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....)