Talk:Flood

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[edit] Too US focused

This article is too focused on US history. Andries 19:47, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

That probably is a function of who has contributed. There must be enough English speakers in other parts of the world to overcome this bias. LADave (talk) 05:13, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Computer network flooding?

Is there an article on flooding as occurs in computer networks? There is IRC floods and Denial-of-service attack but those are too specific. -- Myria 06:42, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I have noticed that for some reason this article gets vandalized quite frequently. I propose that we put a lock on this article so that only registered users may edit. I'm not sure how to go about this, but if anybody agrees with me, hopefully they will help out. - Zepheus 17:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree. There seem to be a lot of morons out there who find the word "dike" hilarious, among other things. I've request semi-protection of this page. For future reference, you can request semi-protection at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection -- DImfeld 06:38, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Update on that: The request was denied because there isn't enough vandalism the the general editing public can't handle it. -- DImfeld 06:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Just reverted some more vandalism. --Flynnklc 08:10, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Not-so-significant floods

169.202.5.105 18:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC) What makes a flood significant? (a) Large number of fatalities; larger number displaced (b) Really high economic impact (c) Ushered in a new way of dealing with flood hazards. And I think all of them would deserve WP entries of their own. I don't think a number of those in the article are significant enough to be included. Daniel Collins 19:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] flood prevention

is there any info about flood prevention on wikipedia? If so please show me. 204.49.209.112 16:02, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation page?

Okay, I don't know where I should bring this sort of thing up, but the link to the disambiguation page says there's no page, but there's no deletion history and there is an edit history as recent as last week, so why isn't the page showing up? I'm not sure how to fix it, if it's indeed broken at all. Errick 17:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I think I fixed it.. or else it was a weird fluke and didn't load right or something. Don't mind me, I'm just easily confused. Errick 17:50, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree that this needs work. Floods happen regardless of people living nearby. Development can make things worse but thats a different topic. The rest of the paragraph talks about why people build near rivers so this sentence doesn't fit in even if it is fixed. I plan to delete it. The next sentence says "Since Mesopotamia, man has built cities and communities by the sea or rivers...". Only since Mesopotamia? Since prehistorical times seems more likely.-Crunchy Numbers 04:33, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Shin shan

[edit] Rant

this website should put a lock on all their articles its stupid letting people edtit it that means the information is not acurate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!In the Main Causes section, the first sentance says: "The main cause of floods is not geology or weather, but the distribution of human populations near water," but the third and fourth paragraphs of this section go on to describe flooding causes - ie: water overflowing stream channels and/or coastal flooding from high water conditions. I suggest that the first sentance be changed to "The main cause of flood damages is not . . . " 00:43, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

We wouldn't have this problem if people added inline sources. That's why the article is still Start class, actually. Thegreatdr 00:49, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

= Headline text == Who are you to tell me,<math>Insert non-formatted text here</math>[[Media:[[Image:Example.ogg]] == [Headline text][[''Link title'''''Bold text''']] == ]] don't try to tell me again, understood.[user:anonymous] 15:00 20April2008[UTC] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.2.23.92 (talk) 12:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Weather

I'm not contesting this but is flooding really a form of weather?

[edit] Adding a link

I work for the America's Most Wanted Safety Center, a new department of America's Most Wanted getting away from the capturing of criminals, and branching out to all aspects of safety. I feel a link to our post about flood safety would be appropriate and mutually beneficial, because looking to learn more about floods would benefit from a lesson in flood safety. The link is http://www.amw.com/safety/?p=33 please consider it. Jrosenfe 16:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] http://en.wikipedia.org/Floods#Cause

This may seem like a small thing to you, however, I am directing my 11-year old granddaughter to your website constantly for homework reference.

If you will look closely at the headlines, you will notice that defenses is spelled "defences".......like I said, a small thing....but please....let's pay attention!

Thanks

Kris Hall

P.S. I love your website! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.59.202.184 (talk) 23:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

"Defences" is the correct spelling in English (UK) although "defenses" is the correct spelling in American English.Tim P (talk) 20:02, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Is it just me...

or does the "Effects" section of this article sound like a worst-case scenario, apocalyptic, totally unlikely set of examples? We should really cut that back into shape, most floods are minor and not nearly as bad as they are described here. 206.15.234.167 (talk) 22:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Not at all. These are all effects of floods. If you have any issue with the data and wish to challenge it, please cite your sources. Rachel Summers (talk) 23:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

The same could be said for any paragraph in this article. It's why the article is still Start class. Thegreatdr (talk) 22:13, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion for expanding article

Hi Bidgee,

thanks for pointing this page out to me. I am new to editing wikipedia.

I think a paragraph about flood modelling would be beneficial for this article. Ambiental developed a state of the art, very accurate flood modelling suite in cooperation with Cambridge University. Details are:

"Flowroute^TM is a flood modelling suite developed by Ambiental in collaboration with scientists at Cambridge University. FlowrouteTM is composed of a number of components that enable modelling of flood risk from:

   * Rivers
   * Tidal (i.e. Storm-surge)
   * Surface Water
   * Tsunami
   * River/ Tidal Defence Breach
   * Dam Breach

Flowroute^TM is a novel, innovative approach to flood risk modelling and mapping that is used to predict depth, duration, velocity and extent of flooding. Using a coupled 1d/2d approach to flood modelling that is designed to make best use of high-resolution LiDAR topographic data to route flows around individual buildings, FlowrouteTM models all sources of flood risk more quickly, accurately and cost effectively than is currently possible elsewhere." http://www.ambiental.co.uk/flowroute-flood-modelling.html

Please consider the above for inclusion.

Bests Bodaonline (talk) 08:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry but the above reads like an advertisement/promotion for a product. Yes flood modeling would be good to have as part of flood prevention but should be sourced from an non-commercial site.Bidgee (talk) 08:12, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I have something for you:

Flood modelling
Whilst flood modelling is a fairly recent practice, attempts to understand and manage the mechanisms at work in floodplains have been made for at least six millennia.^[1] The recent development in computational flood modelling has enabled engineers to step away from the tried and tested “hold or break” approach and its tendency to promote overly engineered structures. Various computational flood models have been developed in recent years either 1D models (flood levels measured in the channel) and 2D models (flood depth measured for the extent of the floodplain). HEC-RAS^{TM [2]}, the Hydraulic Engineering Centre model, is currently among the most popular if only because it is available for free. Other models such as Tuflow^{TM [3]} and Flowroute^{TM [4]}, combine 1D and 2D components to derive flood depth in the floodplain. So far the focus of flood modelling has been on mapping tidal and fluvial flood events but the 2007 flood events in the UK have shifted the emphasis onto the impact of surface water flooding. Modelling consultancies are now pushed to produce more accurate representation of that threat.
Bodaonline (talk) 10:19, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Western PoV

As a random viewer of this page, I found the beginning of the "Flood management" inaccurate. The history of China, for example, was significantly about Emperors who managed to create effect flood-prevention systems. There's none of this in the History of China article either, and only a few specific references in Timeline of Chinese history. 74.85.42.110 (talk) 07:35, 17 November 2008 (UTC)