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Preparing for Flooding

As the rains begin to fall on our snow, flooding may become a real risk.  Below are some resources to prepare your family, home, and farm fo potential flooding.

You may also find additional useful information on the EDEN website at http://eden.lsu.edu.. 

Preparing a Home that will be Flooded
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/flood/home/preparing-a-home-that-will-be-flooded

Flood Proofing your Home
http://www.pep.bc.ca/hazard_preparedness/flood_tips/Floodproof.pdf 

 

 

Protecting your Family and your Home against Flooding
http://www.pep.bc.ca/floods/docs/ProtectYourFamily.pdf 

Preparing to Evacuate your Farm (Section 9.9)
Pesticide Storage Concerns during a Flood - Prevention and Emergency Response (Section 9.10)
http://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/chap9fr.htm 

Dealing with Continuing Basement Seepage
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/flood/home/dealing-with-continuing-basement-seepage 

Floods:  First Entry of a Flooded Home – What to do.
http://www.extension.org/pages/13243/floods:-first-entry-of-a-flooded-home-what-to-do:-document-and-protect

Recovering the Flooded Landscape
http://www.extension.org/pages/24197/recovering-the-flooded-landscape

 

 

 

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