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lessons from floods, reinforced for the 9,753rd time: 1. __have home on high ground__ 2. see 1 3. see 1 all else is bullshit and/or out of your control (eg.
by mkramlich 16y ago
lessons from floods, reinforced for the 9,753rd time:
1. __have home on high ground__
2. see 1
3. see 1
all else is bullshit and/or out of your control (eg. level of flooding, degree of local or government competence/planning/assistance, etc.)
- d5tryr 16y agothat would be brilliant and uesful advice if we had a time machine...
- rodh257 16y agoSomeone probably said that in 74 as well
- jarek 16y agoMake that "rock high ground" unless you want to find yourself on one end of a landslide (and then on the other).
- maweaver 16y agoFor those in the US wanting to follow this advice, FEMA has an online map showing flood hazard zones at http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/info?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&content=MIPRedirect&title=MIPRedirect http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/info?storeId=1...