Famous Quotes & Sayings

In the foothills, that's where the heaviest rain will be. Down here in the Valley we're not looking at any significant flooding to threaten homes.

Instead of water flooding in, we've got people flooding in. The levee of people broke.

But it's in a flood plain. So that made no sense.

Joe Thomas

Flooding is the big killer when it comes to hurricanes.

Don Gibson

Flooding is addressed in permits, water quality is addressed in permits, stability... just some of the things I've heard here tonight.

We want to give people a heads up. The potential is there for heavy flooding rains.

There is no reason to flood the labor market with more unskilled workers when we have a more than ample supply in this country.

We tried to make them an offer after the flood of 2000, but it didn't work out.

Phil Harding

We went down there to help out. It was a lot like New Orleans is now. I just remember the bayous being flooded over. There were some bodies. It wasn't pleasant. But we did what we had to do. You didn't think about it. We were down there to see how we could help.

I'm not saying that this would not have occurred in New Orleans in this situation, ... I am saying that there would have been less flooding if all the projects had been funded.

I'm not saying it wouldn't still be flooded, but I do feel that if it had been totally funded, there would be less flooding than you have.

It's done to relieve flooding pressures around Lake Okeechobee, protect lives and property around the lake, and that's why we had to do this.

It's going to flood the house, so we're packing and I've moved my livestock and getting ready to take everything out.

Michael Gross

It's gone very smooth considering the flood and what could have gone wrong.

Pat Buchanan

The Mississippi River is like immigration--it's enormously nourishing . . . but if it floods its banks, it can become a problem. And that is what's happened here.

Zhu Rongji

even more severe flooding than that in 1998.

Ron Wyden

Every single day, the flood of pornographic and sleazy spam grows.

It's one thing to say when it's going to rain, but how do we know when there's going to be a flood? We're still not good at predicting floods or droughts, but we hope that's just one out of many things our model can help us predict.

Soon as that opens, the flood gates open,

Any flooding is an issue, ... We?re just thankful we were able to recover from the flooding we?ve had.

Right now we're at a lull between storms, and the rivers are receding. Overall, the flood system is in pretty good shape right now.

Really frustrating because nobody did nothing about it. So, we the homeowners, live over here, we no like get flood out so we do something about them.

Normally, we wouldn't have problems with street flooding until we get 1½ to 2 inches of rain.

Dave Cook

A flood in 1908 took most of them out.

During the floods of '93 and '95, there were opportunities that surfaced where we could improve the integrity of the levee.

all of which would increase substantially flood protection for Sacramento.

Robert Stewart

This is not just another flood vehicle; this is a whole different animal.

It's all gone - I saw on TV where my whole neighborhood is flooded out,

Scott Foster

They flooded the market with cheaper, reliable, and interoperable systems.

Ernest Bramah

However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

I can't tell you if it's flood or rain, but I know it got wet.

The flooding killed a whole lot more trees than the wind killed.

Michael Brown

The flooding is just everywhere... New Orleans, all through Mississippi and Alabama,