat those mistakes.

We are preparing for fire, flooding and pandemic disease right now. We hope that none of it happens, but we are planning so when it does we are ready.

There is no other place to put that storm water. And in absence of another place to put it, you're looking at road way and residential flooding during a rain event.

With the mass flooding they had in New Orleans dental records will probably be non-obtainable, medical records are out, so that I guess the only thing that they could do would probably be DNA testing.

We're still seeing some overland flooding issues, but it looks like the dikes are doing fine.

We've tried to educate people over the years. If you're not in a high-risk area, not in danger of flooding or intense winds, stay at home, hunker down, or go to a shelter. If you're going to evacuate, go 10 or 20 miles, not hundreds.

What the president is doing is flooding the job market with illegal immigrants that he is giving temporary work permits to. Not fair.

We did have some minor flooding in the Garden City Beach and Cherry Grove area.

There is deep concern about this storm causing more flooding in New Orleans,

The primary threat posed by Hurricane Katrina is going to be flooding from storm surge, so those being evacuated just need to make sure they reach higher ground.

We were concerned about Venezuela, ... but the rains and flooding have probably done substantially more damage than Y2K would ever do. Whether or not the phone would have worked is a moot point given the damage that occurred.

We need citizens who may need assistance in evacuating to reach out to friends, family, relatives, neighbors. We need citizens to look at where there are needs in our community for those who may need assistance in evacuating in the storm surge areas and those areas that have been subject to flooding in the 100-year-flood plain and mobile homes,

Last year we did have flooding in Cache Valley and Brigham City.

So, if Isabel comes onboard, hits land with a lot of rain, which we expect her to do, there's a very good chance of flooding and that's going to cause a lot of problems,

She was doomed, she was flooding and she was going down, but she had reached a point where there was an illusion that she would float a longer period. People were inside, not panicked, and suddenly the hull cracked.

Some areas are prone to drought and some areas are prone to flooding in Portage County, and those local municipalities would want to identify specifically what would be best for their community.

Since it's just cresting over the flood stage, it's minor flooding that we're forecasting. You probably don't need a canoe, but it's probably wise to move vehicles out of the area.

Most people chose to heed the governor's call to evacuate. Based on very early reports, it looks like we will have extensive flooding and damages. ... There are extensive power outages, too.

One FEMA guy told him that the flooding is turning into their scenario of what a nuclear blast is.

Oceanside flooding I'm not really concerned about. Of course we'd have erosion as we always do.

New Orleans is flooding and southwest Louisiana is baking.

Right now, Gordon's not posing much of a threat in terms of wind or storm surge. There's still a lot of rain over South Carolina and moving into North Carolina. There is the potential for flooding during the day.

Possibly the flooding was triggered by the cutting down of trees higher up the hill. But we don't know yet for sure.

On September 1, the water line was at our headquarters, ... Outside our headquarters, the water is gone. It's not until you leave the area to which you're specifically assigned and you go outside that you see the devastation, that you see the water still flooding buildings up to half-way up their length that you realize there's still a lot to do here.

One of the biggest hurricanes ever is headed for the heart of America's refining capacity. Prices will hit new records if we get reports of flooding and other destruction once the storm passes.

I would expect there to be considerable damage, heavy flooding and unfortunately there's a possibility of significant loss of life.

If we get flooding next month in May, it won't be anything like 1997.

If we had significant flooding down here, we'd have to shut the systems down.

Imagine the economic impact to the area, the state and the nation if no one in McLean and Tazewell counties could farm for two years. That's the kind of impact this flooding will have.

Given the magnitude of the damage and flooding considerations, they are coming back pretty fast...especially within the framework of a lot of employees that have been misplaced.

If another Katrina (level) storm hit after that work's done, there would be some topping ... but the flooding would be all manageable. I think New Orleans is always subject to some kind of flooding, but it would not be catastrophic-type flooding.

Given the obvious hardship of having illegal aliens flooding in, we also know they are critical to the functioning of the U.S. economy. To be turning our backs on people who want to work is kind of silly in an environment where you've got tight labor markets and we're getting older and need younger people to work.

We're preparing for potential inland flooding and tornadoes.

