FLOOD DAMAGE,LAWS,POLICIES,EVER PRESENT,RISK,DAVID ROGERS,PH D,C,CHAIR,GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING,DEPARTMENT OF,GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING,MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY,HALL,BISHOP,ROLLA MO,INTRODUCTION,FLOODING,NATURAL,GEOLOGIC HAZARD,ALWAYS BE,US IN,FACT,VIRTUALLY,THE CONTINENT,WELL DEFINED,FLOOD PLAINS,AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT,AREAS,PRIME,REAL ESTATE,SUPPORT,PERCENTAGE,POPULATION,ARTICLE,BRIEF,INTRODUCTION TO,REASONS,FLOODS,PERIODICITY,THE NATIONAL,FLOOD INSURANCE,PROGRAM,PROBLEMS,ESTIMATING,INUNDATION,RELATIVE RISK,REVEALED,INCREASING,FREQUENCY,THE BALANCE,THE VARIOUS,THEORIES,LIABILITY,LITIGATION,THE UNITED STATES,COMMON,FLOOD,HAZARDS,DRAWING,LEGAL CASES,IN CALIFORNIA,HISTORICAL CONTEXT,THE NATIONS,LOCALLY,FLOOD CONTROL,AGENCY,MIAMI,CONSERVATION DISTRICT,THE WAKE,DAYTON OHIO,FATHERS,ASKED,CIVIL ENGINEER,ARTHUR,MORGAN,TO COME,DAYTON,FREE HAND,NECESSARY,PREVENT,TRAGEDY,EVER,PURPOSE,DRIVE,DIRECTOR,THE TENNESSEE,VALLEY,AUTHORITY,EVERYONE,DOWNTOWN DAYTON,HISTORIC,CHANNEL,MIAMI RIVER,THE RIVER,LEVEES,DAMS,RETENTION,UPSTREAM,EDICT,RESERVOIRS,HYDROPOWER,RECREATION,BECOMING,TEMPTED,LESSEN,STORAGE,NEGATE,MORGANS,STRINGENT,PROVEN,THEMSELVES,PROPHETIC,TIME AND AGAIN,INFRASTRUCTURE,FAILED,POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC,CREATE,MULTI,PROJECTS,GAIN,FUNDING,NEW YEARS,NORTHERN,CALIFORNIA,UNPRECEDENTED,NUMBER,PROTECT,OPERATORS,THE FLOOD,CAPACITY,ORDER,PROMOTE,POWER GENERATION,GREATER,SUMMER,DANGERS,MULTIPLE USE,SUFFERED,BILLION,DAMAGES,WORLDS,LARGEST,IN PLACE,PROBLEM,FORECASTING,THE ABSENCE,ADEQUATE,FLOW,LAST,THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF,CIVIL,ENGINEERS,PROFESSOR,VEN TE CHOW,THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS,FELLOW,PREDICT,RECURRENCE INTERVAL,EVENT,NEED,1000 YEARS,HYDROGRAPH,PROJECT,INADEQUATE,DATA,BEYOND,THE RANGE,SCIENTIFIC,CERTAINTY,SUBJECT TO,ALL KINDS,DISCUSSED,THE BEST,APPRECIATION,POORLY,MAXIMUM,EVENTS,THE FLOW,SACRAMENTO RIVER,NINE,THE 20TH CENTURY,SOUTHERN,SEVEN,LOCATION,EXTREME,INCREASE,PEAK FLOW,CHANNELIZATION,URBANIZATION,OBVIOUS,ESTIMATES,OF 10,CONTINUE,EVOLVE,COLLECTED,LOWER MISSISSIPPI,THE U S ARMY,CORPS OF ENGINEERS,DEVELOP,ENGINEERED,PIONEERING,WORK,UNDERSTANDING,LIMITATIONS,OF MAN,RIVER,TRAINING,PREVIOUSLY,1950S,COMPUTERIZED,1970S,YEAR 1,CHANCE,OCCURRENCE FREQUENCY,GOVERNMENT,MAPS,DEVELOPED,PIECEMEAL,FASHION,WATERSHED,EVOLVED,FELT,ECONOMIC,REASONABLENESS,SIZE,VALUE,DEVELOPMENT,HALF,SOMETHING,ATTEMPTED,INSTALL,DRAINAGE,LEADING,IMPROVEMENTS,THE