Flood Disasters

Mr. Prepared™ Says Too Much Water Means Too Much Trouble!

Mr. Prepared™ here. In my recent article, The Biggest American Flood Disasters, I detail all the damage done when floodwaters rise, levees fail and people’s home and lives are threatened. The statistics you’ll see in that article are pretty shocking – with a lot of the biggest floods happening over the last fifteen years or so!

In that article, I write about what most experts agree was the biggest and most widespread flooding in recent American history – the Mississippi flood of 1993, which shattered all known records in the upper and central Mississippi River region. St. Louis, Missouri and Des Moines, Iowa were particularly hard hit.

Now, we’re in the middle of what’s expected to be another busy hurricane season – and flooding is always one of the number one threats from these monster storms. They either dump so much rain that the ground can no longer soak it up – or they cause bodies of water to overflow so much that levees and dams fail and suddenly there’s water, water everywhere.

“Water, water, everywhere” is from a poem, of course – with the next line being, “But not a drop to drink.” And that’s the supreme irony of a flood! Your whole neighborhood could be underwater, but not only is that water not safe to drink, but your tap water may not be either. In that 1993 flood I wrote about, the entire city of Des Moines was without safe drinking water after a prime water station was taken out by the flooding. That’s 200,000 people without access to drinking water!

Which is why I strongly advocate all of you to have a 72 Hour Survival Kit, First Aid Kit, Water, Food Reserve and a Generator, these ARE A MUST. A water purification system is another great extra to ensure your safety should an emergency strike your area. It’s essential to know how to prepare for these kinds of disasters. To be prepared get your KIT at www.MrPrepared.com TOMORROW!! could be too late. In addition you can find a whole lot of important information on my website at www.MrPrepared.com.

Hope you have a chance to check out my new article – it’s got a lot of interesting flood facts and figures. Until next time, Be Smart! Be Safe! Be Prepared! This is Mr. Prepared™, bringing Awareness to Preparedness!