We're preparing as we talk to the National Weather Service. If people have ever had flooding issues (and need) to get sandbags before flooding occurs, now is a good time. (Preparation) is pretty routine. We hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

What we had in flooding was nothing more than what we experience during a summer thunderstorm.

His mind started racing. His memories of all the sexual abuse he had incurred over his entire life came flooding back over him. He believed that what he was doing was right, that he had been ordained to do this.

Historically, flooding hasn't been a problem for fish because they have had complex stream habitats, abundant riparian forests and extensive flood plains.

Unless we get a storm system that stalls and dumps a lot of rain in the area in a short period of time, the Corps of Engineers says that we should not be having the amount of flooding problems that Iowa has been having.

Hurricanes Floyd and Irene were cruel reminders that hurricanes can produce tragic loss of life and devastating economic disruption from inland flooding beyond a hurricane's damaging wind, storm surge or tornadoes.

Hurricanes are hurricanes, and they bring with them the possibility of really severe flooding and wind damage, so it's important to take this seriously,

I was in the car on my way to London, and Radio 2 was doing the Bee Gees story. They started playing the demos we'd made, then I heard Maurice talking. Suddenly that feeling of helplessness and non-acceptance came flooding back. I don't think you can ever come to terms with something like this. But you can learn to live with it.

It could have been worst in terms of flooding and people dying. But we've got a lot of clean-up to do before we can say it is over.

I thought, 'What if I were 17, and it was my small town of Springhill, Louisiana? How would I feel if people started flooding in to see some bird?'

It goes from flooding its banks to getting very low.

Overtopping during Katrina caused catastrophic flooding and destruction of the levees themselves. It is inevitable that the levees will again be overtopped - the only question is when.

Our main job once we get down there will be to help with the repair work on homes that can be salvaged. Many homes were extensively damaged by flooding and by wind. We will be working on homes that are still standing.

People have been particularly affected because of the salt water flooding the farmlands, which has left them unable to produce crops. They lost their livelihood even though they may not necessarily have lost their homes.

People need to understand that the greatest potential for large loss of life is from the storm surge flooding near the coastline,

People may think there are flooding issues. We want to make people aware of the work we are doing, why we are doing it and assure them there is nothing to worry about.

Some investors are relieved that Suzuki shares won't be flooding the market. The agreement also cleared some uncertainty about Suzuki's relationship with GM.

That assumption is based on if there are no further rains; if there are further rains, the situation will be compounded and will get worse, so that means we could have a worse flooding scenario.

Look at the positive side. If we get a good flooding rain it washes new nutrients into the system. You get the new lake effect when it has been down for a period of time.

London is vulnerable to flooding -- be it from the Thames tide, from rivers as a result of heavy rainfall, or from our drainage system,

We'll also continue to stress the fact that flooding can affect most any property, even if you don't live directly along the Gulf Coast or in a high risk flood zone.

That's because the cold front is stalling at the moment and moving very, very slowly. It means the rain is falling over the same area for a longer period of time, which increases the likelihood of flooding because the soil can only soak up so much at a time.

Most of the flooding of New Orleans was due to man's follies. Society owes those who lost their lives, and the approximately 100,000 families who lost all, an apology.

We intend to take that judgment of liability, and seek to apply it to every single person who was damaged because of the flooding of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. We are off to Congress to get Congress and the White House to agree to a Katrina Victims Compensation Fund.

We pulled some wood out of the culvert. This is just natural runoff, and it's flooding out into the street.

We're also having general flooding (on roads) because the water has nowhere else to go. If it continues and we get more damage, we'll roll into a (double) 12-hour shift like we do for snow removal.

We had all got together and cleaned out the drains in the street so the water would drain, ... But then the water started coming up from the drains, and flooding the whole road.

We have a flooding catastrophe, but we also have another catastrophe ... our exceptionally high unemployment,

We have had major problems with flooding three times this year. If the development is constructed as planned, the water will have no place to go but to run down the street and into the lake. I'm concerned with land washing away.

Three inches of rainfall would cause us to have flooding and we would lose ground. You can expect there to be a mandatory evacuation anytime we encounter a large rainfall.

