General Awareness
The year the Red River last reached flood levels
What is 2015?
What is the BFE viewer?
What FIRM stands for
What is Flood Insurance Rate Maps?
Common items in an emergency food kit (2 possible answers)
What are canned items and water?
A common temporary way to prevent water from entering homes or properties during emergencies
What are sandbags?
Water height that can sweep away most automobiles
What is 12 inches/1 foot?
The website you would use to look up FIRM status (digital or paper)
What is the NFHL Viewer?
What NFIP stands for
What is National Flood Insurance Program?
One of FEMA's 12 ways to prepare for flooding
What is knowing your evacuation route?
What HMP stands for
What is Hazard Mitigation Plan?
Our building is in this watershed
What is Cross Bayou?
Per the LFMA Louisiana Flood Awareness Week flyer, one website where you can check your flood risk
What is the LSU Flood Mapping Portal?
Flood zone that is outside of a 500-year flood and protected from a 100-year flood by levee
What is Flood Zone X?
The phrase used by the National Weather Service to discourage driving on flooded roads
What is "Turn around, don't drown?"
A yard drainage system that can be placed around foundations or driveways that usually drains to the street
What is a French drain?
The largest flood in the history of Louisiana
The website where you can look at flood risk reports and digital and paper FIRMs
What is FEMA's Map Service Center?
The year in which Shreveport entered the CRS
What is 1991?
A common way people die in their homes during a storm or hurricane event
What does putting generators inside the house do?
A shallow, vegetated basin that collects and absorbs runoff from rooftops, sidewalks, and streets
What is a rain garden?