Elsa

Fantastic Floods

 Hello my Name is Elsa Sjogren. I go to Mary Institute Country Day School ( M.I.C.D.S ) in Ladue. I live in St. Louis, MO. I would like to tell you about floods. I am also in fifth grade. The purpose of my page is to tell you about floods and how they impact our lives. They kill a lot of people even if you prepare which is why you need to take extreme perecautions. Floods really impact our lives as humans on planet Earth. This Natural Disaster is a really big disaster that is one of the biggest human killers. Thank You for reading my site.

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Here is a power point if you want to learn more about floods.

On May 31,1889, everyone in Johnstown, PN, USA, faced very big problem's aside from work. It was that day that the Johnstown flood of 1889 hit and did it hit hard. That day both of the rivers in Johnstown rose steadily inch's at a time they rose higher than ever before. They had never reached as high as they did. The reason the rivers started rising to flood level was because it started raining an inch per hour it was pouring and by the buckets pouring hard. This was a very sad couple of days for Johnstown PN, USA. There was 20 million gallons of water flooding Johnstown. over 2,200 people died in the end. Johnstown would have been much better off if they had know the Flood was coming. If they had known it was coming they could have prepared. to prepare they could have sandbaged they're house's. I'f they knew that the flood was coming the people of Johnstown could have gone to Fema this site tells you how to prepare. They really should have gone to the top floors of there houses because a lot of people did not and a lot of people died. I am just glad that red cross was there in five days with lots of people to help and fifty doctors. Elsa 2/21/12 5G1 __ Restoring Waterbury, Vt., after flood __ Date: November 7, 2011 Place: Gale science in context By: Sandra Block, USA today Source:__ [] __

On Aug. 28, a flood in Waterbury, Vermont occurred. This was a devastating flood that reached fifteen inches of water. This horrible flood was caused by a tropical storm that hit New England and travel to The Winooski River. This was a flash flood so the water rose very quickly and not many could prevent and they all had to evacuate there homes and go to higher ground fast. Not many people were too happy because there was water everywhere and 200 were really damaged and destroyed (that is a third of the homes in Vermont). This flood tipped over barrels of heating oil in houses and office buildings. That turned neighborhoods into hazmat zones and contaminated the air. Sadly a lot of people’s houses were damaged badly that they were destroyed and most people lost there basements and first floors. During the flood the people of Vermont’s houses clasped under them selves. I learned that one floods can go from place to another. I also learned that this flood hurt a lot of people and contaminated a lot. This story is important to science because it is involved with weather. media type="youtube" key="MKMVRYCBA5A" height="315" width="560"

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 * thank you you tube for the video.
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