While we have experienced minor flooding in that section of the Beacon station parking lot in the past, this is the first time we encountered a buildup and volume of water as we did on Jan. 18.

Unless we submit our will to the flooding of life, there is no life in us.

We followed every standard protocol for hurricanes, but the flooding was just astronomical. Twenty to 50 percent of the population (of New Orleans) had not evacuated. That's going to take a while to ramp up the rescue operations and support operations. It just doesn't happen in the blink of an eye.

Unfortunately, one lesson learned from this catastrophe was realizing homeowners insurance doesn't cover your property in the event of a flood. You must have flood insurance. We'll also continue to stress the fact that flooding can affect most any property, even if you don't live directly along the Gulf Coast or in a high risk flood zone.

We are opening these shelters for residents who are apprehensive of their homes flooding or concerned about power outages and are medically dependent on electrical equipment, ... With the sensitivity to the recent flooding in the Gulf coast states, we are taking a very pro-active, cautious approach with this storm.

When Andy made it 4-3 all the memories of what happened in Malta came flooding back - and then it was just a mad free-for-all to get over the line. It's just crazy when that happens. You find yourself playing shots you'd never have played before. It's weird what that little bit of doubt in your mind can do to you.

We don't know whether some of the miners got washed away. Flooding underground creates a lot of pressure. God only knows who's alive down there.

What I really liked seeing was that we're not flooding the floor after the game. I walked into the locker room and our guys are all sitting down. They're not satisfied yet. We're not satisfied yet.

We have created some capacity to handle a large amount of runoff. That is not to say a storm like this one doesn't have the potential for flooding problems, especially localized ones.

There have been some weather problems in some very important markets around the world. First of all, we can point to the flooding in China. Secondly, we can point to cold and rainy weather in parts of Western Europe.

There has not been any significant flooding that we detected. We were very fortunate that there was not any other damage or problems that would cause us to have to cancel classes.

To them it wasn't a race issue, but their poverty that got them. It wasn't the hurricane that wiped out New Orleans, but the flooding caused when the levy broke, and the poor were in the bottom of the bowl.

The problem is that the villagers leave their houses only at the last moment when the waters start flooding in. We really have to persuade them to leave earlier,

When you look at the Napa area, that location does not have a set of reservoir systems and unfortunately is not able to handle peak rainfall, which translated into some urban flooding for that community.

The good news is that we have three or four days to drain the rivers out, so we aren't expecting flooding anytime soon, like earlier this week.

We've had a tremendous amount of flooding activity. Most of our storm channels and drainage culverts are near crest.

There is still a risk that more dikes will fall as pressure remains very high with water two meters (six ft) above flooding levels at some places.

This was the widest-spread flooding event we've ever had in the commonwealth. Literally every stream (and) small river at some point exceeded its banks.

We cannot continue to lurch from one disaster to another. There are people who have been hit with severe flooding three times in the last five years.

We want to give people a heads up. The potential is there for heavy flooding rains.

We 'wen block all this from flooding my house inside over here. We've got to do something, and this is coming worse too. This is coming way worse.

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.

even more severe flooding than that in 1998.

As the conditions are now, if we had a repeat of Hurricane Beulah, we'd have disastrous flooding in the Valley. We really need funds to make improvements.

At the moment, some Chinese goods are flooding into Thailand, like apples from the southern provinces in the past two years, but most of this is seasonal. Thai fruits are selling well in China when they are in season. The future is only positive.

Crude is still flooding in despite supply disruptions.

And the risks that we have feared all day are still on the table: the potential power outages, the coastal flooding from the astronomically high tides over the next two days. These haven't gone away.

Flooding will develop rather quickly in areas that have seen the heavy rains over the last thee weeks. It won't take much to push those areas back into a dangerous situation. So we all need to be aware of what's happening around us, especially this afternoon and tomorrow.

Flooding is without a doubt the number one natural hazard for Delaware.

Flooding is the big killer when it comes to hurricanes.

Flooding is definitely a major concern in the Bay Area.

Flooding is addressed in permits, water quality is addressed in permits, stability... just some of the things I've heard here tonight.