by In recent years, flooding disaster, including in Texas, New Mexico and Kentucky-, has shown that preparation for fall floods is a new necessity if the planet heats up.
And there is no dangerous time for a flood of falls than after dark. You cannot see the storm and you cannot see the water climbing. Worse, if it is late enough, they are not awake to hear the warnings.
How do you stay safe?
Here you will find what you should do to protect you and your loved ones from the next flood -flood information.
Do you know your risk
The first thing you should do is to find out whether your home is in an area of the flood risk. The best way to do this is to look at flood cards that show which areas will be dangerous when the water begins to rise.
Check out your address in the flood mapping instrument of the US emergency management agency of the US emergency administration. Are there stripes or color swaths over your home or your neighborhood? If this is the case, you are at a certain risk. When extreme floods strikes, there is a high probability that they are affected.
An example of how Fema cards from flood zones are on an interactive card so that homeowners can search their address and learn their risk. – Fema
Firststreet.org is another tool with which you can evaluate your risk. Simply include your address to see how vulnerable your home or your community is for floods, fire, wind and extreme heat. The location also contains projections on how these risks will change in the coming decades, a useful memory of the fact that the climate crisis increases precipitation and the flood risk.
Stay informed
A volunteer goes through debris and supports the search and rescue efforts on the banks of the Guadalupe River in Center Point, Texas. – Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Falling flooding is naturally intense and suddenly. You will probably not have time to plan when a flood of fall hits. Therefore, you need to know whether the weather could be before the end and take the forecast seriously.
For the beginning, meteorologists are really good at getting the word out.
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Do you spend a lot of time on social media? Follow your local National Weather Service Office and your preferred TV meteorologist there.
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TV. Of course we are partly at CNN, but the local news is still one of the best ways to get weather warnings. Many stations also have their own weather apps.
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Register for storm warnings through a weather app. This includes more than just the worst warnings. You can also receive personalized forecasts and notifications if meteorologists believe that the conditions could become bad.
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Understand the alarm -Lingo: A watch will be exhibited when the conditions are suitable for bad weather, but it has not yet happened. A warning is issued when the storm takes place. An emergency is issued when things are really, very bad.
Do not switch off your cell phone warnings
You know you when you hear them: the difficult emergency warnings that come from your cell phone. Tornado; Flood floods; A missing child – all of this will trigger a wireless emergency black.
They may be loud and amazing, but do not switch them off. You could be the only line of defense between you and fatal weather if you hold on at 2 a.m.
Get a NOAA weather radio
You cannot watch TV when the electricity is carried out, and the mobile phone service is not guaranteed in an emergency. If everything else fails, a weather radio can ensure that you still get the warning.
These devices are silent until a serious alarm is output, and then switches on automatically and switches on to programs from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which spends weather warnings in real time, including flood warnings.
Many models are equipped with flashlights and hand cranks to charge the battery. Some have solar collectors.
These radio devices are also designed in such a way that they wake them up like a smoke detector in an emergency.
It doesn’t matter how you want to be. The point is that you serve as a failed source of information and offer urgently needed security, especially if you are in a high -risk zone.
Have a plan
Warnings and information only go so far if you have no plan.
It is important to evacuate early and go to higher soil as soon as possible.
If you have prepared a “go bag”, you can move quickly. Fema recommends that you have at least one gallon of water per person per day for several days as well as a multi-day supply of not perishable foods as well as a flashlight, a first aid kit, batteries and basic hygiene such as antibacterial cloths and garbage bags. To keep money is also intelligent. If shops are open, do not expect to take credit cards when the power supply or the Internet fails.
The crews remove flood waste in a motorhome park in Georgetown, Texas. – Joshua A. Bickel/AP
Tips for the water increase when the water starts
Be ready to get to a higher floor on foot. Driving through flooding can be fatal, so the part is critical. Grab your emergency kit and walk to a higher floor before the flood hits your front door. Plan where that will be in advance.
Hold an ax in the attic. That sounds wild, but when the water is so high that you have to come to your attic, you need a way out. And that will be directly through the roof with an ax.
Invest in life jackets for the family. If the worst happens and they are swept away by floods, a personal flotation device can save your life.
Never drive through floods. It is absolutely necessary not to climb into your car in a flood, especially if you don’t know whether your escape route is in a flood. Two foot water can swim a car and 6 inch -moving water you can sweep from your feet. If you are in a car around you in a car around you, get out immediately and go to the high ground.
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