Jared's 100 Year Flood crossword

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Across
  1. 4. Also the symposium and exhibit listed below happened in 2017.
  2. 6. put up _______ on the flooded roads or where waters are swiftly rising.
  3. 7. The floods will come. Whether it’s through City policy on building in flood zones, updating the City’s flood action plan or ________ special rescue training for first responders.
  4. 10. Increased development results in increased ___________ surfaces like rooftops and asphalt that do not absorb rainwater.
  5. 11. The flood was ____________.
  6. 16. In his job, Coates oversees installation and maintenance of Asheville’s stormwater control ______________.
  7. 17. The City of Asheville takes a multiple __________ approach to ensuring safety for its residents.
  8. 18. modern ____________ now gives advance notice of major rain events.
  9. 20. In 2004, virtually the same scenario walloped Asheville when Tropical Storms Ivan and Frances __________ upon Western North Carolina
Down
  1. 1. After the flood receded, an ___________ landscape ravaged by mudslides revealed destroyed homes and industries.
  2. 2. Those plans, coupled with an unprecedented ability to notify residents of ________ danger through mobile phone technology and computers.
  3. 3. It served as a sobering reminder of what can happen, even today.
  4. 5. Never before had so much ____ fallen anywhere in the United States in a 24-hour period, the National Weather Bureau reported.
  5. 8. Those plans, coupled with an _____________ ability to notify residents of imminent danger through mobile phone technology and computers.
  6. 9. “its a __________ of the ground saturation and terrain in our region”
  7. 12. A lot of factors affect flooding here in the mountains: ____________ not the least of them.
  8. 13. The City of Asheville has detailed emergency ______________ plans in place, procedures for monitoring river flow and managing capacity at the North Fork Dam.
  9. 14. ___________ power plant was destroyed.
  10. 15. From ________ knowledge and experience, the City of Asheville uses its flood operations plan in anticipation of a major rain event
  11. 19. When two tropical storms converged on the mountains in ______ that summer