Definitions for "Flood Control"
this is a feature to help prevent spamming of forums. It allows Admins the ability to set a time that people cannot post for. If they've posted once, then they have to wait before being able to reply to another thread again. Admins also can assign a Flood Control Immunity which when used, shows up in the user list as a [FI] next to member's names that have that immunity assigned to them.
(engineering) act or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc to minimize occurrence of floods
a complex system of hundreds of debris basins in the surrounding canyons, secondary regulating dams, storm drains, paved control channels, and specially constructed streets that act as secondary storm drains