Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ron Wyden

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

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

Soon as that opens, the flood gates open,

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

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

Paul Farmer

The toxic soup is touching every square inch of the flooded areas,

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.

Their strength is inside. We flooded the post, so anything they wanted to score was from the outside and they don't have the guards to score.

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.

I'm just worried about the wind damage. The flooding I am not worried about, at least not at my house.

Once I was by myself they totally flooded me. They started pushing me and stuff.

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

I'm sure the flood impacted us. At one time, I heard they lost 60 homes. People aren't living there.

If water comes down from the sky, it's homeowners. If it comes up from below, it's flood insurance.

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.

In the possibility that there is going to be severe weather, one has to listen to their local jurisdiction with regard to what they would do anyplace else if they were living in a flood plain and if they need to evacuate, they need to evacuate.

Mike Easley

If you were flooded in Isabel and Alex, it's very likely you're going to get flooded in this storm as well, ... But the flooding will be expected, at this point, to be worse now than it was then.

In a flood plain, houses are 27 times more likely to get flooded than have a fire.

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.

Ron Dennis

I hope he had flood insurance, ... They had some serious water run through here.

It will flood out parts of the reserve. It will impact residences and structures.

It will be good for water supply, but it will also exacerbate the flood threat.

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.

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.

all of which would increase substantially flood protection for Sacramento.

The half-life of the memory of a flood is very short. You can already hear it in Washington, D.C.: New Orleans where?

A lot were totally destroyed, ... Some were flooded and wind-damaged, so they had something to work with.

Mike Easley

These floods are going to be worse than anticipated yesterday.

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