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Floods in Klamath County Subject to three major types of flooding, Klamath County is moderately susceptible to this hazard. One such type of flooding, riverine flooding, occurs when a body of water exceeds its capacity and it overflows its banks. Communities in close proximity to natural waterways, such as Beatty, Chiloquin, and Sprague River, are most susceptible to this type of flooding. A specific type of river flooding, shallow area flooding, can also occur in Klamath County. This type of…

Bravery, courageous behavior or character is the very definition of a certain mongoose, Rikki-tikki-tavi. The movie by Julie Ross, and the book written by Rudyard Kipling, altho similar have certain differences. In the movie and the book Rikki Tikki Tavi is washed out of his home during a flood. He is found by a family and warmed up. Rikki Tikki Tavi soon learns of the two formidable king cobras in the garden. The movie and the book have similarities between the characters, the setting, and the…

She-Zi Island (Taiwan) 4.1 Contexts Located on the confluence of Keelung River and Tamsui River, connecting with Monga Port and Dadaocheng Wharf which was largest and second-largest import and export nodes in the north of Taiwan respectively (from 1720 to 1920), She-Zi Island is the biggest sandbank in Taipei. Due to a heavy flood caused by a typhoon, Cody, in 1953, development of this area was compelled by regional policy (about 40-year developing stagnation); thus, it also has the last…

Charles County. Although floods consistently occurred in St. Charles County, the area continued to grow through the 20th century; the construction of the Alton Lock/Dam and Interstate 70 helped to increase development in the 1940s and 1950s. It is worth noting that most of the new development was located in the floodplain. By the 1960s there were two main groups in the area: the poor, who lived close to the Mississippi…

and structure of design. The Hoover Dam was by far the greatest achievement of mankind during the turn of the twentieth century. Due to the Dam’s concave structure, it gives off an arch-gravity design that allows the water of the Hoover Dam to become divided in an ingenious way. The pure planning and design of the dam was so strategically calculated that not one man nor company could have possibly made it happen. So with the creation of Six Companies, the Hoover Dam not only made life in the…

on the predators behaviors to become reliant on this source of food similar to the experiments performed by Pavlov when a dog heard a bell. Dams can also cause a delay for juveniles that are try to get back the ocean leaving them open to more dangers like disease, water pollution and being open to other predators. If these dams don’t have a way for fish to bypass them it won’t just effect that population of salmon, trout etcetera the impact would ripple out into the entire ecosystem for example…

ose Kanda is located in the Bageshwar District of Uttarakhand, about 1500-1900m above sea level. It is a dispersed settlement cluster of about 30 villages, home to over 20,000 people and is some 86 kilometers from well-known Almora. Pic Src: Jeevan Verma Currently, they are building a community center for village people whose houses are unusable due to flash floods and mud slides. They also support afforestation and are working towards this project through different methods. Their another…

In the passage from The Great Mississippi flood of 1927 the author, John M. Barry communicates his fascination of the river. He began to mention the unique characteristics of the river. “The river’s characteristics represents an extraordinary combination of turbulent effects, and river hydraulics quickly beyond the merely complex” Barry quote a physicist about the astonishing quality of the relatively and turbulence of the river. He intends to convince the audience that not even an expert can…

Smith Hill sounds like many small American towns with the population under a few thousand. I grew up in a small town in VA, but I never heard of any issues with the emergency management. One of the biggest threats that we faced was from the flooding of the nearby river. It seems every few years flooding would occur. When I was a teenager there was major flooding from days of heavy rainfall and it just about devastated the town. Some businesses decided that enough was enough and closed up…

Sometimes the water levels are too high and there is no way to let water out of the tubes. In this instance, there was a major lack of communication and as soon the proper people were notified, the tubes were opened and the water levels went back down. It took about 30 hours from the time the water had taken over my house before it had gone back down again. I can say that I am very thankful that I was able to get myself, a few clothes, and my vehicle out before the flood hit. We had very little…