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The phrase "the river, stay away from my door" is more than just a song title to people living in areas subject to flooding. For On the contrary, fervent hopes, as when Old Man River is in an uproar, that does not respect property rights. Rose over its banks and spreads itself same over thousands of acres of land, flooding houses and tenants fair "booths, powerful industries and crossroads stores, creatures of pure action and wild acres of fertile land and waste.

Technically speaking, a flood is a temporary imbalance of nature that occurs when more water is supplied to the earth in the form of rain and snow melt, which can be absorbed by the earth itself and vegetation, or retained in natural reservoirs and artificial. Actually, speaking, a flood is one of the most distressing aspects of nature, comparable to hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and earthquakes. But Unlike these other disasters, flood peaks more slowly, and its effects last longer. Of course, in the case of flash floods in West quickly swept the crest of a canyon and has gone before. But the floods on the big river basins, may take several days for the up river water reach the lower river.

Hurricanes approach rather slowly, too, but go ahead, while the waters are still for days and weeks. As the flood swept under the head, eyes eager to see the output of the river and higher, as every inch of the swirl of the river water rises. Now passed the level that marked the crest of the flood last year. As we approach the brand formerly represented a record high for the River. The waters continue to rise? Are the levels of expected? Can the dams to retain a portion of the turbulence, turbid? Can any barrier, natural or artificial withstand the pressure of the raging torrent?

It is relentless in all aspects of nature wild in the rotating cone tornado, the most sweeping Hurricane in the dim sound of the earthquake. The man has mastered many forces in this land, but still find himself defenseless against floods, storms and earthquakes. There is no power in the world, not even the atomic bomb can break a hurricane. No power can stop the rain fall. But man can control courses through which flow rivers dry. Of course, even this control is not foolproof. The levels are broken. Dams are off. Rivers leave their beds old and brand new cut for them, regardless of political lines or property. Although it can not control, man has learned to anticipate hurricanes and frost. He knows that weather conditions are conducive to forest fires, and also is able to forecast floods.