The water ran over the banks.

The levee kept the floodwater back.

I thought he was crazy to give it to you.

So, okay I thought, I'll die

REPORT OF DANlEL WEBSTER'S SPEECH IN THE U. S. SENATE, ON THE APPLlCATlON FOR THE

There was a 10 meter high tide embankment in Taro with a local nickname of the Great Wall of China .

The drunk Russians on the embankment at 7 and 8 o'clock.

We split up.

We've forgotten that second part.

Shh.

The waves dashed against the seawall.

The children slid down the bank.

I live near the levee.

So, I sat down on a breakwater

The bank secured the city from a flood.

The rain compelled the water to run over the banks.

Other examples to consider.

A bank was built to keep back the water of the river.

They strengthened the embankments to secure the village against floods.

But then the monsoon arrives, and unfortunately downriver there is always a dam or there is always a barrage, and, shoop, they get washed down to their doom.

Imagine the staggering cost of protecting this vital infrastructure with levees.

Finally, oysters can attenuate and agglomerate onto each other and form these amazing natural reef structures.

They can measure this precisely, just as the scientists could predict precisely how much water would breach the levees in New orleans.

Because as soon as you hear the word Dutchman which is an archaic word, nobody calls Dutch people Dutchmen anymore but as soon as you hear Dutchman, you get this picture of the kid with his finger in the dike, preventing the thing from falling and flooding Holland, and so on.

There were warnings that this hurricane, days before it hit, would breach the levees, would cause the kind of damage that it ultimately did cause.

When Our command was issued and the waters gushed forth from the source, We said Take into (the ark) a pair of every species, and members of your family other than those against whom the sentence has been passed already, and those who come to believe. But only a few believed in him.

To the extent that when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, Board into the ship a couple male and female from every kind, and your family members, except those upon whom the Word has been passed , and all other Muslims and only a few Muslims were with him. ( Whose fate has been sealed.)

Until, when Our command came, and the Oven boiled, We said, 'Embark in it two of every kind, and thy family except for him against whom the word has already been spoken and whosoever believes.' And there believed not with him except a few.

Thus were they employed until when Our decree came and the oven boiled over, We said carry thereon of every kind two, and thy household except him thereof against whom the word hath already gone forth, and whosoever hath believed. And there had not believed with him save a few.

(So it was) till then there came Our Command and the oven gushed forth (water like fountains from the earth). We said Embark therein, of each kind two (male and female), and your family, except him against whom the Word has already gone forth, and those who believe. And none believed with him, except a few.

Until, when Our command came, and the volcano erupted, We said, Board into it a pair of every kind, and your family except those against whom the sentence has already been passed and those who have believed. But those who believed with him were only a few.

Thus it was until Our command came to pass and the oven boiled over. We said 'Take into the Ark a pair of every species and take your own family except those who have already been declared (as unworthy) and also take everyone who believes. But those who, along with him, had believed were indeed just a few.

(Thus it was) till, when Our commandment came to pass and the oven gushed forth water, We said Load therein two of every kind, a pair (the male and female), and thy household, save him against whom the word hath gone forth already, and those who believe. And but a few were they who believed with him.

When Our edict came and the oven gushed a stream of water , We said, Carry in it a pair of every kind of animal , along with your family except those of them against whom the edict has already been given and those who have faith. And none believed with him except a few.

And when Our command came and the oven gushed (forth with water), We said (to Noah) 'Take on board (the Ark) a pair from every species and yourfamily, except he of whom the word has already been spoken, and those who believe. And none except a few believed with him.

So it was , until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, Load upon the ship of each creature two mates and your family, except those about whom the word has preceded, and include whoever has believed. But none had believed with him, except a few.

When at last Our decree was fulfilled, water gushed forth from the Oven (in Noah's house). We told him to carry in the Ark a pair (male and female) from every species, his family except those who were destined to perish and the believers. No one believed in him, except a few.

Until when Our command came and water came forth from the valley, We said Carry in it two of all things, a pair, and your own family except those against whom the word has already gone forth, and those who believe. And there believed not with him but a few.

When Our command came, and water gushed forth in torrents, We said to Noah, Take into the Ark a pair from every species, and your own family except those on whom the sentence has already been passed, and all the true believers. But only a few believed along with him.

At length, behold! there came Our command, and the fountains of the earth gushed forth! We said Embark therein, of each kind two, male and female, and your family except those against whom the word has already gone forth, and the Believers. but only a few believed with him.