Quotes with flood

  • FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.

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  • William Shakespeare There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound by shallows and in misery.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • George Meredith A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave.
    George Meredith
    British Author (1828 - 1909)
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  • Bill Dedman FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bob Ney Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster.
    Bob Ney
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • A. R. Ammons I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.
    Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996 edition), Univ of Michigan Pr
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Jeanette Winterson If you should leave me, my heart will turn to water and flood away.
    The Passion (2007) 76
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Bill Dedman In more than 500 instances, from the Gulf of Alaska to Bar Harbor, Maine, FEMA has remapped waterfront properties from the highest-risk flood zone, saving the owners as much as 97 percent on the premiums they pay into the financially strained National Flood Insurance Program.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bill Dedman In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August 2012 - just two months before the club was damaged and its outbuildings destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, which stacked up yachts at its docks like pick-up sticks.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro It is possible to take the story of Noah figuratively, although virtually every Near East ancient civilization has its own version of the flood story (including the amoral epic of Gilgamesh).
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Aeschylus My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Bayard Taylor Mysterious Flood, that through the silent sands Hast wandered, century on century, Watering the length of great Egyptian lands, Which were not, but for thee.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Bill Dedman NBC News found that FEMA has redrawn maps even for properties that have repeatedly filed claims for flood losses from previous storms. At least some of the properties are on the secret 'repetitive loss list' that FEMA sends to communities to alert them to problem properties.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Bill Dedman New flood maps in many states have raised the estimation of flood risks along rivers, streams and oceans, adding many properties to flood zones for the first time.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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  • Douglas Adams The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.
    Douglas Adams
    British science-fiction writer (1952 - 2001)
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  • T. S. Eliot There are flood and drought over the eyes and in the mouth, dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand. The parched eviscerate soil gapes at the vanity of toil, laughs without mirth. This is the death of the earth.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Martin Luther King We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Leonard Cohen What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
    Leonard Cohen
    Canadian-born American Musician, Songwriter, Singer (1934 - 2016)
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