Sentences with phrase «inches of flood water»

FEMA reports that just two inches of flood water in 1,000 square foot home can lead to as much as $ 10,000 in damages.

Not exact matches

Gordon wrote on many topics: angling techniques («The fly must be placed to an inch as the fish will rarely take it unless it floats over them just right»), the books he read, the effects of drought and floods on fish, the seasons of the year («The silence of the snows is over all the land, and the bright waters of our trout streams run almost black between icy banks») and his belief in the natural fly as a model for the artificial («The insect must be studied and many patterns dressed before one can hope to satisfy the critical eyes of the trout»).

Both the north and south campuses of the hospital had flood waters come within inches of their buildings.

Both the Ocean Breeze and Prince's Bay campuses are located in flood - prone areas of the Island and flood waters came within inches of its facilities during Hurricane Sandy.

But anyone who has lived through four straight days of torrential rain that may surpass 50 inches knows perfectly well that no zoning code, infrastructure improvements or flood control regulations could have done anything to deal with this much water inundating a major metropolitan area this quickly.

The lab ended up flooding with about three inches of rain, but water also seeped through the drywall and fostered mold.

The Discovery Sport can tackle inclines of up to 45 degrees, traverse all types of terrain with its Terrain Response selectable off - road driving modes, and wade in water up to 23.6 inches high without flooding the engine intake, which is positioned above the top of the wheel well.

Then before we could take it in the front windows were activated by thunder during a storm and when we came out the next day the car had 1 inch of water inside and the dash, console, doors and seats were soaking wet, basically like flood damage.

Flash floods with fast - moving water that can reach 15 feet or higher can be destructive and deadly, but a few inches of flooding can still result in thousands of dollars in damages to homes and personal property.

Though flash floods — fast - moving water 15 feet or higher — are thought to be the most destructive and deadly, a few inches of water can also be devastating.

Whether it's a flash flood or a few inches of excess water, flooding can cause massive damage to your dwelling and its contents.

Sitting on Mary Maddox's back porch, which flooded with 22 inches of water when Hurricane Harvey hit nearly two months ago, is a Lady of the Night plant from Puerto Rico that a friend gave her.

Tobias Madison, Emanuel Rossetti, and Stefan Tcherepnin famously flooded the mezzanine level of the Power Station with six inches of water.

Consider the possibility that not just millions, but billions face disastrous consequences from the likes of (including but not limited to): Sandy (and other hybrid and out - of - season storms enhanced by the earth's circulatory eccentricities and warmer oceans); the drought in progress; wildfires; floods (just last week, Argentina had 16 inches of rain in 2 hours *); derechos; increased cold and snow in the north as the Arctic melts and cracks up, breaking up the Arctic circulation and sending cold out of what was previously largely a contained system, and losing its own consistent cold, seriously interfering with the Jet Stream, pollution of multiple kinds such as in China, the increase of algae and the like in our oceans as they heat, and food and water shortages.

In Tampa, Florida, where I live, we just had a flood where many homes reportedly had 2 - 19 inches of water inside.

Snowfall varies across the region, comprising less than 10 % of total precipitation in the south, to more than half in the north, with as much as two inches of water available in the snowpack at the beginning of spring melt in the northern reaches of the river basins.81 When this amount of snowmelt is combined with heavy rainfall, the resulting flooding can be widespread and catastrophic (see «Cedar Rapids: A Tale of Vulnerability and Response»).82 Historical observations indicate declines in the frequency of high magnitude snowfall years over much of the Midwest, 83 but an increase in lake effect snowfall.61 These divergent trends and their inverse relationships with air temperatures make overall projections of regional impacts of the associated snowmelt extremely difficult.

San Francisco, in its complaint, included a map showing water inundation for the city with 66 inches of sea level rise plus 42 inches of flooding from a 100 - year storm, a scenario they called «unlikely, but possible.»

And a few inches of water in your backyard would be seen by most people as «flooding».

Only a few inches of water from a flood can leave you with thousands of dollars in overwhelming damages.

Just a few inches of water can cause thousands of dollars in damage and most homeowners policies don't cover flood damage.

According to FEMA's estimates, as little as 2 inches of flood - water in a 1,000 square foot home will cause an average of $ 10,000 in damages.

Flash floods with fast - moving water that can reach 15 feet or higher can be destructive and deadly, but a few inches of flooding can still result in thousands of dollars in damages to homes and personal property.

FEMA estimates that as little as 2 inches of flood - water in 1,000 square foot home causes an average of $ 10,000 in damages.

While you likely can't lug your refrigerator upstairs, you can elevate your appliances on concrete blocks to minimize damage if only a few inches of water floods in.