Surviving Floods

IF you live in a flood plain or previous 100 year flood plain it is good to know where high ground is so you know where to go if it floods again while you still can drive or walk there and not have to float their on a log or raft after climbing out of your submerged car or house. Also, having an inflatable raft or boat or even wooden raft might be useful if flooding comes to save your life or your family's life in an emergency.

Another important thing is to not drive into water on a road because the water looks level and even though you might have driven over that road for years the actual slope of the road in relation to the water might be different than you might think. This is why so many people swamp their cars and sometimes drown or have to be rescued. Because they don't remember the actual slope of the road like they think in relation to what water is actually there. So, unless you can actually see the road is still there and how deep it actually is don't drive through it. Because often the road has already been washed away and you are only putting you and anyone else in the car in jeopardy. The same is true of your home or domicile. If water is coming up to your front steps maybe you don't want to wait until it traps you there or you have to climb into the attic and cut a hole in your roof with an axe to escape.

Even if you escape likely some day you are going to have to repair the roof too. So, plan ahead to stay alive along with your family.

One of the reasons I'm writing this is it feels sort of like a lot of rain might be coming to California in March. I could be wrong but that's how it feels. So, maybe it's possible we might get all the rain we need in too short a time which might cause it's own problems for some of us.

Also, the snows are melting in the Midwest and east and flooding is either already happening or about to many places throughout the U.S.

Also, extreme droughts and other places extreme rainfalls (or snowfalls) are part and parcel of what is predicted during global Climate Change. So, soft rainfalls become less normal and more violent storms or no storms at all is more the norm during Global Climate change.