FLUVIAL JEOPARDY
Riverine & Coastal Flooding
Wild CardDefinitions Riverine Coastal Politics
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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
Definitions – 2 XPs
QUESTION:
The most dangerous part of the floodplain where flow is deepest and velocities highest
ANSWER:
Floodway
Definitions – 3 XPs
QUESTION:
The part of the 100-yr floodplain where development can occur without an encroachment review.
ANSWER:
Flood fringe
Definitions – 4 XPs
QUESTION:
Types of buildings that have actuarial flood insurance rates
ANSWER:
Post-FIRM
Definitions – 5 XPs
QUESTION:
In Wisconsin the maximum this can be is 0.00 ft.
ANSWER:
Surcharge
Riverine – 1 XP
QUESTION:
In a natural, stable alluvial channel how often the stream gets out of bank
ANSWER:
1.5 – 2 years
Riverine – 2 XPs
QUESTION:
A name for a flood that has a 1 % chance of occurring in a given year
ANSWER:
100-yr flood
Riverine – 3 XPs
QUESTION:
Type of riverine flood that causes the most deaths.
ANSWER:
Flash flood
Riverine – 4 XPs
QUESTION:
Riverine flood zone that includes the area of inundation of the 500-yr flood
ANSWER:
X or B
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
Coastal – 1 XP
QUESTION:
Most costly U.S. natural disaster
ANSWER:
Hurricane Katrina
Coastal – 2 XPs
QUESTION:
Causes most deaths in a coastal storm
ANSWER:
Storm surge
Coastal – 3 XPs
QUESTION:
Most hurricane prone state
ANSWER:
Florida – 40 % of all U.S. landfalling hurricanes strike Florida
Coastal – 4 XPs
QUESTION:
Three causes of exceptionally high storm surge during hurricanes and tropical storms
ANSWER:
Wind, low pressure, tides
Coastal – 5 XPs
QUESTION:
Most dangerous quadrant of a north Atlantic hurricane
ANSWER:
Right front quadrant.
Politics – 1 XP
QUESTION:
Forever tainted the George W. Bush administration
ANSWER:
Poor response to Katrina
Politics – 2 XPs
QUESTION:
Only tropical cyclone to cause a civil war
ANSWER:
Great Bhola Cyclone of 1970
Politics – 3 XPs
QUESTION:
Was the fall guy for the Federal response to Hurricane Katrina
ANSWER:
Michael Brown
Politics – 4 XPs
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
Politics – 5 XPs
QUESTION:
Governor of Louisiana who probably lost her job because of Katrina
ANSWER:
Governor Kathlene Blanco
Wild Card – 1 XP
QUESTION:
The invert of a river channel
ANSWER:
Thalweg
Wild Card – 2 XPs
QUESTION:
Ironic threat from floods
ANSWER:
Fire
Wild Card – 3 XPs
QUESTION:
Act of Congress intended to make the NFIP more self-supporting
ANSWER:
Biggert-Waters of 2012 (BW 12)
Wild Card – 4 XPs
QUESTION:
Most tropical cyclone-prone country
ANSWER:
China
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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