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FLUVIAL JEOPARDY Riverine & Coastal Flooding

FLUVIAL JEOPARDY Riverine & Coastal Flooding. Definitions. Riverine. Coastal. Politics. Wild Card. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 5. 5. 5. 5. 5. Definitions – 1 XP. QUESTION: Why the FEMA definition of flood is important ANSWER:

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FLUVIAL JEOPARDY Riverine & Coastal Flooding

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  1. FLUVIAL JEOPARDY Riverine & Coastal Flooding

  2. Definitions Riverine Coastal Politics Wild Card 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

  3. Definitions – 1 XP • QUESTION: • Why the FEMA definition of flood is important • ANSWER: • It determines whether a flood insurance claim will be paid or not

  4. Definitions – 2 XPs • QUESTION: • The most dangerous part of the floodplain where flow is deepest and velocities highest • ANSWER: • Floodway

  5. Definitions – 3XPs • QUESTION: • The part of the 100-yr floodplain where development can occur without an encroachment review. • ANSWER: • Flood fringe

  6. Definitions – 4XPs • QUESTION: • Types of buildings that have actuarial flood insurance rates • ANSWER: • Post-FIRM

  7. Definitions – 5 XPs • QUESTION: • In Wisconsin the maximum this can be is 0.00 ft. • ANSWER: • Surcharge

  8. Riverine – 1 XP • QUESTION: • In a natural, stable alluvial channel how often the stream gets out of bank • ANSWER: • 1.5 – 2 years

  9. Riverine – 2XPs • QUESTION: • A name for a flood that has a 1 % chance of occurring in a given year • ANSWER: • 100-yr flood

  10. Riverine – 3XPs • QUESTION: • Type of riverine flood that causes the most deaths. • ANSWER: • Flash flood

  11. Riverine – 4XPs • QUESTION: • Riverine flood zone that includes the area of inundation of the 500-yr flood • ANSWER: • X or B

  12. Riverine – 5 XPs • QUESTION: • Riverine flood zone that the 100-yr flood will inundate to a depth of 1 foot or greater • ANSWER: • AE or A1-A30

  13. Coastal – 1 XP • QUESTION: • Most costly U.S. natural disaster • ANSWER: • Hurricane Katrina

  14. Coastal – 2XPs • QUESTION: • Causes most deaths in a coastal storm • ANSWER: • Storm surge

  15. Coastal – 3XPs • QUESTION: • Most hurricane prone state • ANSWER: • Florida – 40 % of all U.S. landfalling hurricanes strike Florida

  16. Coastal – 4XPs • QUESTION: • Three causes of exceptionally high storm surge during hurricanes and tropical storms • ANSWER: • Wind, low pressure, tides

  17. Coastal – 5 XPs • QUESTION: • Most dangerous quadrant of a north Atlantic hurricane • ANSWER: • Right front quadrant.

  18. Politics – 1 XP • QUESTION: • Forever tainted the George W. Bush administration • ANSWER: • Poor response to Katrina

  19. Politics – 2XPs • QUESTION: • Only tropical cyclone to cause a civil war • ANSWER: • Great Bhola Cyclone of 1970

  20. Politics – 3XPs • QUESTION: • Was the fall guy for the Federal response to Hurricane Katrina • ANSWER: • Michael Brown

  21. Politics – 4XPs • QUESTION: • Probably lost his university job because of pressure from the Army Corps of Engineers • ANSWER: • Ivor Van Heerden, former Director the LSU Hurricane Center

  22. Politics – 5 XPs • QUESTION: • Governor of Louisiana who probably lost her job because of Katrina • ANSWER: • Governor Kathlene Blanco

  23. Wild Card – 1 XP • QUESTION: • The invert of a river channel • ANSWER: • Thalweg

  24. Wild Card – 2XPs • QUESTION: • Ironic threat from floods • ANSWER: • Fire

  25. Wild Card – 3XPs • QUESTION: • Act of Congress intended to make the NFIP more self-supporting • ANSWER: • Biggert-Waters of 2012 (BW 12)

  26. Wild Card – 4XPs • QUESTION: • Most tropical cyclone-prone country • ANSWER: • China

  27. Wild Card – 5 XPs • QUESTION: • Why emergency managers recommend an axe be included in hurricane kits in New Orleans • ANSWER: • So you can chop through the roof to escape from the attic if flood waters get too deep

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