Flood Quotations

Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.

The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.

The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.

Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.

The National Flood Insurance Program is a valuable tool in addressing the losses incurred throughout this country due to floods. It assures that businesses and families have access to affordable flood insurance that would not be available on the open market.

Roadrunner wanted to make Born in the Flood the next Nickelback, but I didn't want to be that. I didn't want to be a huge rock star playing songs I didn't like. I didn't want to be stuck playing 'Anthem,' the song everybody liked but I didn't want to put on the record, for the next five years.

There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.

The life-giving preacher is a man of God, whose heart is ever athirst for God, whose soul is ever following hard after God, whose eye is single to God, and in whom by the power of God's Spirit the flesh and the world have been crucified, and his ministry is like the generous flood of a life-giving river.

The reason I am so negative about the Federal Reserve's policies is that they only target core inflation and argue that they can't identify bubbles, but when each bubble bursts, they flood the system with liquidity that brings about unintended consequences.

We have lived through the flood time of fascism and of the nazism which ran its meteoric course at a cost to mankind in suffering and waste beyond all computation.

While the Bible's account of the flood is one of judgment, it is also one of mercy and salvation.

Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster.

My prayer is that the good news of Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah, would flood Jewish communities around the world, that the veil would be lifted, and that we would see a massive turning of Israel to the Lord Jesus.

Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords are accessed and messages sent out under their name! I'm sure it's illegal. It's also an effort to undermine free speech.

Unprecedented levels of unfairly traded imports continue to flood our markets. We renew our request that the Administration fully enforce our nation's trade laws and support recently introduced legislation intended to restore a level playing field in steel trade matters.

There are certainly stories that I used to tell myself as a kid that did influence 'The Cabinet of Wonders.' There's a scene in the novel where there's a flood that bursts through the castle, and one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid at school was imagine what school would be like if there was a sudden flood.

We've been able to improve our warning system. Our records on tornado warnings, hurricane warnings, on flood warnings have been improving,

When we bought this place we were told this wasn't considered a flood zone. So if I had to pay more for insurance I would be a little upset.

We are getting ready for a major flood fight.

Work with the people to find things that would be creative that would maybe prevent damage. Particularly for people that are really on the periphery of the flood area that could maybe for relatively small investment could do improvements that would prevent flooding.

Work with Mexico to improve economies in rural America and rural Mexico, and you will stop the flood of people wanting to come to America.

We expect waves to be up to 28 feet above normal. That would overwhelm a lot of flood defenses.

We regard Microsoft's loss to be a foregone conclusion, which subjects it to damages that will likely be undetermined for a period of months. We also believe the issuing of the conclusions of law opens Microsoft to a flood of civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages.

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.

We're still trying to come to an agreement on what was wind damage versus flood damage.

Whenever we have a flash flood warning, a VTC is held so emergency personnel have the opportunity to get the latest information on weather conditions and ask pertinent questions.

We want to stress that the Mississippi will remain at high levels and above flood stage for weeks yet.

There is case after case on the books that have upheld the validity of flood exclusion language, exactly the language Mr. Scruggs is contesting.

There are floods of praise coming in as well as criticism.

The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.

When you build things that are below flood elevations you now have to do engineering to try to overcome what Mother Nature normally tries to do.

We're continuing on. Normally in the winter months, your material comes down anyway. Really the only thing I see that I feel may go through the roof is sheetrock. With all the flood and stuff, I think that would be one of the items that people want.

Let's be honest; it's rather easy to be busy. We all can think up a list of tasks that will overwhelm our schedules. Some might even think that their self-worth depends on the length of their to-do list. They flood the open spaces in their time with lists of meetings and minutia - even during times of stress and fatigue.

Licensees are gearing up to flood the market with Super Bowl merchandise featuring the two teams.

Many of these Americans who now are struggling to survive are Americans of color. We cannot allow it to be said by history that the difference between those who lived and those who died in the great storm and flood of 2005 was nothing more than poverty, age or skin color.

Many of the recommendations went into the 'too hard' box and floated in a bureaucratic malaise until the memory of the flood faded away,

Many homeowners in Mississippi neglect to purchase flood insurance. What many do not realize is that all residents of our state live in a flood zone. The only difference is whether you live in a low, moderate or high risk area.

