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HURRICANE TIDAL FLOOD DAMAGES 



43 Experienced Damages 27 



44 Recurring Damages 28 



45 Average Annual Losses 28 



46 Scare Costs 28 



47 EXISTING CORPS OF ENGINEER'S 

 PROJECTS 29 



IMPROVEMENTS DESIRED 



48 Views of Local Interests 29 



49 Proposals for Protection 30 



a. Upper Providence River 



Barrier Plans 30 



b. Lower Providence River Plans 30 



c. Greenwich Bay Plans 31 



d. Lower Narragansett Bay- 

 Barriers 31 



e. Series of Subsurface Barriers 31 



f. Sakonnet River Barriers 31 



g. Local Protective Measures 31 



50 Public Hearings 31 



HURRICANE FLOOD PROBLEMS AND 

 SOLUTIONS 



51 Hurricane Flood Damages 32 



52 Possible Protective Measures Con- 

 sidered for Narragansett Bay 32 



a. Hurricane Warning and 

 Emergency Flood Mobili- 

 zation Measures 32 



b. Revision of Zoning Regulations 



and Building Codes 33 



c. Local Protection 34 



(1) Individual Measures 34 



(Z) Protection Against Flooding 

 by Local Barriers, Dikes 

 and Walls 34 



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