Game of Floods - Foggy Hollow
50 Year Results - No Storm
Assignment: Locate your chosen action(s) in the list below and record your results in your notebook.
Green Landscaping
Some of the rain gardens have become overgrown and neglected over the years, but others are still going strong. Green landscaping is a well-established priority for local landscapers and builders, leading to a measurable reduction in small-scale flooding issues over the years.
Points: 1
Step Two:
Roll the dice to see if there was a storm at 5 years, then click on the corresponding link below to see the results. Record your results in your notebook.
5 Year Results
Restore the Wetland
The floodplain wetland is thriving and helps control spring flooding in the Foggy Hollow River. Most people who live there now don’t remember how bad or how frequent the flooding was before. The wetland restoration is considered to be a great success!
Points: 3
Step Two:
Roll the dice to see if there was a storm at 5 years, then click on the corresponding link below to see the results. Record your results in your notebook.
5 Year Results
Build a Levee
There are now newer (and taller) levees upstream and downstream of Foggy Hollow because the flooding got so bad there. Water quality has gone down. The town spends a lot of money repairing the levee every year, and people are afraid that it will fail in the next big storm.
Points: 0
Step Two:
Roll the dice to see if there was a storm at 5 years, then click on the corresponding link below to see the results. Record your results in your notebook.
5 Year Results
Managed Retreat
The riverside park is a popular gathering space, and people are surprised to learn there were ever houses there! The open space has helped control flooding and drain storm water away from the rest of the community, too. Everyone agrees that removing the houses was a great investment.
Points: 3
Step Two:
Roll the dice to see if there was a storm at 5 years, then click on the corresponding link below to see the results. Record your results in your notebook.
5 Year Results
Wetland + Green Landscaping
Foggy Hollow is widely known as a model for how people can live sustainably in flood prone areas. It is known for its many rain gardens, green building practices, and other green features, as well as its famous and successful wetland project. The people who live there are proud of Foggy Hollow’s reputation, and ‘green’ businesses are thriving!
Points: 5
Step Two:
Roll the dice to see if there was a storm at 5 years, then click on the corresponding link below to see the results. Record your results in your notebook.
5 Year Results
Wetland + Levee
The floodplain wetland is thriving and helps control spring flooding in the Foggy Hollow River – which is lucky, because the levee is old and eroding! The town seems to spend a lot of money on repairing it every year, but people are still afraid it could fail in the next big storm. There is another, taller levee downstream, which causes water to back up near Foggy Hollow.
Points: 2
Step Two:
Roll the dice to see if there was a storm at 5 years, then click on the corresponding link below to see the results. Record your results in your notebook.
5 Year Results
Levee + Green Landscaping
There are now newer (and taller) levees upstream and downstream of Foggy Hollow because the flooding got so bad there. Water quality has gone down. The town spends a lot of money repairing the levee every year, and people are afraid that it will fail in the next big storm. Some of the green landscaping features have become overgrown and neglected over the years, but others are still going strong. Green landscaping is a well-established priority for local landscapers and builders, leading to a measurable reduction in small-scale flooding issues over the years.
Points: 1
Step Two:
Roll the dice to see if there was a storm at 5 years, then click on the corresponding link below to see the results. Record your results in your notebook.
5 Year Results
Questions:
1. What was the most successful part of your resilience strategy? Describe the action you took and say why it was successful?
2. What would you do differently next time? Describe how you would change your strategy and why.
Congratulations! Your have successfully helped make Resilience, CT more resilient!
Your final analysis to your teacher should include the following components:
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Your assigned area of town in Resilience, CT
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Your assigned role from your town
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Your answers to the background reading questions
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Flood adaptation options rankings and rationale
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Your provided budget and chosen flood adaptation options and their cost
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Results from 5 years, 15 years, and 50 years
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Your answers to the two questions listed above