Water Level Quotes

Clearly we're in historic times here. We have - one of the tributaries of the Mississippi River is a river called the Merrimack. And the crest areas there - they're going to be a number of feet, 2, 3, 4, over what they were in '93 or '82. And on the Mississippi River itself, down below St. Louis, we're still projecting a couple of feet over that historic number. So the bottom line is there's a significant amount of water that's causing evacuations and challenges throughout that whole area.

Being in a floodplain is like sitting down in a bathtub.

During one new moon at perigee, I stood on high ground, watching salt ponds overflow, cover the beach, and meet the ocean. Because the moon was invisible, the water was black as it drowned the sand, and the event felt primal - which in fact it was, because it was nature.

Not since the Depression has the state been this dry, have our rivers been this low, our water table this low, and our reservoirs this low.

If you have forest, if you have green forest, the water table goes up. What happens with deforestation is the water level goes down and we all know how much importance drinking water has.

Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.

Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean.

When the water is deep enough, we can tell who is tall.

Streets full of water. Please Advise.

Ah, Jenks? It’s not a lake, it’s a friggin’ freshwater ocean. Did you see the size of the tanker going under the bridge when we came into town? The wake from it could tip us. I’m not canoeing it unless your name is Pocahontas.

February, fill the dyke with what thou dost like.

One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.

The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea.

I get nervous if the bath is too deep.

You know you're big when you sit in the bathtub and the water in the toilet rises.

We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves.

I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.