FLUVIAL JEOPARDY

Riverine & Coastal Flooding

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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