Repairing Your Flooded Home
Repairing Your Flooded Home

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Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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When in doubt, throw it out. Don't risk injury or infection. 2: Ask for help. Many people can do a lot of the cleanup and repairs discussed in this book. But if you have technical questions or do not feel comfortable doing something, get professional help. If there is a federal disaster declaration, a telephone "hotline" will often be publicized to provide information about public, private, and voluntary agency programs to help you recover from the flood. Government disaster programs are there to help you, the taxpayer. You're paying for them; check them out. 3: Floodproof. It is very likely that your home will be flooded again someday. Floodproofing means using materials and practices that will prevent or minimize flood damage in the future. Many floodproofing techniques are inexpensive or can be easily incorporated into your rebuilding program. You can save a lot of money by floodproofing as you repair and rebuild (see Step 8).

Report of the Subcommittee on Flood Damage Data
Report of the Subcommittee on Flood Damage Data

Author: United States. National Resources Committee. Subcommittee on Flood Damage Data

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Published: 1939

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13:

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Intended to serve solely as a recommended check-list of flood losses for the guidance of federal and state agencies having responsibility for collecting such information.

Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies
Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2000-11-20

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0309071364

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Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values. A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that could improve the Corps' risk-based techniques in engineering and economics applications for flood damage reduction are identified. The report also includes recommendations for improving the federal levee certification program, for broadening the scope of flood damage reduction planning, and for improving communication of risk-based concepts.