by Stacey Thompson
Even if you’re not the most informed person around, it is very hard to avoid the news (and more unfortunately, experience) regarding the prevalence of floods all over the world. This is allegedly part and parcel of global warming, in which the higher global temperatures are affecting even the polar ice caps and our weather patterns.
I am not here to argue the causes and the solutions to this alarming environmental trend of global warming, but I do wish to share something about flood preparedness. If you happen to be living just a few kilometers away from a body of water, you should be very concerned about this. Even if you aren’t close to a body of water, strong precipitous weather patterns can also cause flooding just about anywhere on the Earth.
Vigilance against natural disasters and manmade threats are usually pegged as the domain of the “preppers” and survivalists, but I am telling you that everybody should be prepared for these unexpected disasters and emergencies. Focusing back on the flood scenario, I have noted a few important preparatory procedures (Read more....)
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One of the keys to surviving any disaster or emergency situation is to ensure that you and your loved ones have an adequate supply of clean drinking water. It is said that the average person needs at least a gallon of clean water per day. The truth is that we all need water not only for drinking but also for food preparation and sanitation.
One of the things that you and your family will not be able to survive any disaster or emergency without for long is water. You are your family may be able to last weeks without food, but without drinking water you will only last a matter of days.