FEDERAL,EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,FEMA,ADMINISTER,NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE,NFIP,ACT OF,42 U S C,SUPP,THE BURDEN,INDIVIDUALS,ACTUALLY,LIVE IN,PRONE,RATES,COMPUTER SIMULATIONS,EXAMPLE,PEOPLE,LIVING,THE 100,AREA,HIGHER,PREMIUM,ABOVE,THE 500,FREQUENCY LEVEL,THE SAN,FRANCISCO,BAY AREA,ESPOUSED,DOUBTFUL,SUGGESTS,STREAM,ONE CHANCE,STORM,ITS NOT THAT EASY,FACTORS,PLAY,ROLE,DETERMINING,HOW HIGH,FLOWS,BANK,TABLE,ACCURACY,PREDICTIONS,FACTOR,DESCRIPTION,ANTECEDENT MOISTURE,RAIN,ALREADY,THE GROUND,SEASON,DATE,THE MORE,SATURATED,SURFACE,RUNOFF,LANDSCAPE,WATERING CAN,LEAD,CELLS,INTENSE,PRECIPITATION,MOISTURE,UPLAND,CAUSE,DEBRIS FLOWS,CLOG,INLETS,CULVERTS,LEADS,DURATION,LONGER,STORMS,STALL,CHANGES,VEGETATION,LAND USE,GRAZING,CONCENTRATION,LOCAL,RIVERS,DEVELOPMENT OF,ROOFS,WALKWAYS,STORM DRAINAGE,CHANNELS,THE PEAK,DOWN,CUTTING,UNIMPROVED,CONSTRICTION,PLACEMENT,RIP RAP,RETAINING WALLS,LANDSLIDES,ERODED,SOIL,TREES,ORGANIC,DEBRIS,HYDRAULIC,TAIL,WATER,INUNDATION OF,UN,FLOODED,WEATHER PATTERNS,PROBABILITY,THE ASSUMPTION,ALWAYS,CHANGING,FLOOD PLAIN,MANAGEMENT,WHATEVER,WRONG,ROUTING,PLANNED,EVENTUALLY,FAILURE,THE BEST INTENTIONS,ELEMENTS,DAM,SPILLWAYS,FAIL,PEAK,USAGE,PARTICULARLY,SENSITIVE,INFORMATION,KEEN,INFLUENCE,PREDICTED,ROUGHNESS,HYDRAULICS,DEPENDENT,VARIABLE,SUBJECT TO CHANGE,DEPTH,INPUT,HYDROLOGY,GOOD,ARRAY,NEEDS,CONSERVATIVE,COMPUTATIONAL,METHODOLOGY,CHOSEN,WIDE,COMPUTATIONAL MODELS,EMPLOYED,ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS,THE DETAIL,CROSS,STUDY,SHOULD,PRESENT,THE READER,SUFFICIENT REASON,SUSPECT,AFFECT,MASSIVE,DOWNCUTTING,COASTAL CALIFORNIA,BULL,RECENTLY,SEEN,ALL OVER,CONTRA COSTA,ALAMEDA,25 YEARS,BELIEVED,MEASUREMENTS,APPEARS,SIMILAR,MAGNITUDE,THE CONCLUSION,THE REAL,ROGERS,PRESENTED,PUBLIC,PLUGGED,RISE,INVERSE CONDEMNATION,SUITS,PROPERTY,OWNERS,WHOSE,PROPERTIES,DAMAGED,VAN ALSTYNE,DAMAGE,WATERS,CASE LAW,GENERALLY,FOLLOW,ONLY IF,UPPER,LANDOWNER,CAUSES,UNREASONABLE,ARBITRARY,ACTS,CASE,SURFACE RUNOFF,KEYS,VERSUS,ROMLEY,THE OWNER,ELECTRONICS STORE,WALNUT CREEK,HAPPILY,MINDING,BUSINESS,ADJACENT,UPHILL,ICE RINK,ROOF,PARKING,SUBSEQUENTLY,CONCENTRATED,SLOPE,BEHIND,RAINS,CAUSING,FIGURE,SUED,PREEMINENT,SOCALLED,LAW,REASONABLE,MUST,MANNER,COMBAT,COMMON ENEMY DOCTRINE,THE COMMON,ENEMY,DOCTRINE,SORT OF,CASES,GAVE,THE NATURAL,RULE,THE DIFFERENCE,PROTECTIVE BARRIERS,DIKES,PROTECTION,WATER DAMAGE,BARRIERS,IMMUNITY,THE BARRIER,CAUSED,THE DIVERSION,ONTO,THE LAND,THE EARLY,CALIFORNIA COURTS,PUNISH,THE GOOD,FAITH,IMPROVER,AFTER ALL,SPEND,THE MONEY,ABLE,LANDOWNERS,THE LANDMARK,PLAINTIFF,DISTRICTS,RAILROADS,THE CASE,PERTAIN,COLLECTION,CONVEYANCE,RUN,CUT,FILL,ASPHALT,CURBS,DROP,INLET,CATCH,PIPED,OUTFLOW,THE POTENTIAL,G