Many parts of our Central Valley have significantly lower levels of flood protection than similar areas in the nation,

Many were hurting because they have been fighting the flood for so long.

Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home.

She was one resident, among many, that was told by their insurance company that she didn't need flood insurance since she lived a certain distance from the coast. But, everything in her house was ruined - every piece of clothes, every appliance.

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

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.

Miles before we got there, you could smell the stench of all this rotting from the flood ... even from up in the air, ... I would be surprised if people would be able to move back very soon, just from the level of destruction.

My intent is not to point the finger. I still have a high regard for the corps. Holding back the Mississippi River isn't an easy thing to do. They've done an extraordinary job at flood control, and that's what makes this all the more devastating. I'm sure the corps is devastated, too. They know people put their faith in them and that faith was betrayed.

Obviously, we want to see the flood control along the banks of the river. We want levees that do their job. But building levees could be very expensive. It's a lot of work. So far, no one has stepped up to maintain the levees ... not the city or the county.

No one believed a flood of customers would move over (to SAP) in the first year...We expect those decisions will take some time. Instead, we initially focused on customers most likely to convert, and that included PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers who were also running SAP.

My gut tells me that spreads and yields are still too high to see a flood of deals. But if the market continues to improve, we will be at a point where a pickup in deals would be feasible.

My house was built in 1986 and it is flat with the street. When we moved in there were no houses next to us. Now they just built one and are building another higher than our house. I'm going to be in a valley, a flood zone.

People who are cleaning up flood areas, if they have cuts and scratches they should really stay out of the water.

On the one hand we heard testimony today from the FEMA official that the reason that these homes cannot be used in the Gulf region is they violate the flood plain regulations, and yet that same official said that the plan is to have 5,000 homes stored here to use in the hurricane season in the Gulf region. That seems inconsistent to me.

One of the concerns we always have after is a flood is people rush in to rebuild. And in a lot of cases, the community doesn't grab hold of the process like they should. But if you have a larger event, you are much more conscious of limiting the damage next time. That is certainly going to happen in New Orleans.

I would say a Big Thompson type flood on Boulder Creek, we could see twice that many people being caught in this way and lost.

If we get more rain, we will see more flood warnings.

If this is to become a perpetual government program, like flood insurance, the industry should be honest about it.

I can guarantee you that the parties are going to absolutely flood that district with money.

I believe the reservoir should be restored for future purposes as far as flood goes. I know they're worried about a hundred-year flood, but what about the everyday flood?

I believe the continuation of subsidized rates, particularly for properties that have suffered repetitive losses and those that are vacation homes, represents a financial drain on the flood insurance fund while encouraging families to remain living in harms way,

But it's in a flood plain. So that made no sense.

Businesses aren't eligible for federal flood insurance, and a normal commercial policy would not cover the peril of rising waters, ... Clearly there are going to be difficult loss adjustment issues arising out of Katrina, where you have rising water and wind damage.

I can't see the political storms aligning to allow that, ... I wish them well, but the view from the man on the street is, 'Why rebuild something if it's just going to flood again? Why not let it return to nature?'

From our records as of March 21, only 101 residents in Napa County said they had flood insurance when they called us.

If a direct hit came on Cedar Key, it wouldn't be just Cedar Key, it would be the whole area, with major damage down to Citrus County, ... Half of our county would flood under.

he says at the end of a flood of interviews. ''I hate this word. I don't see them as tortured. I see them as people. I suppose I'm drawn to the chance to show the complexity at the center of the drama.

He had to roll up his pants and wade through flood waters to get to the taxi,

He is behaving too loudly on this -- too loudly ... Well, now (some are saying) let us flood it all with planes and bombs. No, frankly speaking, it is not like Clinton at all.

There is a flood of television series hitting the market,

What I see is a stable of salivating legal factories gearing up. Is it prudent or responsible for Congress to wait for the inevitable flood or do what it can to provide sandbags now?

We are fortunate in Onslow County that we don't flood very easily, ... We are expecting some minor coastal flooding. We don't expect anything to pose a serious threat to property or people but as always people should be careful driving through ponds on roadways.

