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FLOOD BY NUMBERS
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Flood By Numbers is a 100 sq-ft exhibit that highlights the devastating nature of flooding in the United States through the use of dynamic graphics, first person audio narratives and printed materials. By creating the Flood By Numbers exhibit, Acclivity Associates helps shoulder the task of communicating flood risks and highlighting the importance of flood mitigation.
Lives and property are at stake and Acclivity intends to compel individuals to act on their own behalf. The numbers say so much- floods are deadly and costly. Incredible amounts of people and resources must be deployed in response to major flooding. A wide range of factors and considerable energy goes towards flood mitigation.
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Floods cause hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars in property damage in each year. When floods make the headlines, there is a heightened awareness about the dangers and losses related to the event. Yet when faced with personal choices regarding property and life, people still build on flood prone land, opt out of flood insurance, drive through flooded roads and allow children to play in flood waters. Behavioral change, particularly when danger does not seem imminent, is hard.
Despite this challenge, floodplain managers have implemented numerous policies and programs to help communities and protect the public.
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[member name=”1,000,000,000 dollars of flood damage occurred in the Mississippi River Valley in 2016.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1-billion.jpg”]
[member name=”80 percent of New Orleans flooded after 50 levees failed.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/80.jpg”]
[member name=”3.5 billion dollars were claimed in flood insurance every year from 2005 to 2014.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/3.5.jpg”]
[member name=”150 billion dollars of damage resulted from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/150.jpg”]
[member name=”52,000 hours were contributed by 5000 volunteers during the 2013 Texas floods.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/52000.jpg”]
[member name=”6 inches of moving water can knock an adult over.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6.jpg”]
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More than 9,400 Certified Floodplain Managers throughout the country work to mitigate flood risks. Before, during and after the storm, they have proven themselves as invaluable community resources. They provide management guidance to community leaders, build awareness of flood prone areas, educate the public and participate on emergency response teams.
Through the implementation of local floodplain ordinances, floodplain managers prevent approximately $1.1 billion in flood damage each and every year.
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[member name=”33 thousand people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard during Hurricane Katrina.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/33.jpg”]
[member name=”50 percent of flood drownings are vehicle-related.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/50-3.jpg”]
[member name=”143,000 claims from Hurricane Sandy have been serviced by the National Flood Insurance Program.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/143000.jpg”]
[member name=”75 billion dollars went towards Hurricane Katrina relief operations.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/75.jpg”]
[member name=”17,000 federal responders were deployed in the first week after Hurricane Sandy.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/17000.jpg”]
[member name=”200million dollars in road repairs arose from Missouri floods in the winter of 2015.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/200.jpg”]
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Stories of Hurricane Katrina from New Orleans Residents
The audio in the exhibit, from Hurricane Katrina survivors, puts you knee-deep in the storm as someone whose home has flooded, who needed to be rescued or who evacuated to higher ground.
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[member name=”300,000 flood prone structures have been relocated through FEMA funded acquisition programs since 1993.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/300000.jpg”]
[member name=”99″ name=”99 people perish each year from flooding in the United States.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/99.jpg”]
[member name=”240 billion gallons of water drenched Harris County, Texas in twelve hours in April 2016, the equivalent of 88 hours of Niagara Falls’ water flow. ” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/240.jpg”]
[member name=”716 shelters across sixteen states housed 27,000 people during Hurricane Sandy.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/716.jpg”]
[member name=”4926 service calls were processed by South Carolina troopers during the 2015 floods.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/4926.jpg”]
[member name=”50 states have had floods or flash floods in the last five years.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/50.jpg”]
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Developing appropriate floodplain management means that planners and policy-makers must consider factors such as public safety, property protection, economic development and environmental conservation. In the 80-year history of federal flood control, engineered structures such as dikes, dams and levees were the primary physical solution to flood mitigation. Within the last 25 years, wetland and floodplain protection and restoration projects also have been shown to slow floodwaters as well as help to control erosion and maintain habitats. Today, flood policy has become a combination of built structures, natural protection, building ordinances, flood insurance and public education, a result of the complex needs of growing communities.
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[member name=”12 inches of rushing water can carry away a small car.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/12.jpg”]
[member name=”67,525 acres of Colorado farm lands were flooded in one event in 2013.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/67525.jpg”]
[member name=”200,000 New Orleans residents took shelter in the city of Houston as a result of Hurricane Katrina.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/200000.jpg”]
[member name=”50 thousand dollars of damage can result from a foot of water in an average home. ” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/50-4.jpg”]
[member name=”400,000 South Carolina residents were under a boil water advisory during October 2015 floods.” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/400000.jpg”]
[member name=”1,000,000 people were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. ” bio=”” img=”/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1000000.jpg”]
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