Floods and Flooding
Megaflooding on Earth and Mars by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9780511634260Publication Date: 2009-09-24
- Flood AnimationsAn University of Kentucky resource
- Floods... the Awesome Power!U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service August 2002 - Flood VisualizationsCompiled by Rob Thomas at SERC. These animations, images, and film clips illustrate the nature and extent of flooding events. They show a variety of ways flooding can be generated as well as the effects on people and infrastructure.
- Have Flood Controls on the Mississippi River Been Successful?A Houghton Mifflin textbook resource
- NOAA National Weather Service : WaterRiver Observations, River Forecasts · Experimental Long-Range River Flood Risk
- Overview of Watersheds and Watershed ManagementAn About.com resource
- River FloodingA class resource for EENS 3050, Natural Disasters, Tulane University, Prof. Stephen A. Nelson, 13-Jul-2012
- River Flood WarningNational Weather Service glossary definition for river flood warning
- River Forecast CentersNational Weather Service, Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service links to River Forecast Centers
- Selected USGS Surface-Water PublicationsUSGS surface water information
- Stream Gaging and Flood ForecastingA partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service
- Watersheds, Flooding and PollutionA NOAA resource
- Why Rivers Flood – and How to Reduce RiskA Nature Conservancy resource
Missouri Geology by Call Number: SBU BOL Book 557.78 Un4ISBN: 0826208363Publication Date: 1992-07-01
The response, recovery and lessons learned from the Missouri floods of 1993 and 1994 by Call Number: SBU BOL Book 363.3493 M691Publication Date: 1995
- Missouri Disasters, 1785-Present - FloodsMissouri State Archives
- FloodingA Missouri Dept. of Public Safety, State Emergency Management Agency resource
- Emergency Management Director or Flood Plain Administrators for Polk CountyA Missouri Dept. of Public Safety, State Emergency Management Agency resource
See also the box on this page entitled, "Channeled Scablands."
- Man vs. Nature: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927A National Geographic resource
- Run for Your Lives! The Johnstown Flood of 1889A National Park Service "Teaching with Historic Places" lesson plan
- Great Flood of 1993USGS, Missouri Water Science Center resource
- Flood Report AnalysisWater Resources Report Number 54 by Richard M. Gaffney, 1996, Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
- Great USA Flood of 1993Presented at IAHS Conference Destructive Water: Water-Caused Natural Disasters - Their Abatement and Control Anaheim, California, June 24-28, 1996 by Lee W. Larson, NOAA
- Youtube Video Playlist: Great Flood of 1993Great Flood of 1993 Videos
- Timeline of Major Floods in World HistoryFrom the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
- Huang He (Yellow River) Floods"Huang He floods, (1887, 1931, 1938), series of devastating floods in China caused by the overflowing of the Huang He (Yellow River), the country’s second longest river. These three floods collectively killed millions and are considered to be the three deadliest floods in history and among the most destructive natural disasters ever recorded". --
Encyclopædia Britannica - Socio-economic Impacts on Flooding: A 4000-Year History of the Yellow River, ChinaAmbio. Nov 2012; 41(7): 682–698
The Lost World of the Flood by Call Number: SBU BOL Book 222.1106 L863ISBN: 9780830852000Publication Date: 2018-04-03
The Flood Myths of Early China by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9781423766193Publication Date: 2006-01-01
The antediluvian history, and narrative of the Flood : as set forth in the early portions of the book of Genesis by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 0837048397Publication Date: 1864?Bible. Genesis I-VII -- Commentaries- The earliest version of the Babylonian deluge story and the temple library of Nippur by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 0837070678Publication Date: 1910
- Hilprecht's fragment of the Babylonian deluge story : Babylonian expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, series D, volume V, fasc. I by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 0837076056Publication Date: 1910
- Noah's flood in context
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Films Media Group. (2002). Noah's flood in context: Legend or history? Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=30092. Summary: How much truth is there in the Old Testament account of Noah? Enhanced by satellite imagery, declassified intelligence photos, archival footage, and artwork, this program considers the scientific plausibility of the Noah story. - Joanna Lumley - the Quest For Noah's Ark
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Films Media Group. (2012). Joanna Lumley - the quest for Noah's ark. Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=199274. Summary: Noah's Ark and the catastrophic global flood is one of the oldest tales of all time - a story that has great meaning to Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths. In this documentary, Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley travels from a small village church in the UK, to Turkey, India and Oman, and behind the scenes at the British Museum, as she discovers more about the account of Noah, the flood and the 'ark'. - And the Waters PrevailedMcInnis, Doug. “And the Waters Prevailed.” Earth (1056148X), vol. 7, no. 4, Aug. 1998, p. 46. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=f5h&AN=799630&site=eds-live.
- Ground WaterUSGS
- Evidence Noah's Biblical Flood Happened, Says Robert BallardABC News, Dec. 10, 2012, By JENNA MILLMAN, BRYAN TAYLOR and LAUREN EFFRON
- Noah’s Not-so-big Flood New evidence rebuts controversial theory of Black Sea delugeWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Oceanus, By Lonny Lippsett | August 14, 2009
- Was there really a great flood?Trimarchi, Maria. "Was there really a great flood?" 14 July 2008. HowStuffWorks.com.
- Why Newton Believed a Comet Caused Noah's FloodNational Geographic.com
- The Genesis Flood Narrative: Crucial Issues in the Current DebateRichard M. Davidson, Andrews University, Faculty Publications, 1/2004
- Did a Comet Cause the Great Flood?Discover. Scott Carney, Thursday, November 15, 2007
- Monster Tsunami May Have Created Madagascar's Giant Sand DunesLiveScience.com, By Charles Q. Choi January 13, 2016. "Sometime in the past 8,000 years, a meteor may have hit the Indian Ocean, triggering a monster tsunami that struck Africa, a new study suggests." -- website
- A Christian Physicist Examines Noah’s Flood and Plate Tectonicsby Steven Ball, Ph.D.
- A Flood of Myths and StoriesPBS.org, 2/14/2020
- Nu'u"In Hawaiian mythology, Nu'u was a man who built an ark with which he escaped a Great Flood. He landed his vessel on top of Mauna Kea on the Big Island. Nu'u mistakenly attributed his safety to the moon, and made sacrifices to it. Kāne, the creator god, descended to earth on a rainbow and explained Nu'u's mistake." -- Wikipedia
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Channeled Scablands
- Scablands of Washington State
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Films Media Group. (2009). Tool kit for teachers: Videos—visions of earth. Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=118183. - Scablands Mystery
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Films Media Group. (2017). Killer floods. Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97832&xtid=166848. - Channeled ScablandsNASA Earth Observatory
- The Channeled Scablands of the Columbia PlateauBretz, J. (1923). The Channeled Scablands of the Columbia Plateau. The Journal of Geology, 31(8), 617-649. Retrieved January 8, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/30066357
- Concise History of Geological Maps: Mapping Noah’s FloodScientific American History of Geology blog, By David Bressan on April 10, 2014