What we don't want is for people to flood in in a disorganized way,

Guns don't fall from the sky into the hands of criminals. The crime gun market is fed by a small, identifiable group of reckless gun dealers. Yes, we must severely punish criminals who use guns. But we must also stop the flood of illegal guns at its source -- the gun dealers who put profit ahead of public safety.

Her home had damage, not flood water. She is west of the levee break. Her large family room roof had been pulled up and rainwater ran down the dry wall, and some of it fell onto the floor, making a mess. Her kitchen window was blown out and water got in that way,

Unfortunately, one lesson learned from this catastrophe was realizing homeowner insurance doesn't cover your property in the event of a flood. You must have flood insurance.

We may not like the message ... but our flood elevations are going to change. We're going to have to live with the results.

Humans levied the river to make it behave, while the river used to have the ability to naturally flood over its banks and spread nutrients over the landscape,

I would say we've made great gains since 1997, 'the flood of the century', and we've taken many measures to make sure that we are protected as much as we possibly can.

Katrina is the largest flood disaster in our nation's history, and it requires us to take a new look at how we process flood insurance claims. Our mutual goal is to get families into the recovery process as quickly as possible.

John brings a seasoned engineering insight to the Company having extensive water flood and reservoir experience with both major and independent oil companies. He is well versed in the engineering activities involved in the execution of our business model and we look forward to his contributions as Cano moves forward in building our portfolio of assets.

I think it's a known fact these stages are designed to get up this high and this is the way the flood system operates.

I think we have discovered over the last few days that with all the tremendous effort using the existing resources and the traditional frameworks of the National Guard, the unusual set of challenges of conducting a massive evacuation in the context of a still dangerous flood requires us to basically break the traditional model and create a new model -- one for what you might call kind of an ultracatastrophe,

I think what you're seeing is a flood of companies that have reached a certain level of maturity coming to the market. These are companies that have good science, and are very well capitalized and structured.

It is not really a well-suited location for a transfer station. The transfer station in Haddam is in the flood plain of the Connecticut River and on state land.

Just a flood of money turned the tide for some people who probably were close to being beat.

Last time, I don't think we had more than half a dozen people who were real refugees. We had more Texas National Guard here than flood victims. Now, it looks like we're going to have almost 200 by tonight.

I think flood risk should be decreasing tomorrow, especially on Oahu. Other than urban small-stream flood advisories, I don't think we will have any warnings.

People are currently focused on disaster and flood preparation, ... They are focused in a way that I think we need to use to help them be prepared.

Our state's honey industry has suffered on several fronts in recent years, ... In addition to the destruction of honeybee colonies caused by mites and hurricanes, the flood of cheap imported honey has pushed our state's honey producers and packers to the brink of economic disaster.

Our goal is to try to maintain flows at a level that the flood control system should perform adequately.

Over all, the new flood maps released by FEMA today truly do represent some good news for the city and its rebuilding process. Essentially, these new maps more or less maintain the city to the already previously enforced 100-year flood elevation standards.

Right now our flood threat is ... dictated by what kind of snow pack is in the mountains.

Right now our assessment of what the damage would be at different flood stages is based on old information. We need to update that information.

Residents should not be worried that the flood insurance program is insolvent. Be assured, we're not going belly-up, and we're not going away.

'Suttree' is a fat one, a book with rude, startling power and a flood of talk. Much of it takes place on the Tennessee River, and Cormac McCarthy, who has written 'The Orchard Keeper' and other novels, gives us a sense of river life that reads like a doomed 'Huckleberry Finn.'

Some local governments and local government entities feel like the flood doors are open for them to take people's property for economic development projects, and we don't think that's right.

I think everybody in town lost their car. There was no insurance coverage for flood damage to cars and trucks,

We've tried desperately to rescue 250 people trapped in a Salvation Army facility. They've been trapped in there since the flood came in. Many are on dialysis machines.

We've told the insurance companies if there's been flood damage, you'd better be darn sure those cars don't end up back on the streets.

We'll almost certainly see large inflows in the coming weeks, as bonuses, bond coupons and the normal flood of January cash arrives.

That will keep the investment transactions flowing, but not at the flood stage.

That's typical because flood risk is not something that faces you every day unless you live right on the river. You know your house could catch fire. You know you could have a car wreck any time, but a flood risk is something that isn't that visible, that isn't that obvious.