A standard 8-inch by 2 1/4-inch by 4-inch red clay brick weighs about 5 pounds. Bricks are used for a variety of building projects, such as walls, patio floors and pathways.
Flooding affects people in a multitude of ways. People suffer stress on multiple fronts, not just as flooding occurs, but also in the anticipatory period preceding a flood and during the cleanup and recovery phase. Flooding can damage properties, destroy homes, create financial burden and cause emotional hardship.
Flooding is usually divided into two categories: flash flooding and river flooding. Both can cause death, injury and property. destruction. Flash floods are usually caused by slow-moving thunderstorms or thunderstorms that move over the same area one after the. other.