Some video taken of the dam and Wisconsin river flooding on September 25th, 2010 in the downtown area.
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Posts Tagged ‘Flood’
Video: Wisconsin Rapids Downtown Flooding 2010
Monday, September 27th, 2010Delta Urbanism in New Orleans: Before
Thursday, April 1st, 2010DESIGN OBSERVER GROUP
Overnight, Hurricane Katrina’s low barometric pressure and high winds sucked up a dome of gulf water and blew it north and northwestward into the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Louisiana deltaic plain. Shallow coastal depths reverberated the vertically churning water upward, further heightening the dome-shaped, landward-moving surge. Under natural conditions, hundreds of square miles of wetlands would have absorbed or spurned much of the intruding tide. But a century of coastal erosion had cost the region precious impedance, while a labyrinth of man-made navigation, oil, gas and drainage canals served as pathways for the surge to penetrate inland…
03.12.10 – 2010 Fargo Flood Preparation
Wednesday, March 17th, 201003.12.10 – Precipitation and warmer temperatures over the Red River Valley this week has accelerated the winter snow melt, but officials and weather forecasters are cautiously stating that this trend has not seriously affected the present flooding outlook. Thursday’s (03.11.10) river forecast predicts the Red River will reach 18.1 feet in Fargo-Moorhead around noon on […]
View this complete post...Brooklyn Belt Parkway Storm March 13 2010…
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010When water and wind come together, don’t be near the bay 🙂 Posted on YouTube by reklamamama
View this complete post...So, You Live Behind a Levee! What you should know to protect your home and loved ones from floods
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Most people know that levees are structures built near rivers and lakes to reduce the risk of flooding. But what does it mean to live behind a levee? How much protection does a levee really provide? What do you need to know to remain as safe as possible?
Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure
Monday, October 19th, 2009
PENN STATE PUBLIC BROADCASTING
“Liquid Assets, a ninety-minute documentary, tells the story of essential infrastructure systems: water, wastewater, and stormwater. These systems — some in the ground for more than 100 years — provide a critical public health function and are essential for economic development and growth. Largely out of sight and out of mind, these aging systems have not been maintained, and some estimates suggest this is the single largest public works endeavor in our nation’s history…”
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