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Many have been advocating preparing for the things that will happen and has happened and continue to happen before dealing with those far fetch theories, but we get belittled as "Weather Preppers" because we are not spending all out time talking about, preparing for and standing armed guard against the hordes of ravaging zombie city dwellers. It reminds me of that family in Iowa that was on the doomsday prepper show who had his bunker stock room loaded with 100 years supplies ready for the "the uprising" yet lost it all when one of the areas many floods inundated their hiddy hole in the ground. Despite it happening before, he clearly spent lots of money at Prepper-R-Us and not much on a freeking pump!
Gotta prep smart! Address the possibility of things that will, have, may happen and prioritize but be smart about it.... I don't like floods or water in my basement so I bought a place in the woods ON TOP of the highest hill in 20 miles. If I get water up here I best start on the Ark!!! on P.S. ..I hold the high ground!!! HooYa!!!
Gotta prep smart! Address the possibility of things that will, have, may happen and prioritize but be smart about it.... I don't like floods or water in my basement so I bought a place in the woods ON TOP of the highest hill in 20 miles. If I get water up here I best start on the Ark!!! on P.S. ..I hold the high ground!!! HooYa!!!
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Originally Posted by stan4
I prep for floods by not living in a flood area.
You're both doing it the correct way. Only a birdbrain would build on a flood plain. It's not private; the whole world can see it. There would be no possible way to defend it. A thousand year flood, the sort that seems to happen every few years, would surround the thing.
There should be a special Darwin award for the people who own that property.
I'm guessing that mother nature will (eventually) get the last laugh. According to the article, he had a 3" safety margin, as the barriers were 30" high and the floodwaters reached 27". If the rain had continued a while longer he'd be out $8300 for a useless barrier on top of any damage to his home.
I'm guessing that mother nature will (eventually) get the last laugh. According to the article, he had a 3" safety margin, as the barriers were 30" high and the floodwaters reached 27". If the rain had continued a while longer he'd be out $8300 for a useless barrier on top of any damage to his home.
I'm wondering if Mom Nature already beat him.
The article was posted on June 9. I wonder what rainfall they got after that date (through the summer).
And/or, I didn't see when he put it up but didn't Houston get pounded April 18/19 2016? If he didn't have it up at that point, I'd venture to guess he got flooded and went for this barricade after that event.
Its a barrier, even if they got 33" of rain, only 3 would make it over the barrier.
It's not how much rain falls, its what happens to it afterwards-where it accumulates, backs up, etc... Look at the recent floods in Louisiana - 24" of rain fell in one day in some spots, but that amounted to 6-8 FEET of standing water in flooded areas. My point is what happens when he sees 4 or 5 feet of water? Moral of the story, buying an $8300 rubber tube and filling it with water is not preparation, locating your home out of a floodplain to begin with is.
Its a barrier, even if they got 33" of rain, only 3 would make it over the barrier.
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If 3" of water goes over the top, it'll fill that whole thing up quickly. Water is going to seek the lowest level so it's going to just keep flowing in there. This is unless the area surrounding the outside of that barrier is very, very small but I doubt that.
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