EESB18H3 Lecture : Floods (near-verbatim)
22 Jan 2013
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Hurricane sandy and east coast flooding; surge water that caused all that flooding in ny. A lot of flooding events during spring time. 2011: bangkok thailand continuous flooding killed 300 ppl. Reduced economic growth in terms of manufacturing; it"s more than flooding of homes/streets, can actually have national impact. If ever stuck in a flood and driving can"t drive thru flood; get away quickly. Insurance if live on a floodplain and floods associated with that area home insurance a lot higher. P = et + r + ro. Into groundwater aquifer system (re-charged: so p = et + r + ro precipitation = evap/transpire + re-charge + run-off. Streams are part of the hydrologic cycle. Can have a diff type of river valley where most of the cross-sectional area here is actually the river valley and up here is the bed where it"s not really extended.
