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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />FLOOD PROOFING - How TO EVALUATE YOUR OPTIONS <br /> <br />PREFACEm- <br /> <br />_____ann_nl <br /> <br />ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AND TERMS nmnnm <br /> <br />_____~u__________ -------------11 <br /> <br />CHAPTER ONE-INTRODUCTION <br />Flood Damage Reduction ___n____________m___________m____________m_______n___________nnn I <br />Effecti veness __________________________________nn_________________________n_________________n_n__ 2 <br />. Safety ___n_______________________________________n________________________________n_m______________ 2 <br />. B ui I ding Types ____m_________n_______________nn___nm____________m___________m____ ______n_ 2 <br /> <br />CHAPTER TWo--SHOULD FLOOD PROOFING BE USED? THINGS TO CO'lSIDER <br />. Flood Proofing Assistance ________________m____n_________________n__________n___m_______n___ 3 <br />Building Codes _______mnnn__m_______________________m____n_______________n____________n___ 3 <br />Cost Estimates ________mn______m_____nnmn_________m___n________n____________________n___ 3 <br />Secondary Benefits ____m__________n_____________________m__n______nm____n_____mnnnnn 4 <br />Inconvenience _n_______________n______________________________________------------------------------ 4 <br />Health and Safety nnm________m____________________________n________m________________n____n_ 5 <br />. Architectural Aesthetics ____________________________________n_________________n___---------------- 5 <br />Emergency Measures ________________m______n____________________________m_____---------------- 5 <br />. Flood Insurance n_________n_____n_____m___n_____m________nm_________n_m___________m___ 6 <br />Level of Protection ________nn_________n_____________m___n___n_m____________n_____________n 6 <br /> <br />CHAPTER THREE-FLOOD PROOFI'IG MEASURES <br />Elevation ________________________________________________________n____________________________________ 7 <br />Elevation on Foundation Walls n__________m___n______________nnm____________m_________ 7 <br />Elevation on Piers ____n___nm_____________n___________nnn___nm__________n______________ 8 <br />Elevation on Posts or Columns _______________n___________n___n_________nn___mn_____n__ 8 <br />Elevation on Pi les _____________n____________m______________nn_______m______n___m_____nn 9 <br />. Relocation _n___n_________n__________m________________nn ___m________n______n_______m_nnn 9 <br />. Floodwalls and Levees (With/Without Closures) ____________m___________m_____________mn9 <br />Levees ___ - _n ___ ________ ___ - - - - n ________ - ___ ___n n_______ ___n n n n______ ___ n n --- --- ______n_ I 0 <br />_ Floodwalls nn__________________m________m___________m____n________n________m_n___n___11 <br />_ Closures nnn_______nn_____________________n__________n___________m________________________11 <br />. Dry Flood Proofing n____n___n_______________m__________n__________nm________________nnnll <br />Wet Flood Proofing ___m_______m___n_____________n ___n__________n________m___________nm 13 <br /> <br />CHAPTER FOUR-ASSESSI'IG CHARACTERISTICS OF FLOOD SITUATIONS <br />. Flooding Characteristics n___n_mm___m__nmm_____nnnm_mm___m__m_________m 14 <br />Flood Depth __ - ______m - m mn n___m ___ - - ___n m____ - ___n nn n_____m m m__ - --- m__n_ 14 <br />Flood Velocity ____mm_mnm___n___nn________mn__m___m_______mm_m_______m_ 14 <br />Flash Flooding __mmn_mm___n___mmm__m___m_________mmn___nm______mnn 15 <br />Ice and Debris Flow m___mm_n____mm___mmmmnm_mnm___nm_______mnn 15 <br />Site Characteristics ___________________________m______________________________m____m___________ 15 <br />_ Site Location n______________mn__m___mm___nm_____n_mmn_________mm___mmnI5 <br />- Soil Type mmm__mn_nnmnm__mmnn______m__nnmnn____m__m____n______nI6 <br />Building Characteristics n_____nm__m___m__n______m______mm____nmnmnn______m 16 <br />B u i Iding Foundation n _____nm__n___m__________mn______________m___nmn____m_m_ 16 <br /> <br />iii <br />